My article, “Using Neuroscience to Understand Stress and Improve Mediation,” is now available publicly: https://www.mediate.com/articles/tanz-using-neurocience.cfm
Category: Stress
New Article Published on Stress and Mediation
Read my latest summary article on Stress and Mediation published in Just Resolutions Newsletter, November 2018: Using Neuroscience to Understand Stress and Improve Mediation
Traditional Mediation Tools Explained by Neuroscience
Mediators have many tools for facilitating an effective mediation. Neuroscience shows how our actions are influenced by stress hormones released when we perceive threats. Understanding the physiological stress response and its triggers helps us see why these traditional tools are effective. 1. Building Trust and Rapport: The stress response is triggered when threats outweigh [Read more..]
Ten Best Practices for Mediators Derived from Neuroscience: Managing Stress (#4-5)
Stressors are commonly present at the start of mediation that trigger the physiologic stress response. Stressors include high emotions as well as dealing with an unfamiliar setting or process, meeting an authority figure, facing an adversary, and speaking in front of a hostile audience. When the stress response is repeatedly triggered, hormones build up and [Read more..]