Survival Self-Care vs Repair Self-Care - Special Topic Lecture with Irene Lyon

In this special topic lecture I talk about this concept of 'self-care' and how we humans do it, or don't do it in many cases. I cover questions like: -Why are we so terrible at prevention and tending to our health, body, and mind (even when we know darn well we should)? -Why do we tend to wait until we get the diagnosis, or the tumour, or the illness, etc? -Why do we need prizes and goals to motivate us? -Why does it not come from WITHIN? __ Here are some Questions/Topics I discuss in this chat: 0:00 - Survival Self- Care vs Repair Self-Care 5:01 - The importance of the body being able to rest (Edgar Cayce) 9:34 - Surge of stimuli to distract 11:10 - Acute survival self-care 15:06 - Why are we so bad at prevention? 18:41 - Learning about self-care as a child 19:46 - ‘Sensitive’ as a child 20:56 - Not noticing when hurt/sick 22:18 - Overriding when parenting 23:07 - Sick/Injuries for attention - Fawning 24:55 - Burnout and getting sick 29:12 - Why is motivation done by prizes, force etc… 35:33 - Re-wiring as an adult 37:31 - Praise in childhood 40:50 - What role do consequences/threats play? 42:53 - What is healthy self care as opposed to survival self care? 48:27 - How do you communicate love and respect without praise? 50:28 - Can you do this work while on anti-depressants? 51:45 - Role of diet when healing your nervous system 53:42 - Cleaning and working with shame 59:31 - Polyvagal theory 1:00:22 - Decreasing stress in life 1:02:14 - How do you move into repair self care when meeting deadlines? 1:06:01 - Behaviours 1:07:22 - Self care when you have children 1:11:51 - Feeling overwhelmed when stopping to rest 1:14:46 - No routine as a child 1:17:18 - What do you do when you have trouble focusing 1:19:25 - Feldenkrais in healing via the Nervous System 1:23:52 - Importance of micro-moments of self care throughout the day __ Resources I mention during this video: ►Irene Lyon website https://irenelyon.com/ ►Edgar Cayce site https://www.edgarcayce.org/ ►Functional Freeze Explained    • Functional Freeze Explained   ►Gabor Mate - book - When The Body Says No https://drgabormate.com/book/when-the… ►Po Bronson - book - Nurture Shock https://www.amazon.com/NurtureShock-N... ►21 Day Nervous System Tune Up https://21daytuneup.com/ ►Recovering from benzodiazepines, healing anxiety & PTSD. SBSM Success Stories    • Recovering from benzodiazepines, healing a...   ►Special Topic Lecture: Shame. The Healthy Kind. The Toxic Kind.    • Special Topic Lecture: Shame. The Healthy ...   ►Understanding the difference between healthy shame and toxic shame. Interview with Seth Lyon    • Understanding the difference between healt...   ►The Polyvagal Theory. Explained.    • The Polyvagal Theory. Explained.   ►What the heck is orienting? (and why is it so important?!)    • What the heck is orienting? (and why is it...   ►What do you do when you have unresolved trauma? Two types of orienting    • What do you do when you have unresolved tr...   ►Healing Trauma 3-Part Video Training https://irenelyon.com/healing-trauma-... ►Free Resource Centre https://irenelyon.com/free-resources-2/ ►Drop In Class https://irenelyon.com/drop-in-class-1 __ Thank you for being here! 1. Leave a comment and let me know how this video impacted you. Feel free to leave a question (my team answers them each week!) 2. To get more nervous system health resources, plus learn more about me and my credentials, plus the many ways you can work with me at the practical level, head to my website: https://irenelyon.com 3. Follow me on social here: Instagram:   / irenelyon   Facebook:   / lyonirene   LinkedIn:   / irenelyon   SoundCloud:   / irenelyon   4. GOT QUESTIONS? Send an email to: [email protected] Please know that... The statements on this YouTube channel or in videos are simply opinion. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment or a professional therapeutic relationship. Content presented or posted is intended to provide general health information for educational purposes only and you should contact the appropriate healthcare professional before relying on any such information. My website is a wealth of information, free resources, and information on how to start this work, so here it is one more time: https://irenelyon.com . . .