I was in a HeartMath® session with a group of executives, and I had this realization. People are living from the neck up. Their experience of moving through life, relationships, conversations, career happens from the neck up. Think, think, think, then think some more. Can you relate?

I’m here tell you, not on my watch!

There is so much more possible when you intentionally wake up and live from a heart, body, brain connection. Let me explain.

First, the heart. We think the heart is just this physical pump that we need to push in cardio. No, it is so much more! Did you that the heart can be activated to wake up to feel feelings of joy, care, appreciation, courage, resilience, and gratitude. And when we focus on the heart and breathe through the heart area, feeling renewing emotions, we actually activate a connection between our heart and brain. It is called heart – brain coherence. When we are in heart – brain coherence it creates what’s called cortical facilitation, and we activate regions of our brain that support creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, communication. This higher performance state can be activated with a daily practice, and exercised throughout the day in meetings and conversations, while working on a project or sending an e-mail. Does that excite you? I hope so!

Picture yourself, getting yourself into coherence every morning, starting your day ready for optimal performance. I’d love to show you how!

I’ve spent years partnering with executive coaches in my role at Fortune 200 companies. And what they tell me is that their clients show up stressed, sometimes fatigued, they are stuck in thinking ruts and problems. We know through research from The HeartMath® Institute that when we are in stress, we are not operating from our higher regions of the brain, we are stuck in the amygdala. This is not the place you want to be for creative thinking, high performance, problem solving, effective communication and collaboration. When you need the solution the most, you need to be in a coherent state to find the best possible way forward.

When I work with a leader in amygdala hijack I say, how about we practice coherence, go for walk, get to yoga, lift that barbell, as Tyler would say “get to the gym” – and then let’s talk! Get into your heart and body for best performance and get ready to experience insights, creativity, ideas, better communication and collaboration.

When you live from the neck up, you are ignoring optimal performance. Wouldn’t it be perfectly cool to actually feel gratitude and care? I’d be honored to share more about the HeartMath system, and conspire with you about a physical practice. Schedule some time on my calendar: https://jilldianesaunders.com/schedule.

Yours in heart, body, and brain,

Jill

Pro tip: did you know that heart coherence can be felt? The human heart’s electromagnetic field can be measured with magnetometers up to three feet away from the body. Is Chat GPT giving you that kind of love?

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