In Wired to Feel: The Neuroscience of Interoception and Embodiment, we’ll explore the powerful role of our internal senses—like heartbeat, breath, and gut feelings—in shaping emotions, self-awareness, and resilience.

In this opening lesson of Wired to Feel: The Neuroscience of Interoception and Embodiment, you’ll begin to explore how your internal body signals—your interoception—shape the way you feel, act, and connect with others.

In this lesson, we explore interoception as one of our most vital and under-appreciated senses—the one that gives us real-time awareness of what’s happening inside our bodies.

You’ll learn how interoception shapes emotional awareness, regulation, and empathy, and how dysfunction in these systems relates to trauma.

In this lesson, we examine how trauma disrupts interoception, often causing hypersensitivity, numbness, or misinterpreted body signals. These changes can make emotional regulation and self-awareness difficult.

This lesson explores how interoception connects us to internal messages shaped by hormonal and immune system changes. We look at how pain and discomfort—often misunderstood—are actually vital signals worth listening to.

In this lesson, we explore presence as a felt sense—staying aware of your inner and outer world without needing to control it. We look at how interoception supports grounding, emotional regulation, and flow, while also examining how trauma and anxiety can disrupt that connection.

This lesson focuses on distress tolerance and emotional regulation as embodied skills, rooted in your ability to stay present with discomfort. We explore how interoception, posture, and behavior shape emotional awareness, and how mindful attention can shift your internal experience.

In this lesson, we explore how interoception shapes decision-making and intuitive choices. You’ll learn how the orbital frontal cortex helps evaluate emotions and guide choices, as seen in the Iowa Gambling Task.

This lesson explores how interoception shapes social behavior, group dynamics, and even political polarization. When we’re disconnected from our internal states, we’re more likely to fall into rigid thinking and “us vs. them” narratives.

In this lesson, we explore how interoception shapes your sense of self, from moment-to-moment awareness to your personal story. We break down the proto, experiential, and narrative selves and connect them to key brain regions.

In this final lesson, we reflect on the core themes of interoception, exploring how this inner sense shapes your emotions, behaviors, and healing journey. You’re invited to see behavior as a response to internal states, fostering more awareness, choice, and compassion.

If you’re ready to keep learning, consider enrolling in advanced courses like Neuroscience of Pain, Trauma-Informed Care, or Neuroscience of Vision—each offering new insight into how the brain and body shape our experience of the world.

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