The Neuroscience Of: Emotional Regulation, Relationships, Body Image, And Intuition
A research-backed plan for getting your sh*t together in every possible sphere.
We’re going to talk about some smart strategies today with Emma Seppälä, Ph.D. She is a psychologist and research scientist, with an expertise in the science of happiness, emotional intelligence, and social connection. She is the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and she also teaches executives at the Yale School of Management. She’s been on this show before, to discuss her best-selling book The Happiness Track. And today she’s back to discuss her new book, Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos.
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This podcast was recommended to me by a dear friend who knew I was struggling with my changing identity. I am a mother. As the kids grow, I keep trying to understand my own identity as a mother and also not a mother. For me, the early years were filled with purpose and as we moved into the pre-teen and teen years I felt a loss. It could have been the loss of purpose or the loss of not being needed as much or the mourning of how fast it all went and those years being checked off my life list. This podcast doesn’t attack this issue directly, but this one resonated with me and made me think “Why do I feel so bound?” I bind myself to being a “mom”. To the extent that many times I can’t see beyond all things life has to offer.
PODCAST GUIDED questions/activities
A couple questions to keep the conversation moving:
In the podcast Dan Harris and Emma Seppala discussed imprints. Did this concept resonate with you?
What conversations do you think you need to have to become unbound?
Emma speaks about how we do not feel our emotions and numb them. Did it make you think about how you numb your own emotions?
One of the concepts I found interesting was the idea of the relationship with oneself. Have you or anyone you know experienced a change in their relationship with themselves? Is it a coaching relationship, self-defeating, life support, etc.?
