Blog tagged as interoceptive approach

When the Autistic Nervous System Doesn’t Feel Safe

The interoceptive signal patterns behind dysregulation in autism

Dysregulation is often treated as the problem because it is the part other people can see. But by the time refusal, rigidity, shutdown, panic, avoidance, or volatility appear, the nervous system may have already made its decision: this ...

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Self-Regulation Works. Until It Doesn't.

By Mignon Walker

Self-regulation skills are among the most valuable tools behavioral science has developed. The evidence for mindfulness-based interventions, for cognitive reappraisal, for breath-based regulation, is substantial. These tools produce real effects. For a wide range of situations, they are exactly what...

04.05.26 03:32 AM - Comment(s)

The New Leadership Standard Is Self-Regulation. The Next Level Is Recalibration.

By Mignon Walker

Leaders have noticed this, even if they have not named it. You bring your nervous system into every high-stakes environment you enter. The same learned responses shape every sphere you influence.

The same system that enters the boardroom enters the bedroom. They carry the same triggers, reactiv...

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Why Willpower Fails When You Need It Most

By Mignon Walker

You made a resolution. You were clear, specific, and committed. Then something hit a nerve. It could have been pleasure, pain, fear, sadness, or anger. In a moment that should have been easier, you got owned by your nervous system. In that instant, it felt justified. Necessary. Automatic. Only after...

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Elite in Training. Hijacked When It Counts.

By Mignon Walker

The cruelest part of choking is not the mistake. It is the sudden loss of access to the skill you know you have.

Elite athletes do not break down because they are unprepared. They break down because, in the deciding moment, the nervous system stops giving them access to the confidence training built...

04.05.26 03:32 AM - Comment(s)

Blog tagged as interoceptive approach

When the Autistic Nervous System Doesn’t Feel Safe

Self-Regulation Works. Until It Doesn't.

The New Leadership Standard Is Self-Regulation. The Next Level Is Recalibration.

Why Willpower Fails When You Need It Most

Elite in Training. Hijacked When It Counts.

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