This is essential to understand if you’re a teacher, because while the regulated child can learn, the dysregulated child will not. But it’s the same for supervising people in a work setting or communicating with colleagues, your partner, your children—anyone. Regulation is the key to creating a safe connection. And being connected is the most efficient and effective way to get information up to the cortex. A tutor, a coach, a mentor, a therapist—all depend on the relationship to be the superhighway to the cortex.

