Self-regulation is not a solo discipline. The peer-reviewed evidence on co-regulation, interpersonal synchrony and adult emotion regulation, and why calm is rarely something you build alone.

Brainspotting is a body-oriented therapy designed to work with material that talking does not always reach. This post explains what brainspotting is, what is happening in the body and nervous system underneath, what the peer-reviewed research currently shows, and what to expect during and after a session — written in plain terms by a registered psychologist.

Breathing is automatic, and that is exactly why it escapes attention. The clinical evidence suggests automatic is not the same as optimal. This piece explains what breathing retraining is, the four dimensions along which breathing patterns go wrong, and why nasal breathing specifically matters. It also covers what the recent evidence says about the social media trend of mouth taping.

Breathing is the one part of the nervous system we can consciously influence. This piece explains what breathwork is, what the research says about it, and how to try slow diaphragmatic breathing at around six breaths per minute, the technique with the strongest general-population evidence base.