In today’s episode, Cherylanne offers practical strategies to help you stay balanced and focused, even during challenging times. Taking a page from what we learned during the pandemic, she’ll share ways to calm your mind, manage your thoughts, and take purposeful actions that can enhance your emotional resilience.
Whether it’s the important decisions in your business or personal challenges, this episode provides the tools to prevent negative emotions and handle everything with more groundedness.
Tune in and learn the art of being emotionally resilient.
Show Highlights:
- The utmost need for emotional resilience in times of upheaval 01:40
- Discover what dictates your feelings 04:35
- How to handle a constant stream of new information 06:47
- Learn to activate your parasympathetic nervous system 08:14
- What is the simplest mechanism to calm your mind? 09:54
- How do you perceive new information coming your way? 13:50
- This is how gratefulness can change our emotional state 18:58
- Do this to stop negative and fear-based emotions 21:20
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Episode #367 – Full Transcript
I’m Cherylanne Skolnicki, and this is Brilliant Balance, the show for working women who are ready to shine. Each week, I bring you ideas, inspiration, and insight on balance, business, and getting it all done gracefully. Are you ready? Let’s be brilliant.
This is episode 367 of the Brilliant Balance Podcast: “Create Emotional Resilience with These Three Steps.” As this episode airs, it will be Election Day in the United States, where I live and work. If you’re listening from another country, bear with me—I think you’ll find relevance to this content regardless. But particularly for U.S.-based listeners, we are about to—or rather, we have been in—a period where emotions are running high around politics, and this may continue. So, it seemed like a good time to talk about emotional resilience, whether you feel you need it relative to the election or, as in my case, in other areas of life.
As I was reflecting, I recalled an episode I recorded at the beginning of COVID, in early April of 2020, discussing ways to build emotional resilience. At that time, it was one of the most collectively unstable periods I’d lived through. The uncertainty, fear, and confusion we felt were overwhelming, and I wanted to help. I thought discussing emotional resilience could meet you right where you were. And I suspect that these reminders on building resilience can never come too often. We each have events in our lives that stir emotional upheaval, and occasionally, there are those that cause broader collective unrest.
For that reason, I’ve decided to re-air that episode. You’ll hear references to the pandemic, but I hope you can apply the tools I share to whatever current challenges you face. My greatest wish is that this content will help you navigate whatever chapter you’re in with renewed resilience.
This episode is especially significant, so I hope you can listen in a space where it can really sink in. My hope is that you’ll return to these tools whenever you need them because emotional resilience is so crucial to your well-being. Today, I’ll discuss the big idea that how you feel is dictated by what you think. If that sounds like a stretch, let me give you an example: imagine that you’d never heard of the coronavirus. How would you feel today? There’s your proof that our emotions often follow our thoughts, which are shaped by the information and perspectives we allow into our minds.
I’m not suggesting you ignore the world, but simply knowing you have more control over your emotional state than you might realize can be empowering. When you want your emotions to serve you, the question becomes: How can you practically regain control? I’ll guide you through three simple steps to do that.
The first step is learning to calm your mind. When we feel we’re in danger, our brains stop thinking logically and switch to survival instincts. To regain control, we need to engage the parasympathetic nervous system, which brings us back to a state of calm. Simple deep breathing exercises or meditation can help reset your mind. Yoga, for example, uses a mind-body connection to foster mental clarity. Self-soothing practices—like a warm bath, dry brushing, or even a mindful walk outdoors—are effective too. With a calm mind, you can return to the driver’s seat of your life.
The second step is managing your thoughts. Our brains are wired to notice potential danger, so we naturally pay more attention to unusual or negative information. But the input itself is neutral—it’s the story or frame we place around that information that influences our emotions. For example, gratitude practices are so effective because they shift your focus from lack to abundance. This shift has an instant positive effect on your emotions.
The third step is choosing purposeful actions. Emotions drive actions, so when emotions are unchecked, we may feel paralyzed. Purposeful actions keep us in a state of agency, allowing us to find ways to be of service to ourselves and others. This could be as simple as being a good listener, saying “yes” to a request for attention from your children, or finding ways to contribute positively to your environment. Purpose in action fortifies emotional resilience, transforming emotions into productive energy.
If you’re feeling emotionally overwhelmed, remember these steps: calm your mind, manage your thoughts, and choose purposeful actions. I hope these tools serve you well.
Thank you for tuning in. Whether you’re a longtime listener or new to Brilliant Balance, I’m thrilled to have you here. If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to stay connected. Until next time, let’s be brilliant.
