In this mini-series episode, I revisit number three in the top ten most listened-to episodes: my conversation with Deb Dana, clinician, consultant, author, and the world’s leading translator of Polyvagal Theory — on loss, the nervous system, and what it means to trust your body through grief.
Deb brings both her professional expertise and something deeply personal to this conversation: the recent death of her husband Bob, and her own experience of navigating grief through the Polyvagal lens she has spent years teaching. We explore what the autonomic nervous system actually does in grief, why grief is a physiological experience and not only a psychological one, and how glimmers — micro-moments of safety and connection — can serve as anchors even in the heaviest loss.
This is one of the most honest and grounded conversations in the podcast’s history.
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome 00:49 Today's episode 01:27 Welcome to the Mini Series 02:50 Top 10 - Number 3 03:24 About Deb Dana 04:58 Polyvagal Theory and grief 06:16 Glimmers and grief 06:57 What resonated with me 07:55 Why it resonated with listeners
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