A stray nerve

This book offers a helping hand to all those who feel overwhelmed by life and think they can't cope. Regardless of your current unhappy reality, level of stress or panic, or the depth of your depression and feelings of helplessness, there is always a way to regain lost balance, self-confidence, and inner resilience. The author first explains in detail how the nervous system works and the key role of the vagus nerve in regulating emotions and the body's responses to stimuli. She then offers a set of guides and tools to help you tune into your own body and “hear” what it is telling you. You will then be able to pull out the right advice and procedures from the next “package” that will return you to a regulated, calm, balanced state in any situation, whether you are irritated, angry, indecisive, dejected, lacking energy, or resigned. One thing is certain: once you map the territory of your inner world and understand what is happening in the remarkable brain-body system, you will gain great power and control over your life and health.