Engage the Upstairs Brain
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3 min readJun 5, 2020
The muscles that we will be working on today are higher order thinking and emotional regulation.
Imagine for a moment: your Downstairs Brain (made up of the brainstem and limbic system) is responsible for self-preservation and controls your survival instincts. It regulates how you react to danger, prompting the base functions of fighting or fleeing when need be. It is also where all your emotionally driven responses…