June 11, 202654 min
Why You Can't Control Your Emotions (And What Interoception Has to Do With It)
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Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To Action
Hosted by Dawna Jones
Episodes
131
Latest episode
Jun 2026
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About the show
We are living in exciting times, but also challenging ones. The world has become more complex and so have our lives. There is a need for new ways of thinking that can help us navigate this complexity and make sense of the future. The Inspirational Insights podcast (Insight to Action) brings you different perspectives on how we can make sense of our complex world, find solutions for leadership challenges while creating a better future for everyone. Adversity is an opportunity to be better at being human in connection to nature and to an inspiring purpose. Inspirational Insights is an enlightening and inspiring podcast that covers personal business, global issues, decision-making practices and leading in complexity. The show's topics range from nextgen to consciousness shifting with the goal of reconnecting decisions and impact to caring about biodiversity by sharing practical insights on how we can all make a difference now. Subscribe now so you don't miss out. You can also find us on iTunes and Spotify. Host Dawna Jones is always looking for feedback, so please send your thoughts my way! Join the community on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dawnajones. For personal and business insights listen today! https://shows.acast.com/insight-to-action-inspirational-insights-podcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/insight-to-action-inspirational-insights-podcast . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. dawnajones.substack.com
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May 20, 202634 min
Stop Reacting to Emotional Triggers!
What happens when emotional triggers are no longer something to fear, but something to understand? In this conversation, we explore how healing begins with awareness, why triggers often point to old wounds, and how working with our emotional states can lead to greater sovereignty, clarity, and freedom.In this episode, Dawna Jones and Miranda Rocca-Circelli explore emotional triggers as more than reactions to manage — they’re invitations to notice what’s been hidden, unhealed, or waiting to be seen. The conversation moves from personal story to practical insight, touching on the relationship between trauma, consciousness, and the everyday work of becoming more self-aware. At its core, this episode is about learning how to stay present with yourself, reclaim your emotional agency, and turn healing into a lived practice.A couple of key quotes:· “It starts with a trigger.”[1]· “Once you identify what the trigger is, you’ve uncovered an unhealed wound.”[1]· “It becomes objective versus you get caught in that trigger and that feeling.”[1]· “The storms still come. You just now know how to navigate them.”[1]Thanks for reading Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
May 14, 20262 min
From Emotionally Triggered to Grounded and Confident with Miranda Rocca-Circelli
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February 18, 202652 min
Regenerative Health with Tim Wagner
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February 16, 20266 min
Is intuition woo-woo? Or your high speed cognitive advantage?
The Intuition SeriesHow does your high-speed cognitive process work?“I don’t trust my intuition. It’s been wrong.”“Intuition is fear.”“We want rational decisions, not something intangible.”There is a reason why intuition can be wrong and a reason why it is not fear or any other emotion. Intuition is a cognitive process that runs at high speeds so you can make life-saving decisions BEFORE you are cognitively aware. That’s life-saving insight First Responders rely on. So do repeatedly successful entrepreneurs. Intuition utilizes your subconscious processor and is mashed up with bias (cognitive distortions), unhealed emotional wounds, beliefs, and other distortions, hence the confusion. Whether you believe or do. not believe in intuition, the info in this video will help you recognize your greatest asset when working with dynamic conditions, high stakes, insufficient information at speed. Your life might depend on it. Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
January 15, 20268 min
So You've Been Triggered by Emotional Wounds! Now what?
