03.06.2025

Resilience Isn’t Just a Mindset — It’s a Neural Skill You Can Train

Resilience Isn’t Just a Mindset —…

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Every time your body feels calm, grounded, and safe, your brain responds by creating clearer thoughts, better emotional regulation, and stronger behavioural choices. That’s not just mindset that’s autonomic nervous system training.

My ritual? Hiking, Outdoor yoga and time with horses. These are my neural exercises, what I call ventral vagal strengthening practices designed to activate the two-way communication between body and brain through the Vagus nerve. This is the foundation of how we stay composed, empathetic, and focused especially in uncertainty, pressure, or change.

In my coaching, we don’t just talk. We train:
✅ Learn to regulate your nervous system on demand
✅ Practice body-based tools to reduce reactivity and build presence
✅ Train your brain to rewire automatic stress responses
✅ Shift from survival to connection, clarity, and leadership
✅ Build sustainable habits for long-term emotional resilience

Whether in 1:1 mentoring or group workshops, I combine neuroscience with somatic autonomic nervous system signalling exercises and brain rewiring, for optimum healthy performance coaching to help professionals lead from a regulated, resourceful place.

🔁 What’s your go-to ritual to reset your nervous system and stay clear-headed?

💬 Share in the comments — and if you’re curious about this work, message me to explore if it’s time to upgrade how you operate from the inside out.

#NervousSystemHealth #NeuralTraining #VagalTone #ResilienceAtWork #ExecutiveCoaching #StressManagement

 

Dr. Vanessa Harding | Transformational Entrepreneur & Body-Brain Performance Coach


Dr. Vanessa Harding is a visionary leader in science driven body-brain coaching, empowering high…

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