Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen What’s Your Zone of Genius? (Katie Hendricks, PhD)
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Sep 18, 2025 Katie Hendricks, PhD, co-director of the Hendricks Institute, dives into using body-based intelligence to cultivate presence and personal agency. She shares practical fear-melters designed to help us navigate emotional responses like fight or freeze. Katie introduces the 'loop of awareness' to enhance connection and energy, and discusses sorting daily challenges into manageable categories. She highlights how to incrementally spend time in your zone of genius and explores persona work to integrate our shadow parts. Tune in for transformative insights!
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Use Fear Melters To Move Fear
- Use Katie Hendricks' fear melters to unstick fight, flee, freeze, and faint responses in the body.
- Combine fear melters with deep breaths, changing your pace, or appreciation to make presence-based decisions.
Root And Wiggle To Regain Presence
- For flee: ground and feel your feet to root into readiness and presence.
- For freeze: wiggle to shift into a pause and discover the next actionable step.
Use Love Scoops When Overwhelmed
- When faint overwhelms you, use 'love scoops': reach out with your torso and pull loving energy into tense areas.
- This physical reaching restores a sense of agency and capacity to act.
