Hayley Newell is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor as well as a certified Synergetic Play Therapist and certified Relational Somatic Therapist. She currently practices on Cortes and Quadra Islands, as well as the Campbell River and Comox Valley areas. Hayley is also the Administrative Assistant for Cortes Community Housing.
A supplemental article to the April 17, 2020, Folk U Friday program, originally published on Cortes Radio.ca
Simply put, to understand your nervous system and how it works is to understand your stress physiology. You have the capacity to re-learn and re-wire how you, your nervous system, and your brain responds to stress which means you can improve your health and your stress responses even if you have suffered from traumatic events, injury and/or abuse.
Yesterday I spoke briefly on Cortes Radio on the topic of fear and what we can do about it during this pandemic.
The first thing I want to share: Your feelings of fear are completely valid. We are facing a huge unknown. How long will this last? What Impact will it have on my livelihood? Will I get sick? The list goes on.
