The vagus nerve is the primary nerve of the “rest and digest” part of your nervous system and it starts at the stem of your brain, runs down through your face, neck, chest & abdomen, supplying both your voice box and your digestive system with nerves. It is key for health and wellbeing because it calms the body down after …
“Name it to tame it”
There was an interesting article in the New York Times recently (it’s behind a paywall unfortunately) that focused on the power of naming emotions. We obviously move through the spectrum of emotions on a daily, weekly (and sometimes hourly) basis, depending on what’s going on in our worlds, but as a society we’re not all that great at talking about …
The power of smell
Ever had that moment when you’ve smelt something and it’s transported your mind back to a particular time and place? Or made you think of a particular person? That’s because our sense of smell is linked to the oldest and most primitive part of our brains – the limbic system – which is heavily involved in emotion and long-term memory, …