Why Does a Hand Lotion Calm Me Down? Nervous System Regulation with Elif Durgel
You catch a smell. A lotion, a tea, something cooking. And in under a second — before you've even thought about it — you're home.
That's not nostalgia. That's not weakness. That is your nervous system doing something remarkable.
This week we're joined by psychologist and cross-cultural specialist Elif Durgel, founder of Roots and Wings Academy in Eindhoven, for a warm, science-light conversation about why smell bypasses the thinking brain entirely and connects directly to memory, identity and emotion — and what that means for international parents living far from where they started.
We talk…
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