We’ve all been there: the moment anxiety and tension arise, and you perform your quiet ritual. You swallow a cutting remark, nod when you desperately want to say no, or quietly withdraw from a difficult conversation. You do it because you’re “protecting your peace.” You tell yourself: This silence is my inner tranquility. This distance…
Finding Points of Choice A sense of personal authority or agency refers to a feeling of control over your actions and their outcomes and consequences. You can actively build the awareness that you are interacting with your nervous system to initiate, execute, and take action, knowing life has choice points even when there are…