455: Pet the Lizard Brain to Calm Anxiety
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Gina discusses how different parts of the brain function differently according to their developmental age (how long ago and for what purpose various parts of the brain developed and thus continue to function) and how we can use this knowledge to reduce our anxiety. The most ancient part of our brain, the "lizard brain", is the part of our brain associated with our basic survival functions. Listen in as Gina describes how being aware of how this lizard brain functions and how to address it with the other parts of our brain and being can improve our struggle with anxiety.
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| 1:25.0 | In today's episode, I'm happy to be talking to you about how to pet the lizard, |
| 1:30.0 | or how to calm your nervous system and the anxious brain. |
| 1:37.0 | We get talking about this about petting the lizard |
| 1:41.0 | because that's just another name for the ancient brain. |
| 1:45.0 | And I first heard that term to pet the lizard from Rick Hansen. |
| 1:50.0 | So I hope that you will smile when you hear that term because smiling actually sends messages to your |
| 1:59.1 | nervous system that things are okay and maybe that ancient brain that lizard part of your brain can |
| 2:06.0 | step down. So let's get on here and talk about this. The lizard brain is the first, the most ancient part of the main three parts of the brain that we've developed. |
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