Being triggered is a positive signal that there’s an emotional wound buried in the subconscious, needing your attention. Behind fatigue is a lot of overwhelm and energy bound up in carrying unhealed emotional wounds and generational trauma around. Clear those energetic triggers to regain usable energy and emotional freedom. The horse in the background gets triggered but, unfortunately, can’t apply self-directed solutions like readers can. Releasing decision fatigue and reframing overwhelming powerlessness into forward steps requires expanded self-awareness and action. Reactivity converts into unflappable growth.In this video, I cover the steps to:Deal with the emotional reactivity where your brain fires out of protection. Box breathing is one tool. Included in this podcast interview are instructions on box breathing. Clear the emotional energetic charge so you retain the memory but not the emotional wounding that goes with it. Therapy is one option. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, my go-to is Emotional Freedom Technique because it is science-backed, self-directed, and works. Get started using Brad Yates, Manifest Portal (Devi), and Julie Shiffman. If you’re ready to clear up stored emotion from your body’s hard drive (subconscious), you can start immediately. Why wait for spring?!Clearing trauma and old emotional wounds is an insurance policy against chronic illness while providing a sense of control over fatigue and the overwhelming consequences of global events. Why?In my experience, dealing with overwhelm is a lot easier using your subconscious with its outrageously fast processing speeds. Clearing out the closet of old energies gives you more resources to work with. Applying the oxygen mask allows you to focus more clearly on what is going on around you. Without context awareness, you can’t see what’s coming next, much less respond to it effectively. Considering the world that emerges is a direct function of the health and well-being and decision-making consciousness of each person and the collective, this personal development and expansion is critically important. Thanks for being a future-shaper!! Note and Disclaimer: What I write about it is based on my personal transformation, professional experience and research into the intersection between science, the power of the human spirit and the fringe of discovery. It does not supplant or replace conventional medicine or other sources of personal development. Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
January 7, 20263 min
Rebalancing Down and Difficult Feelings
Reflections surfaced while I was trooping around snowshoeing on Hollyburn Mountain and thinking of my subscribers, some new (thank you!), some loyal (very grateful), and all who are paying attention to what is going on in the world. More aggression in the global arena, deceptive accords (peace, truce or not), can hurt your heart. Home base is your personal spirit and joy. In this short video, I name a few simple practices to boost your personal spirit in the face of the news and other emotional distractions.Your mindset is directly impacted by your self-awareness of the context and its effect on your emotions. This makes awareness critically important because it triggers action to intentionally process your emotions and regain clarity.Core to well-being and personal growth is having a sense of control, a face-forward outlook on life, and the initiative to grow, so you can hack resilience and build feel-better emotions.None of us can face the world with courage without the inspiration of others who are taking on the difficult conversations that are critically important for breakthroughs.People like Garry Turner, whose conversations on the masculine-feminine dynamic invite self-situational awareness on what is going on for you, what is going on face to face, and what is going on in the wider environment (context awareness).Dark feelings, triggers all provide openings for personal development.When the going gets tough, the tough get growing. Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
December 16, 202510 min
Feeling Shattered? How To Recover From Being Laid Off
Full disclosure, I have never been laid off, but I have fired clients who were using my work to ‘control’ employees and “bring them into alignment”. After personal losses and life’s interruptions, I began to notice a pattern in my experience. It is not necessarily linear but can be. Your heart energy is your compass, and it needs deliberate care to respect the more intense emotions that accompany loss. It is also a great way to stay aware of what charges you and what depletes you. If you’ve lost your job, feel a need to reinvent yourself, or realize that there is something deeper emerging from within, then the steps I’ve outlined here will help you hone in on what you need to respect and listen to as you process and reinvent. Thanks for reading Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience! This post is public so feel free to share it.Given the ridiculously high disengagement statistics, reinventing yourself is timely. Doing it while moving through fear (financial, and more), brings you face-to-face with your commitment to You. I work for myself, so if my work is unfulfilling, it is up to me to change it. Staying aligned with my purpose has been a bumpy ride and no less challenging than a company like Patagonia has experienced through its growth and commitment. Over thirty years, both internal catalysts and external conditions have propelled me into new territory. It hasn’t always been successful or smooth, so I began taking notes, hoping that my experimental process would help someone willing to accept full responsibility for their well-being and destiny. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” - Ralph Waldo EmersonIn moving through fear and doubt, there might be temptations to take the well-worn road of depression and other mental health side trips. Dark emotional places serve as a signal that you’ve fallen into a pit. Commitment and compassion will get you through any trials. Not easy, but necessary. The world needs your full talent now. Biologically, repression of expression creates depression or aggression. Any time I see people shooting other people, it tells me that the pressure has become too great and the violence too easy. Nothing about self-collective leadership is easy peasy. Commitment is essential. So is reflection, stepping back, observing and noticing the pressures you’re responding to. Your heart will tell you what is next, after you’ve done some emotional release work and given yourself the space to recover. As we move from individual to collective leadership, the personal work you do directly informs the quality and frequency of the collective. Exciting times. Please post comments, or questions and share this with someone who needs to know they are not adrift in the open ocean nor are they alone. Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
