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Connectology Mackay

Locality: Mackay, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4957 2178

Address: 10 4740 Mackay, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.connectology.com.au

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24.01.2022 There's no question...

23.01.2022 In this video, I explain what causes burning throat syndrome.

20.01.2022 Another thought to consider...

19.01.2022 This is how you can make good use of your anger, with Thich Nhat Hanh

19.01.2022 In this video, I want to help increase your awareness of the differences between clinical and subclinical disease.

18.01.2022 Ultra-Independence can stem from trauma growing up, possibly in a household where you had to take on a care giver role to your siblings or parents. Or a home where your parents were distant, abusive or narcissistic towards you or other members of the family. You watched or felt this abuse and promised yourself that you would never allow anyone to treat you or those around you in the same way.

18.01.2022 In this video, I discuss the connection between joint pain and having a vitamin C deficiency.

18.01.2022 Wishing all a very Merry Christmas.

17.01.2022 #somaticexperiencing #anxiety #cptsd #depression #kindness... #mentalhealth #polyvagal #ptsd #resiliency #somatic #somaticexperiencinginstitute #somaticexperiencingtraining #somatichealing #somaticpractice #somaticpsychotherapy #therapy #training #trauma #traumahealing #traumainformed #traumatherapy #wellness #health #BottomUpProcessing #training #wellness #gratitude #mindful #yoga #body See more

16.01.2022 Something endless has broken ground in me, and I have no choice... but to live and love until it grows me like a tree. ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening. image | David Mould

15.01.2022 From National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

15.01.2022 YES! Brilliant. From Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.'s wonderful book, Beyond Behaviors

13.01.2022 Gridlock is like an emotional traffic jam in a relationship. Use this checklist to help determine whether or not you’ve arrived at gridlock in any of those inf...uriatingly repetitive problems you may have in your relationship. Explore what's hidden underneath the issues that are really causing the gridlock between you and your partner when you take the Art and Science of Love Online. Use code ASL10SOCIAL to receive 10% off your purchase: http://bit.ly/2x6jfC7

13.01.2022 A few powerful words to try out: I am... I am not yet... Up until now... And still...... For now... See more

12.01.2022 For anyone who'd like to understand a bit more about their autonomic nervous system and stress responses, I created this little graphic. Our nervous system is c...onstantly scanning the environment for signs of safety and danger, with the aim of setting responses in motion to keep us safe (alive!). When we are sensing safety, we are there in the centre, feeling calm and connected. Our ventral vagal nerve complex, which is responsible for social engagement, is switched on. The ventral vagal also acts as a kind of container for the other branches of the nervous system (sympathetic and dorsal vagal), helping to keep us on track with a gentle up and down rhythm (homeostasis). Sometimes we’ll be more active, like when we're playing, dancing, or vacuuming. These things take a bit of activation from the sympathetic nervous system, to give us the energy to move. Other times, we'll be more still, like when we are cuddling, relaxing, resting or meditating, and these things involve a little bit of activation of the dorsal vagal nerve complex so that we can remain still. But all the while, when our ventral vagal is activated, we're feeling safe, we're feeling good, like "we've got this". When our amydgala unconsciously perceives a threat (via "neuroception") in our environment (e.g. an alarm going off), relationships (e.g. our child crying, our partner snapping at us), or internally (e.g. a worrying thought, an uncomfortable sensation) our sympathetic nervous system automatically becomes activated. It triggers a release of adrenaline and cortisol, and we feel the energy in our body rising, preparing us for movement (mobilization), in an attempt to keep us safe from the perceived threat. We may experience an urge to lash out verbally or physically to confront the threat (fight). Or we might be compelled to use that energy to run away from the threat, escaping from the situation (flight). Either way, the situation will feel urgent, like we need to resolve it immediately. If these responses don't help to resolve the threat, our nervous system can have so much sympathetic activation that it is overwhelming, and our dorsal vagal nerve complex will kick in to shut it down. Its purpose is to make us more still (immobilized) in an attempt to help us survive the threat, and then allow us to get back to fighting or fleeing. We might fawn, where our self expression will be toned down. We might unconsciously do or say things that are not true to ourselves, in order to make us appear less threatening to the aggressor, and therefore more safe. And if that doesn't work, we might go into freeze, where we still have quite a lot of sympathetic activation, but our movement is very limited. At the very least, in this state we will be numb, no longer feeling the emotional or physical pain of an attack. Finally, if the dorsal vagal is jammed on with no sympathetic activation, we can collapse or flop, which is an attempt to keep us safe by feigning death. We are not designed to stay in any of these stress responses for very long. Ideally, once the danger has passed, our nervous system returns (back along the spiral) to a safe state fairly quickly. Those of us who have experienced chronic stress or trauma are more prone both to sensing threat and reaching the point of overwhelm. We also tend to get stuck in the different protective states. The further we get in the stress response (the spiral outwards), the further away we become from feeling connected to our body and our authentic self. We can become so mobilized that we are out of control, or so immobilized that we dissociate or collapse. I've found that just tracking where we are in the spiral throughout our day can be helpful. Knowing that these states happen unconsciously and automatically in the service of helping us to survive, rather than by choice, can also help us to feel more compassion for ourselves (and others). What can help even more is to get intimate with our own nervous system, to explore what triggers us into these protective states and what resources can help us to return to a sense safety, and to keep building the muscle that brings us back to our centre. These are some of the things that Angela Hill of Kinnect and I will be covering in our program, Rewire Through Regulation and Repair, while offering a safe and supportive environment in which to practice together. We'll be running our next round in October 2020, and you can find more information and sign up to be notified of future rounds on our website rewireforparenting.com. The information presented is based on Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory, and is my take on Deb Dana's "Polyvagal Ladder". However, Fawn is not an explicitly recognised state in Porges' work. I based this graphic on the Maori koru symbol, which depicts an unfolding fern frond. It symbolises new beginnings, growth and harmony.

