The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Co-regulation
How we borrow calm from each other and why self-regulation was never meant to be a solo project
1,452-word article with 22 Harvard references.
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Before a child can calm itself, it must first be calmed by someone else. Co-regulation, the process of borrowing another person's steadier nervous system, is not a stage we outgrow. It is a lifelong neurobiological need. This fully referenced article explores the science of mutual regulation, from infant attachment to adult relationships, and asks why we keep selling self-care as if it were enough.
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