Survival Brain & Resilient Brain

Ali Astrid Moto

Coping Ahead: You Can Say "No" During the Holiday.

Whether you celebrate Holidays or not, they can affect us in ways that we perhaps are unaware of. These triggering situations can make it...

Ali Astrid Moto

The Learning Brain & the Survival Brain: we are not our experiences

We are not what we have gone through, we are a human being feeling dysregulated or regulated. Meaning we are going througn the world...

Ali Astrid Moto

Parts of Your Brain Directing Regulation & Disregulation

"The Alarm" aka the Amygdala. The Amygdala is the fear or "threat" center of the brain. It's a primitive aspect of our brain and is often...

Ali Astrid Moto

Window of Tolerance & Hyper/Hypo-arousal

The window of tolerance is a concept originally developed by Dr. Dan Siegel, MD to describe the optimal zone of “arousal” for a person to...