"I'm fine" and "I'll take care of it" (even at capacity) can be nervous system signals. Decoding them makes hard moments easier to navigate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The concept of nervous system regulation may sound perplexing; not least of all because it’s often brought up in the same breath ...

They travel through your spinal cord and out to nerves that extend like wires throughout your body. Your nervous system uses billions of tiny, connected nerve cells called neurons to send the messages ...

We’ve turned survival responses into a black-and-white idea: pathology or wisdom. This is what we miss when we do that, and ...

You lift weights. You do cardio. You take mobility, stretching and recovery seriously. But do you know about nervous system training? From the outside, nervous system training may look like performing ...

The sympathetic nervous system, which helps your heart and other vital organs function all the time, increases activity in response to danger or stress, preparing the body for extra demands. Stress is ...

My husband became a great cook during the pandemic. Me, not so much. I like the food I make, but when it comes to entertaining, I let my husband take over because he has mastered the art of cooking.

Seven science-backed vagus nerve exercises that help regulate the nervous system and reduce stress ...

In a culture in which everything feels urgent, social media is filled with bad news, and our work days feel endless, something’s bound to give. Often, that thing is our nervous systems. In fact, if ...

‘Hummmmm,’ I sing to myself as I exhale loudly. Then I take a big breath in, feel my ribcage expand and hum again. Next, my hands gently stroke my jaw and chin, then float to my forehead for more ...

The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention online these days. As just one of 12 paired cranial nerves, you may wonder what’s so special about it. But if you’ve seen people on social media sharing ...