Ingrid Helander, LMFT, was my graduate school internship supervisor. I’ve asked her for an impromptu interview to discuss how we can use factual, evidence-based, useful insights and techniques to navigate the considerable breadth of human distress we are enduring through the current Pandemic. What we discuss touches on our deepest, most human superpower. Listen. What we are covering is more important now than ever before. Ingrid refers to the Vagal System throughout the episode. The major player in this system is the Vagus Nerve, which “is the longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system in the human body.” - Wiki