When it comes to being understood, whose responsibility is it? What do you do when you feel misunderstood? In this episode, Joe coaches Savannah, who is grappling with feeling wilfully misunderstood by people in all areas of her life. Together with Joe, Savannah explores how state of mind, emotional content, and the desire to control an outcome—even just trying to control whether you’re being understood—impact how we are listened to and understood. She experiments with and discovers the difference between listening to and being in connection with oneself in order to express herself fully and to be understood.
Tag: emotional intelligence
Episode 102 — Listening
Listening! What is it? How do you do it? What’s so important about it, and how does it feel? In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about listening, which is a fundamental component of the VIEW mindset and core to living a fully aligned life. They explore what it means to really listen, how it can change your reality, relationships, and business, and share thoughts on what it is as well as what it isn’t.
Episode 101 — Joy – Emotion Series #15
Why the f$%& don’t we just feel joy all the time!? So much of what we do in life is in pursuit of joy. In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about what joy is, what allows us to feel joy, and what gets in the way of our full experience of it. They also explore how joy is related to feeling safe, some practical tips on experiencing joy, and how joy impacts business and leadership.
Episode 99 — Love and Obligation
Joe and Brett talk about a pattern of obligation and responsibility and how it relates to the emotional experience of love. They discuss why this pattern comes to be, as well as how it manifests itself in different areas of our lives.
Episode 98 — ‘WTF is a Nervous System?’ with Jonny Miller
Joe speaks with Jonny Miller about the nervous system, the role it plays in our lives, and how we can work with it to access deeper joy and vitality. Jonny hosts the Curious Humans podcast and teaches Nervous System Mastery, an online course.
Episode 96 — Emotional Inquiry – Emotion Series #14
Joe and Brett share a tool from our courses called Emotional Inquiry. This is a practice that can reduce self-judgment, change bad habits, and improve our ability to communicate with others. To download the tool in the form of a guided meditation, visit view.life/ei.
Episode 92 — What We’re Afraid to Lose
Joe and Brett discuss what happens when a blessing that legitimately supports us in our path — money, free time, security, or even love — becomes something we’re afraid to lose and a condition we place on our freedom.
Episode 91 — Finding a Romantic Partner — Relationships Series #3
Finding love isn’t just about meeting the right person, but about being ready for them. Joe and Brett explore the patterns people exhibit while seeking love, from choosing partners who are emotionally unavailable to being overly self-reliant. They talk about how a fear of losing one’s identity can cause us to push away love, and how people tend to show up in our lives the moment we’re ready.
Episode 90 — Emotional Fluidity – Emotion Series #13
How long do you hold on to emotions? How much do they stagnate in your system? How fully you can process your emotions and let them flow through you? Joe and Brett discuss how the capacity to feel all of our emotions and allow them to move through us leads to better decisions, deeper relationships, and a richer experience of life.
Episode 81 — Exploring Depression in the Head, Heart, and Gut — Emotion Series #11
Joe and Brett focus on depression and how it shows up in our thoughts, emotions, and nervous systems. Learn how to examine your direct experience to uncover the root causes of depression and get unstuck by relating to yourself in a different way. The conversation includes pointers for showing up for friends or loved ones who are feeling depressed.