Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
Transformative Journeys – to Growth and Resilience is a podcast about healing, resilience, and rising from the ashes — one messy, meaningful step at a time.
Whether you’re navigating grief, loss, burnout, or simply trying to reconnect with your purpose, you’ll find real talk, reflection, and practical tools to support your next chapter.
Hosted by Johanna LeRoux, it’s your cozy, no-BS guide to growing through what you're going through - helping you find purpose and walk the powerful path from surviving to thriving... with a healthy dose of sass on the side.
Because transformation isn’t about “getting over it.”
It’s about growing through it.
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Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
Episode 17: 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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