The New Science of Happy

Dr Emma Cotterill is a Clinical Psychologist, therapist, trainer, supervisor and writer. She works within mental health and neuropsychology and runs her own mental health private practice, Empower Psychology. Emma lives in Surrey, UK. Dr Priyanka Pradhan is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, trained yoga teacher and is currently training to be a Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist. She is the founder of Neurolistics – where the underpinning ethos is to assist clients to find 'pathways to optimal being' through a combination of talking and body-based therapies. Priyanka resides in Bedfordshire, UK.

Discover how: • Breathing techniques engage the parasympathetic nervous system to calm body and mind • Critical self-talk activates fight or flight; whereas self-compassion calms by engaging our parasympathetic response • Talking activates our ventral vagal (social engagement) system which can relieve stress.