Growing Calm and Connection through Conflict - Stacy Jones, PhD.

Learn about why your brain and body responds the way it does when it comes to conflict, attachment, and emotion, and how to use this knowledge and the opportunity of conflict to grow emotionally closer with your partner!



Time Markers

0:00 – Introduction: Who is Dr. Stacy Jones 

2:00 – Brain Sculpt app 

6:00 – Two most critical needs for humans: calm and connection 

6:50 – Calming the Flight or Fight response 

8:30 – Nurturing calm and connection 

8:55 – How do I become calmer? 

11:00 – Competitive neuroplasticity 

11:37 – Cardiac coherence breathing and movement  

14:30 – Navigating continual stress on our brain 

16:20 – Integrating bilateral stimulation 

18:03 – Enhancing connection 

19:00 – Where is connection built? 

20:10 – What is offloading? 

23:35 – The three strategies of vulnerability: Turn away, turn against, turn towards 

26:35 – Vulnerability patterns throughout life 

28:10 – It’s not about creating solutions, it is about not being alone in problems 

31:00 – Moving from storms to resetting  

31:50 – Changing our responses to vulnerable experiences 

33:52 – Tending the heirloom garden 

34:50 – Establishing self-empathy 

36:21 – Calming the body helps create connection 

39:00 – Respecting boundaries in our relationships 

40:22 – Your vulnerability is my threat 

41:46 – Hardships while moving towards vulnerability and calm 

43:20 – Establishing safe physical proximity during conflict 

44:00 – Allowing the body to experience stress positively 

46:35 – Breathing, matching and mirroring 

49:00 – Handling destructive behaviors in children 

54:25 – Addressing conflict in our relationships 

56:30 – Conflict with your spouse 

59:28 – Building a resilient brain in your children  

1:03:00 – When does offloading turn into abuse? 

1:05:00 – Overcoming the storm without outside support 

About Webinar guest:   

Dr. Jones specializes in treating trauma, has been studying trauma for over 15 years, and has been trained in EMDR for over 10 years. She also does research on the neuroplasticity of the brain and in the role that bilateral movement plays in activating the right/left sides of the brain to enhance physical and emotional health. Over the past 13 years, Dr. Jones has worked with couples, families, and individuals from nearly every walk of life and with nearly every presenting concern imaginable. 

Webinar Guest Links:   

Brain Sculpt 

Thera Tech TX 

Insights:   

When someone opens up to you practice turning towards them and our vulnerability. This will engage self-empathy and make space for the emotions around the problems.  When you turn towards others you are broadening their ability to turn towards you as well, which will bolster support for yourself and for your support system. 

Invites:    

  1. Download the Brain Sculpt app to engage bilateral stimulation. Take more than one hour this week to bolster your mental health needs.     
  1. Practice staying close to those you are in conflict with by asking those around you if they want to be touched before you touch them. If they do not, stay as close to them as they will allow to maintain safe physical proximity.  
  1. Turn towards yourself by establishing a self-care/self-empathy practice this week.  

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