Emotions and behaviors can be broken into two categories, homeostasis and shared bodystate. Homeostasis — the body’s survival process — generates a bodystate. Bodies share their bodystate. That bodystate will be shared with you during treatment.

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References and suggested reading/listening:

Peer Reviewed Scholarly Publications

• Barsade, S. G. (2002). The Ripple Effect: Emotional Contagion and Its Influence on Group Behavior. Administrative Science Quarterly, 47(4), 644. https://doi.org/10.2307/3094912

• Carvalho, G. B., & Damasio, A. (2021). Interoception and the origin of feelings: A new synthesis. BioEssays, 43(6), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000261

• Christov-Moore, L., & Iacoboni, M. (2016). Self-other resonance, its control and prosocial inclinations: Brain-behavior relationships. Human Brain Mapping, 37(4), 1544–1558. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23119

• Damasio, A., & Carvalho, G. B. (2013). The nature of feelings: evolutionary and neurobiological origins. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 14(2), 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3403

• Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J. T., & Rapson, R. L. (1993). Emotional Contagion. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2(3), 96–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.ep10770953

• Iacoboni, M. (2009). Mirroring People: The Science of Empathy and How We Connect with Others. Picador.

• Tsakiris, M., & Critchley, H. (2016). Interoception beyond homeostasis: Affect, cognition and mental health. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Vol. 371, Issue 1708). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0002

Podcasts and interviews:

• Homeostasis Emotion and Feelings with Gil Carvalho

• Homeostasis and the origin of emotions and behavior with Max Henning

• Mirror Neurons and Human Connection with Marco Iacoboni

• Contagious Emotions, Moods, and Behaviors with Sigal Barsade

Media credit (photo/video/audio/animation) Sincere thanks to the following artists

Thumbnail Image - Lit match - Unnamed author, Canva

Anatomy man- Gerd Altmann, Pixabay

Person changing thermostat – monkeybusiness, Storyblocks

Weather outside of window – kk5hy, Storyblocks

Heart beating – M.G.F.Studio, Storyblocks

Pupils dilating – PepN Stock Footage, Storyblocks

Lungs breathing – istock.com/ALIOUI Mohammed Elamine

Stomach digesting – istock.com/Jose Miguel Garcia Sanchez

City scene – iStock.com/HenrikAMeyer

Bodyscan, istock.com/janulla

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