BONUS SEASON: Honor Feelings - Your Nervous System's Navigation System

Why do some people thrive during change while others get completely overwhelmed? It comes down to whether their nervous system feels "safe enough" to stay curious and collaborative. This episode explores how your emotions impact your brain's internal navigation system and energy for change. We share the H in our HEART framework with concrete tools for reading these signals at individual, team, and organizational levels, transforming emotional chaos into psychological safety. 3:00 Chelle explains why Honoring Feelings is the best neurological place to start when navigating change. 8.13 Chelle shares what has surprised her when working with team and leaders about honoring feelings during times of uncertainty. 11.42 Chelle provides practical examples of how we can honor feellings at the 'Me' (indidvidual) level during change. 15.37 Chelle offers evidence-based tools to help leaders and teams honor feelings at the 'We' level when navigating change together. 21.25 Chelle suggests ways organizations can make it easier to honor feelings at the 'Us' level to make it safer for people to be honest about change approaches. 24.10 Chelle shares a case study of how a large public service organization has been practically using these tools to navigate change. 30.53 Chelle provides a caution for where most workplaces struggle when it comes to honoring feelings during change. 34.37 Chelle offers a post-it note takeaway for honoring feelings.

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BONUS SEASON: Honor Feelings - Your Nervous System's Navigation System is an episode from Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast by Michelle McQuaid: Positive Psychology Teacher | Playful Change Activator | Huffington Post Blogger.

This episode is 36:59 long.

This episode was published on Sep 18, 2025.

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