How a wearable device can reduce stress, improve sleep and more

Creative Mind Audio

A number of wearable devices can help improve our physical and emotional health. In this audio, several people talk about the Apollo Neuro device, starting with Psychotherapist Julie Bjelland.
She comments that highly sensitive people have a "unique and deep sensitivity to our surroundings and emotions, which grants us numerous strengths, including heightened empathy and creativity.
"However, this sensitivity and intense emotional responses to stressors can leave us more vulnerable to anxiety and reduced resilience."
She recalls a stressful construction project in her home, and how the Apollo device "reduced my anxiety and helped me feel calmer."
Dr Dave Rabin, a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, inventor, and cofounder of Apollo Neuro, comments that "the human body is amazing, adaptive and powerful, but it is not designed for the way we live."
Kathryn Fantauzzi, CEO and co-founder of Apollo Neuroscience, explains more about their wearable device: "It sends a signal to your brain that says 'Hey, this email is not going to kill you, the traffic is not actually going to hurt you'.
"And you have this moment of pause in the same way that you have in a moment of pause when you meditate or when you deep breathe, but in the moment that you need it and without you having to do anything."
Her comments (and some other people) in the last section of this Creative Mind Audio are from the video Neuroscience behind the Apollo Wearable to help focus, sleep, improve stress resilience. https://youtu.be/UF7UAZ0stg0
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Ragga Ragnars, an actress and Olympic swimmer (at far right in the image), says "I use my Apollo throughout the day to help me relax, focus or get into social situations.
"In the evening I use it to prepare myself for sleep...My heart rate variability (HRV) has increased as well as my deep sleep and rem sleep.
"How do I know all this? Because I pair my Apollo with my Oura Ring. Tracking my health and sleep with Oura, while using my Apollo has been a game changer."
[From an Apollo Instagram reel; quotes not included in this podcast episode.]
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Learn more at the Apollo Neuro sit.
Learn about the Oura Ring.
One of several posts by Julie Bjelland, LMFT: "Gentle 'Touch Therapy' Vibration to Activate Calm and Improve Resilience and Sleep From a Wearable Device" - See the HSP and Neurodivergent Blog section of her site.
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