Men Talking Mindfulness

Creating Emotional Stability with Jay Fields

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“The foundation of a life that’s fulfilling is a relationship with yourself that is trustworthy. If you could have gotten that simply by being smart, you'd already be there.”  -  from Jay Fields's website - our guest today.  

Welcome to the Men Talking Mindfulness, a show and podcast where Jon Macaskill in Colorado Springs and Will Schneider in NYC, do their best to demystify mindfulness and all things related to mindfulness.  We’re excited to have you with us today as we discuss Creating Emotional Stability with educator, coach, and author Jay Fields… Jay Fields, M.A. is an educator, coach and author who has taught the principles of embodied social, emotional and relational intelligence to individuals and organizations for twenty years. Her approach to helping people have their own back at work and in life is grounded, playful, empathic and intelligent. Jay received her BA in Psychosocial Health and Human Movement from the College of William and Mary and her masters in Integral Transformative Education from Prescott College. She is the author of the Linkedin Learning courses Managing Your Emotions at Work and Practices for Regulating Your Nervous System and Reducing Stress. When not working with clients or facilitating trainings, you can find Jay riding her motorcycle with her sweetie in the mountains outside of Ojai, California where she lives.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayfields1/

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00:30 Creating Emotional Stability with Jay Fields 

03:00 Introducing Jay Fields 

05:30 Jon leads Opening Grounding Practice (~5 min) 

10:30 Somatic Coach - What it means and Jay’s journey 

16:30 “Teaching People, Not Poses” 

20:30 The difference between conceptual and embodied self-awareness 

24:00 Stoicism and Mindfulness 

28:00 How do we become more emotionally stable (ABC’s) 

37:00 The “Off” Brothers 

38:00 The Four F’s 

43:30 How important is self-empathy? 

48:00 A workflow for emotional regulation 

1:00:30 Jay leads Closing Centering Practice (~2 min)