December 2, 20250 min
A Moment of Awe- Geese Migrating
Our connection to nature is captured in appreciation for the journey these birds make. This is a group of stranglers; the bulk of the migration has passed. They flew overhead yesterday while I was playing with my grandkids. Every time I see a flock like this pass overhead, I am in awe of their navigational instincts. These are Canada Geese, one of three or four species that migrate south along the Pacific flyway. They will cover 3200 km to 5600 km, depending on their starting point (2000 to 3500 miles), flying from Arctic Canada to the southern U.S. and Mexico for the winter. With flight speeds of 64 km to over 100 km per hour (40-70 miles per hour), a built-in GPS and navigational devices, they face every obstacle humans have created, plus those the weather presents. After wandering the world for two years, the first thing I did on my return home was go camping in a cow pasture because my father and mother were banding birds. Crouched down in a slough, overhead came a flock of Canada Geese honking and flying low. I could hear their wings whistle as they passed overhead. And I cried from the joy of their presence.Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Nothing is quite as spectacular as the flight and migration of birds… a journey that has been followed for possibly 50 million years according to the fossil record. Hummingbirds lay an egg the size of a pea. Their migratory journey covers 3200 km (2000 miles) and fits easily in the palm of your hand. You can’t handle them without risking breaking their wings. And yet they make that flight distance. Their metabolic rate is so high that at night they go into a state of hibernation. Photo: Edgar T. Jones Our technological ambitions look small next to the magnificence of small birds on big flights or larger birds on group flights. Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
November 28, 20258 min
What happens when conflicting worldviews ignore trust and connection?
When strangers from the city step onto a farm, they often see disorder—muddy kitchen floors, grass growing in ditches, animals or birds that poop and have no character or personality. It looks messy. But to the person who tends the land, that same scene is alive with relationship—a quiet understanding between humans, animals, and place. Without that bond, decisions are clinical, missing the big picture, and limited by what is perceived as possible from that worldview. For instance, the virologist who was interviewed by CBC along with others presented the challenge of testing the ostriches from a technical point of view arguing that the birds were too strong, fast to be tested. No one considered, at least that I saw, recognized that the farmers could have done the testing because they had raised the birds since birth. The ostriches knew and trusted them. The decision was sourced in a worldview that was missing the reality of the relationship and farm life.Relationships is the basis for understanding complex interactions. Oversimplication is easy but misleading. That gap in understanding shaped the fate of 317 ostriches in British Columbia. The cull revealed more than the tragic, unethical, disconnected method; it exposed a deeper divide between how caregivers, scientists, and government officials see life. This video takes you onto a farm, where the connection between you and the animals you care for leads to cooperation, after trust has been established. To a city dweller, animals are animals. Objects. Edible objects. To anyone working with a modicum of sensitivity and consciousness, they are sentient creatures who understand much more than you think they do. The other day, while leading one of the stallions in, I told him I’d be walking him in. Usually, he runs himself in. I’ve learned that if I don’t explain what is happening, he makes his own decisions, like pulling a 100-pound bale of hay off the stack. We cooperate. It didn’t start that way. Boundaries needed to be set on my part. The sum total of how we see and interpret the world is captured in your worldview, individually and culturally. Consciousness is when you are aware of your worldview and able to observe how it differs from the worldview of others. Shifting perspective and empathy are the two metaskills that illuminate the source of conflict or tension. With tension as your signal, you can ask questions with an open mind. I had a lovely conversation on worldview with Kathy Jourdain on the podcast. Understanding worldviews can reduce polarization and bring people together to reach some level of cooperation in solving a complex problem. If you missed it, listen here. Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://embed.acast.com/5a6fab1455cdce603414631c/6385025a1c0715001196cadcUnderstanding worldview opens the door to greater understanding. Without it, decisions are made that lack humanity and any ethical integrity.The daily news is full of opportunities to practice spotting the source of different perspectives. As a consciousness shifter, recognizing when you’ve just stepped into a different world, provides a fresh context for how you process your experience and make decisions. J.K. Rowling knew that when she created the world Harry Potter lived in. The world we live in, is still being shaped and formed in everyday decisions, and in the decisions that tilt toward affirming life, or killing it. Thanks for reading Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience! This post is public so feel free to share it.Reconnecting back to life sustaining wisdom means being humble enough to know that how you or I see the world, is not how it is from many other points of view. I love the work this musician (Plume on YouTube) has done to discover how sensitive animals truly are. Animals respond to the emotion you bring and their experience. Plume sings to a shy OkapiEnjoy! Get full access to Navigating Uncertainty: Visionary Resilience at dawnajones.substack.com/subscribe
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