Happiness is a Well-Regulated Nervous System

“What the heck does my nervous system have to do with Drupal??” you ask. A whole lot!

Learning to regulate the parasympathetic (rest and digest) and sympathetic (fight or flight) branches of our autonomic nervous systems is the magic secret sauce to working well with others, producing quality work, and staying healthy. Drupalers need these!

So join me, a trained somatic therapist (and Senior Drupal Architect), on a Magic School Bus ride through the nervous system, with pit-stops at the lizard brain, monkey brain, and Object-Oriented Programming brain. Getting to know our triggers and learning to recognize when our lizard brain has taken over is crucial to building those "soft skills" and preparing us for the next level in our Drupal careers. You won't walk away with a 5-point-plan (everyone is different, after all), but you may just find more equanimity in dealing with other humans, be they co-workers, clients, or your bossy dad.

Hop on for a while ride through the autonomic nervous system!