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Hi there, thanks for stopping by and tonight's talk is on the subject closure.

What is closure?

When is it possible?

When is it not possible?

How to go about it?

So I hope something is of value for you in this talk

and after we go through the talk there'll be time for to meditate on the

theme and then there'll be time for questions.

So we come to meditate spiritual practice, therapy, seeking

emotion regulation. Emotion regulation is one of the most important needs be regulated from states of either worry, stress, anxiety,

or from tired, fatigued, overwhelmed states of brain fog or depression back up into the window of

tolerance where we are capable of social engage, relaxed interaction,

where our frontal lobes are capable of overriding impulses, where we feel comfortable in our own skin.

And of course this period of social distancing due to the pandemic has challenged.

The most vital tool of emotion regulation

is of course co-regulation with others,

connecting, bonding, disclosing effects, receiving empathy and attention

and attunement, and that's a way that we classically keep ourselves in the emotionally healthy realm of social engage, which is known as homeostasis or the window of tolerance.

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