How Do I Use Voice to Calm Down?

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The liberal calm is about being comfortable with discomfort and then still being able to perform in a way that increases arousal. In the book, you pivot from state of nervous system protection to one where there is increased arousal but it's not 100% effective. So can you give us some example demonstrations here in terms of, okay, I'm feeling stressed, something happened, I'm freaking out? How do I use voice to calm down?

Jacqueline Brassey shares powerful tactics for facing stress and uncertainty with calm and confidence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to enjoy more calm with dual awareness

2) How to turn your voice into a calming tool

3) How to access flow more frequently

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— ABOUT JACQUELINE —

Jacqueline Brassey (PhD, MAfN) is a co-leader at the McKinsey Health Institute and a Senior Expert in the area of People & Organizational Performance. Jacqui has more than twenty years of experience in business and academia and spent most of her career before joining McKinsey & Company at Unilever, both in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom. Jacqui holds degrees in both organization and business sciences, as well as in medical sciences.

She has worked and lived in five different countries, loves running, hiking and a good glass of wine, and currently lives with her South African/Dutch family in Luxembourg.

• Book: Deliberate Calm: How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World

• LinkedIn: Jacqueline Brassey

• Website: Jacqueline Brassey-McKinsey & Company

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Podcast: Huberman Lab

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

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