This is Part 1 of an extended conversation I had with neurologist Dr. Robert Scaer back in the Summer of 2010. Author of the classic texts on the psychobiology of trauma, including The Trauma Spectrum and The Body Bears the Burden with 30 years as the director of a nationally recognized pain clinic in Boulder Colorado, Scaer
The architecture and design of our autonomic nervous system means that certain parts are going to work depending on the needs of the situations. We’ll run for our lives if we have to and digest our food while chatting all night if we get to. The perception of what the situations demands or allows is made by
If you’re on my site you and you don’t know Irene Lyon, you should check her out. She’s got a ton of stuff to share with you: Irene Lyon – Upgrade Your Nervous System. In early 2014 Irene invited me to a recorded Skype conversation on Neuroception. We wanted to look at some of the notions