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Is Vagus Nerve Stimulation Safe?

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has gained attention in recent years as a promising tool for supporting everything from mood...

Does Vagus Nerve Stimulation Work?

As a functional medicine practitioner, I’m always exploring innovative treatments to help my patients achieve optimal health...

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Healthy Sleep and the Vagus Nerve: Bedtime Habits for a Better Morning

With the recent extra hour from Daylight Savings, it’s a great time to talk about healthy — and not-so-healthy — sleep...

Top Exercises for Vagus Nerve Health: DIY Edition

When we think about exercising and working out, we quickly conjure images of high-intensity spin sessions, pumping iron in...

The Science Behind Survival Mode

You are not lazy, unmotivated, or stuck. You’ve likely been living in survival mode for too long, and you’re exhausted...

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Autumn Reset for Healthy Habits
CategoriesSelf-Care & Wellness

Autumn Reset: Embrace Healthy Habits and Structure for a Strong Fall

For some, the arrival of September beckons back-to-school preparations — a grand and sometimes cruel wind of the alarm clock…

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Self Care Awarenss Month
CategoriesSelf-Care & Wellness

Embrace Relaxation During National Self-Care Awareness Month with Vagus Nerve Stimulation

If it takes a National Self-Care Awareness month to put self-care on your radar, odds are that relaxation isn’t already…

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Top Vagus Nerve Exercises: DIY Health Edition
CategoriesFitness & Recovery

Top Exercises for Vagus Nerve Health: DIY Edition

When we think about exercising and working out, we quickly conjure images of high-intensity spin sessions, pumping iron in our…

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Vagus Nerve Anatomy 101
CategoriesVagus Nerve Education

Vagus Nerve Anatomy 101

For the past hundreds of years in medicine, we have worked to separate the body into separate sections called systems…

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Understanding and Influencing the Mind-Body Connection
CategoriesMind-Body Health

Understanding and Influencing the Mind-Body Connection

The vagus nerve links mental and physical processes and is a key player in regulating or mind-body connection. Learn how!

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vagus nerve stimulation fitness recovery
CategoriesFitness & Recovery

Fight or Flight vs. Rest & Recovery: How Truvaga Reshapes Workouts

For some of us, getting off the couch and saddling up on a dusty beach cruiser for the first time…

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gut-brain connection
CategoriesMind-Body Health

That Gut Feeling: Exploring the Gut-Brain Connection’s Impact on Mood

It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi B movie: there’s a tiny brain in your gut talking to the…

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Vagal tone
CategoriesVagus Nerve Education

Why Vagal Tone Could Be the Key to Finding Balance in Your Life

Maybe you have an audiophile in your life who owns a stereo system that likely costs more than your car…

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stress toolkit
CategoriesStress Management

What’s In Your Stress Toolkit?

It’s not novel: the idea of a toolkit as more than a means of securing literal nuts and bolts, but…

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