In Conversation - Christy Gibson Top Five Tips For Emotional Regulation

“The opposite of trauma responses or the opposite of being stuck in a toxic stress loop, is agency, having the ability to make a choice.”

Christy Gibson Top Five Tips For Emotional Regulation

1. Notice 

2. Connect to Breath and Body 

3. Iffirmations

4. Lenses 

5. Flexibility 

TIME STAMP SUMMARY 

01:34  Noticing your nervous system (overactive vs. underactive states)

04:21  Connecting through grounding and breath techniques

10:03  Using "What if" affirmations to create possibility

17:49  Flexibility and agency in emotional regulation

Where to find Christy?

Website                 www.ChristineGibson.net 

LinkedIn                https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-gibson-md/ 

Christy Gibson Bio

Dr. Christine Gibson is a family physician, trauma therapist, and author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit. You can find her on TikTok with the handle TiktokTraumaDoc with >130k and her two TEDx talks online. Dr. Gibson has a passion for Health Equity and systems change, having created a residency and run programs for and with equity-deserving communities. She runs an international non-profit called the Global Familymed Foundation and a company where she trains professionals on how to manage workplace psychological safety - Safer Spaces Training (and The Belong Foundation).