On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Jane Foster about emotional resilience, vulnerability in leadership and how to handle negative emotions.

We also dive deeper into learning to regulate and control emotions, reshaping perspectives, and changing the language used around emotions, stress and problems.

Dr. Jane Foster – Emotional Resilience

Dr. Jane Foster is the founder of Emotional Resilience, a dedicated researcher, and the author behind the recent publication, “It’s In Your Hands”. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and Teaching, a Masters Degree in Education & Learning Management from Central Queensland University, and a Ph.D. in Health Promotion and Education from the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Drawing from over four decades of global teaching experience, she intertwines her expertise in Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu, and yoga to empower individuals in taking charge of their emotional journey, helping them navigate through life’s challenges with grace. Her mission is to revolutionise our societal mindset, steering away from blame, criticism, and judgment towards fostering psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and resilience.

Dr. Jane Foster talks about:

• Her big dream starting from outdoor education and experience with a bully
  
• Desire for everyone to be able to take control of their own steering wheel from within.
  
• Emotional Resilience
  
• Emotions are not “good” or “bad”, they are either “rough” or “smooth”
  
• Learning to regain control of negative emotions
  
• The importance of developing emotional resilience
  
• Language and framing is powerful
  
• Focusing on taking responsibility for how you respond rather than blaming others
  
• Leaders need to listen, be selectively vulnerable, and empower those around them
  
• The factors that influence our behaviour
  
• Taking responsibility for the way we respond
  
• Asking good questions that make people reflect 
  
• Coping mechanisms for learning to control emotions
  
• Dopamine addiction from social media
  
• Selective vulnerability for leaders
  
• Changing the language used around emotions, stress, and problems 
  
• Reshaping perspective and how people approach challenges
  

Tweets

“If you keep looking back at what you did, then you’re going to crash. That’s what so many people do when they’re coaching someone. It doesn’t mean ignoring the rearview mirror. It’s there to glance at and learn from, but not to focus on.” Dr. Jane Foster talks about moving forward on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“At the moment, negative emotions are seen as bad and everyone’s picking people off those emotional roads and putting them on the smooth roads, thinking that they’re doing the right thing. But if you look at a pulse, it goes up and down, doesn’t it? To show you’re alive, what happens when it flatlines, you’re dead. Yet so many of us are trying to create a life that’s smooth and it’s actually unattainable. I wanted to create language that would change that. Instead of bad emotions, they’re rough, and rough has a purpose.” Emotional resilience and the role of negative emotions with Dr. Jane Foster on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“That’s why it’s called selective vulnerability. It’s actually a thing that is a balance between oversharing and undersharing. It becomes in the middle, as you said, you share when it’s appropriate because as a leader, you had certain expectations from your team.” Dr. Jane Foster talks about vulnerability in leadership on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Dr. Jane Foster www.itsinyourhandsdrjanefoster.com
Dr. Jane Foster LinkedIn
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Dr. Jane Foster Instagram
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
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NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

BOOK

It’s in Your Hands – Your Steering Wheel Your Choice