Joe Navarro

is very short in distance to that part of the brain where it is received. And so I think, you know, I postulated, I wrote for Psychology Today that a lot of the reasons why we touch our face and why we touch our eyes, oh no, is because that pressure It immediately goes to the brain and helps to relieve stress.

And because the nerve is so short, we could massage our feet and achieve the same, but it's very far away. So I think a lot of facial touching, including eye touching, we do. Because of its ability to, anytime there's stress, we pacify ourselves. And by the way, it's very interesting. In 1974, I was bored at the university.

And because the nerve is so short, we could massage our feet and achieve the same, but it's very far away. So I think a lot of facial touching, including eye touching, we do. Because of its ability to, anytime there's stress, we pacify ourselves. And by the way, it's very interesting. In 1974, I was bored at the university.

So there was a lab where you could actually watch children and study them at play. And they had some children there that were born blind. So they had never seen. And I was just blown away the first time I saw a blind child who had never seen, heard some news that was not very good and immediately covered their eyes, having never seen. And that's when I realized, okay.

So there was a lab where you could actually watch children and study them at play. And they had some children there that were born blind. So they had never seen. And I was just blown away the first time I saw a blind child who had never seen, heard some news that was not very good and immediately covered their eyes, having never seen. And that's when I realized, okay.

We are 2.4 million years old. This is hardwired in our DNA. This is part of our paleo circuits, as Dr. David Gibbons later taught me. And it has to do with how it feels. And that's why we touch our faces so much.

We are 2.4 million years old. This is hardwired in our DNA. This is part of our paleo circuits, as Dr. David Gibbons later taught me. And it has to do with how it feels. And that's why we touch our faces so much.

I think that's a good synopsis, but also keep in mind how often we touch our faces when we're having a nice time. Like when I'm reading, I find myself turning pages because I read very fast. I turn with my left hand, but I pacify or soothe myself by touching my, you know, it's a pensive pose. Women will play with their hair. All day long, our brain is asking us to do things to contribute to that.

I think that's a good synopsis, but also keep in mind how often we touch our faces when we're having a nice time. Like when I'm reading, I find myself turning pages because I read very fast. I turn with my left hand, but I pacify or soothe myself by touching my, you know, it's a pensive pose. Women will play with their hair. All day long, our brain is asking us to do things to contribute to that.

But when there's something stressful, then, for instance, we go from, like in negotiations, when somebody throws a number we don't like, we'll go from touching our face to scratching our face because the brain is saying, hey, do something more powerful that will keep me in what we call homeostasis. So to answer your question, yes, but it also applies to when we're really enjoying a moment.

But when there's something stressful, then, for instance, we go from, like in negotiations, when somebody throws a number we don't like, we'll go from touching our face to scratching our face because the brain is saying, hey, do something more powerful that will keep me in what we call homeostasis. So to answer your question, yes, but it also applies to when we're really enjoying a moment.

Yeah, so for me, the lips are the... The seismograph, the lips are like the emotional seismograph of the body. When we are comfortable and confident, our lips are full of blood, their color changes. The minute we hear something we don't like, blood actually begins to leave the lips and they become narrower. And then we begin to tighten them.

Yeah, so for me, the lips are the... The seismograph, the lips are like the emotional seismograph of the body. When we are comfortable and confident, our lips are full of blood, their color changes. The minute we hear something we don't like, blood actually begins to leave the lips and they become narrower. And then we begin to tighten them.

You know, if somebody says something I don't like, I might go, hmm, right? Or we begin to bite the lip because we're stressed or we pluck it, pull on it, do all sorts of things to soothe it. But the lips show a lot of nervous emotion when we're under stress. So they're very much... As is the jaw. Like, for instance, if you said something I might not agree with, I'd probably shift my jaw.

You know, if somebody says something I don't like, I might go, hmm, right? Or we begin to bite the lip because we're stressed or we pluck it, pull on it, do all sorts of things to soothe it. But the lips show a lot of nervous emotion when we're under stress. So they're very much... As is the jaw. Like, for instance, if you said something I might not agree with, I'd probably shift my jaw.

Because when you shift your jaw, it puts pressure on the TMJ. And that alone says to the brain, go somewhere else. Don't struggle too much with that. So we're always doing something physical to counter anything that the brain might be undergoing. Tell me about the suprasternal notch. So the suprasternal notch, it has other names.

Because when you shift your jaw, it puts pressure on the TMJ. And that alone says to the brain, go somewhere else. Don't struggle too much with that. So we're always doing something physical to counter anything that the brain might be undergoing. Tell me about the suprasternal notch. So the suprasternal notch, it has other names.

You could call it the little neck dimple, this little area right at the bottom of your throat. It's a deep indentation. This is the most vulnerable part of the human body. All air, food, nutrients, blood, electricity, oxygen, everything goes through there. And what happens is, and one of the things that I found was that there was nothing in the literature in 1975, 76.

You could call it the little neck dimple, this little area right at the bottom of your throat. It's a deep indentation. This is the most vulnerable part of the human body. All air, food, nutrients, blood, electricity, oxygen, everything goes through there. And what happens is, and one of the things that I found was that there was nothing in the literature in 1975, 76.

I'm looking and I'm noticing that when people are nervous, they immediately cover their neck. They touch their neck. In the literature, you hear about, oh, she clutched her pearls, right? Rubbing that men tend to do it more robustly because of testosterone, women tend to more directly touch the suprasternal notch.