You've been trying to think your way out of your feelings your whole life. And it's not working. Here's why.

In this episode, Brooke gets back to basics with one of the most important concepts she teaches, and it's blowing her clients' minds: feelings aren't thoughts. They're physical sensations happening in your body right now, and the more you mentally spin on them, the more stuck you get.

Brooke breaks down exactly what happens in your body when you have a thought, why 80% of your 60,000 daily thoughts are negative and fear-based, what adrenaline and cortisol actually feel like from the inside, and why your emotional backlog is the real reason you flew off the handle over that one email.

She also walks you through a simple, practical body-based exercise you can use the next time you feel triggered, so you can start metabolizing emotions instead of recycling them on loop.

This one goes in the "I needed this 20 years ago" category.

In this episode:

• Why feelings are physical, not mental, and what that actually means for you
• The thought-to-hormone-to-feeling pipeline your body runs without your permission
• Why mentally spinning on your emotions makes them 10x worse
• What "window of tolerance" means and why yours might be slammed shut
• The antelope story that will change how you think about trauma responses forever
• A body-based breathing exercise to metabolize emotions in real time
• Why breathwork and dance are Brooke's current go-to tools for flushing stuck emotion
• What "declutter the gutter" means and why it's the key to not blowing up over small things
• An update on Dance Alchemy and the new virtual offer coming soon

Resources + Links Mentioned:

Dance Alchemy April 12th (bring your daughter for free!) and May 10th in Lafayette, CO -- $33 Register via Venmo @Brooke-Jean-1 or DM @brookejeanunperfected

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