Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
Welcome to Transformative Journeys – the channel where growth meets grit, healing gets honest (sometimes the “I can’t believe she said that” kind), and resilience means practice-makes-progress.
If you’ve ever hit a breaking point, questioned everything, or felt like the old “you” doesn’t quite anymore-you’re not alone.
Hosted by Johanna, a resilience rebel with a wicked sense of humor and a heart for healing, this channel explores emotional wellness, self-compassion, and what it really means to bounce back (even if you're held together with duct tape and caffeine).
Here you’ll find:
Podcast episodes every other Monday
Shorts with bite-sized insights and tough-love pep talks
Tools rooted in neuroscience, story-telling, and lived experience.
No perfection. No toxic positivity. Just grounded support for navigating the messy middle of healing and growth.
Because transformation isn’t about “getting over it.”
It’s about growing through it.
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Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
Emotional Intelligence: Why Naming It and Feeling It Helps in Healing It
Not all of us grew up with great role models for handling emotions.
Maybe you were told you were “too much” or “too sensitive.” Maybe you learned early on to hide your feelings, toughen up, or swallow them down.
But here’s the truth: unprocessed emotions don’t just disappear. They resurface - in your mind, your relationships, and even in your body.
In this episode of Transformative Journeys, Johanna explores:
- What emotional intelligence really means (beyond the HR buzzword)
- The difference between emotional awareness and emotional intelligence
- How your brain and body react when emotions get triggered
- Why naming your feelings (“Name it to Tame it”) helps calm the nervous system
- Simple tools to build your emotional vocabulary and regulate stress
- How ignoring emotions can affect your health - and why learning to feel them is part of healing
Weaving in her own story of loss, science-backed research, and practical strategies you can start using right away she explores why emotions aren’t weakness - they’re part of what makes us beautifully human.
✨ Reflection prompt for this episode:
What emotion do you struggle to name or acknowledge - and what might shift if you gave it space this week?
📚 Resources & Mentions:
- Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
- The Feelings Wheel (searchable online tool)
🔗 Free Resource: Download the Essential Resiliency Toolkit
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