Exploring the science of how we respond, recover, and adapt.  

We often think of resilience as the ability to keep going when things get difficult. But resilience is also about our ability to respond, recover, and adapt.

In our latest blog, we explore what heart rate variability (HRV) can tell us about the body's ability to adapt to stress - and why looking beyond HRV to the connections between the brain, nervous system, immune system, metabolism, and cardiovascular system gives us a much bigger picture of resilience.

Drawing on the research of Julian Thayer and Esther Sternberg, including their paper Beyond Heart Rate Variability: Vagal Regulation of Allostatic Systems, we look at how the body’s systems constantly communicate and adjust to help us respond to the demands we experience – and what happens when those demands begin to exceed our capacity to recover.

For ThriveNinety, this is at the heart of our approach: resilience isn't about pushing through more. It's about working with your systems and taking simple steps to build the capacity to respond, recover, and adapt. 

Read the full blog: Beyond HRV: Building a More Resilient Brain and Body 

Warmly,
Katie & Andrea 

PS: If you’re interested in exploring the science behind the brain-body connection and practical ways to support resilience, you can learn more about the ThriveNinety approach and our resources.

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