Understanding Your Symptoms: The Vagus Nerve’s Link Between Safety and Healing with Dr. Stephen Porges and Deb Dana

In today’s episode, I speak with world renowned scientist & researcher, Dr. Stephen Porges, author of Polyvagal Theory and Deb Dana, world renowned clinician, author, and consultant. Both are co-founders of the Polyvagal Institute. Some of the questions, I ask are: 1. What is the vagus nerve and why is it so critical to our emotional and physical health? 2. Why do women & marginalized populations suffer from more chronic symptoms than anyone other group? 3. How does having a sense of safety affect our physical health? 4. Why do most physicians end up treating the symptoms and never the cause? And so much more… Please use https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/ and https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/ as resources to understand more of Dr. Porges and Deb Dana’s incredible work. Don’t forget to follow Healing Power Growth on Instagram!