Mindful Monday - Our Nervous System

About This Talk

With so much change around us, from the economy to the echoes of the pandemic, our nervous systems can get overwhelmed. Chris explains how to spot it: we start deflecting or getting distracted, which is the body’s way of taking a beat. He asks listeners to notice when that happens and understand why, so they can work with it.

Key Ideas

• Deflecting or becoming very distracted is a telltale sign that your nervous system is overwhelmed.
• That distraction is the body’s way of pausing to catch its breath and make sense of things.
• You can self-regulate simply by understanding what you’re doing and why; a short break is fine when you know the reason.

“When we deflect or we distract, that’s our body’s way of kind of pausing, of taking a moment.”