Not control, workability
Regulation is not about suppressing emotion or performing calm. It is about keeping the system workable so that thinking, decisions and relationships can continue.
Built, not summoned
Regulation is built through repeated, structured practice, breath, body, attention, language, connection. AURIS treats it as a trainable skill, not a personality trait.
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About the author
Gemma Gardner
Founder and Research Lead, AURIS Institute
Gemma Gardner leads the AURIS research programme on identity and occupational transition. Her work builds the evidence base behind the AURIS Framework and the Identity System, drawing on interviews with service leavers, families and the organisations that support them.
- Lead author, Identity Performance Psychology white paper series
- Principal investigator, AURIS identity adaptation interview programme
- Author of AURIS submissions on identity in occupational transition
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