Powerful and intuitive models like the Regulation Curve help people visualize the different levels of the brain and how they work together to affect our emotions, thinking, and relationships.

The Regulation Curve shows that some stress is necessary to keep us engaged and performing well. Every minute of every day, our effectiveness in life changes based on how we handle stress. Too much unmanaged stress leads to high reactivity and low performance. Too little stress and we enter the Gray Zone, where we tend to lose focus and become less effective.