12.01.2022 In this video, I discuss how your nails can tell you more about your nutrient status.

12.01.2022 More on Gut health and disease

11.01.2022 Shout out to the parents healing their own childhood wounds so they can show up in their relationships with their own kids #neurochild #growth #healing #relationship

11.01.2022 As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has o...r ever will have something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression. Fred Rogers #neurochild #empathy #stories

10.01.2022 Understanding Polyvagal Theory:

09.01.2022 How are your Vitamin B levels at the moment with all the added stress?

09.01.2022 Sometimes our world can make us feel like we don't matter. But nothing could be further from the truth.

08.01.2022 Appointments available

07.01.2022 What’s your favourite part of Connectology Mackay? Tell us belowWhat’s your favourite part of Connectology Mackay? Tell us below

07.01.2022 Those clever marketeers have found a way to trick our biology into consuming more. The only known cure is awareness.

07.01.2022 "It is the determination to be genuine that makes it acceptable to lash out with contempt, since I’m just 'telling it like it is.' And yet, when I see the pain and anger in my partner’s eyes, I know deep inside that I’m not behaving with the integrity I long to have."

07.01.2022 It's really okay.

06.01.2022 Gentle and effective Bowen Therapy! Please ring Connectolog Mackay (49572178) to speak to one of our friendly Therapists.

06.01.2022 The more powerful our roar, the more open our core... (-an excerpt from my new book, ‘Hearticulations’)

06.01.2022 Understanding fructose and why fruit is so good for us.

04.01.2022 Containment The ability to tolerate negative sensations, energy states and emotions without acting out, dissociating, or self-medicating. Also, the sense of be...ing held by the body and its boundaries. #somaticexperiencing #traumahealing #therapists #ptsd #somatic #somatichealing #therapy #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #healing #inclusion #diversity #equity #anxiety #trauma #love #training #SEtraumaInstitute #selfcare #mindfulness #psychology #traumatherapy #resiliency #somaticexperiencingtraining #mentalhealthprofessional #professionaltraining #nervoussystem

04.01.2022 In this video, I'm going to talk about vitamin D and skin type.

02.01.2022 #wellness #quotes #kindness #gratitude #traumahealing #resiliency #therapists #traumainformed #ptsd #somaticexperiencing #somatic #therapy #mental...healthawareness #mentalhealth #bodywork #holistic #healing #love #massage #inclusion #diversity #equity #yoga #breathing #anxiety #mindfulness #health #love See more

02.01.2022 Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

01.01.2022 Lovely conversation on our very real need for help.

01.01.2022 Repeated trauma requires you to create a system of defenses that protects you. And these protections were so important. They saved your life. They protected you...r real self. Gretchen L. Schmelzer, PhD. #wellness #quotes #kindness #gratitude #traumahealing #resiliency #therapists #ptsd #somaticexperiencing #somatic #somatichealing #therapy #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #healing #massage #inclusion #diversity #equity #anxiety #trauma #love #training #antiracist #SETraumaInstitute #SomaticExperiencingTraumaInstitute