Stress-regulation systems involve the brain (amygdala, prefrontal cortex), autonomic nervous system (sympathetic for “fight-or-flight,” parasympathetic for “rest-and-digest”), and the HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal), working together to manage perceived threats, releasing hormones like adrenaline and cortisol, and then returning the body to balance through opposing actions and brain regulation.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
