307// How to Regulate Emotions in 4 Minutes or Less, with Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill from the Connection Codes

Do you ever feel like your emotions inside you are so big that you don't know how you'll ever have enough time to process them? Do you feel like you get triggered at the sign of a single symptom, or conversation, or thought - and it takes you hours or days to feel calm again? Or maybe you’re living with chronic illness, chronic pain, or ongoing stress — and you’re wondering how can you ever regulate your emotions when your body feels constantly at war / threatened? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, this episode is for you. Today’s episode continues our series exploring the emotional weight of chronic illness. And it's a particularly special episode, as we're going to talk with emotions experts, author, and founders of Connection Codes, Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill. Dr. Glenn and Phyllis are passionate about helping people discover that emotions aren’t a problem to fix, but a powerful, natural tool to master - so that homes can be healed, marriages strengthened, and communities transformed. As we continue with our chronic illness and mental health series, I’m sharing the things that anchored me on my journey toward wholeness — and Dr. Glenn and Phyllis have been a part of my recent journey and something I've found so healing and empowering. So I'm sharing them with you! In today’s episode, we’re diving into: How to regulate your emotions in 4 minutes or less Why processing emotions doesn't need to take hours, days, weeks, or years Symptoms of suppressing unprocessed emotions vs. emotional regulation What the 8 core emotions are - and why being able to name them is so powerful in emotional regulation Processing emotions with chronic illness - including stress, grief, and emotional healing We’ll talk about what emotional regulation really means, why “control your emotions” often backfires in the process of healing, and how you can make your emotions your friend on your journey of chronic illness and mental health. If you’ve been doing everything you know how to do and you’re still not better, I hope this episode meets you exactly where you are. Not to fix you. Not to promise a breakthrough. But to strengthen your inner heart that illness, stress, and unprocessed emotions may have been quietly wearing down. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Big Emotions Intro 00:41 - Meet The Guests 02:35 - Podcast Welcome Disclaimer 03:45 - Why Connection Codes 05:57 - Tools For Connection 08:08 - Start With Yourself 11:46 - Human Condition Framework 15:10 - Dishwasher Breakthrough 19:07 - Opting Out Myth 22:14 - Brain Science Of Emotion 27:03 - Stunt Double And Dam 31:03 - Stop Saying Youre Okay 35:11 - Apology Trap 39:20 - Guilt and Shame Connect 40:44 - Core Emotion Wheel Basics 42:59 - Five Brain Regions 46:44 - Emotions as Messengers 47:45 - Live Wheel Demo 54:03 - Ooh Not Fixing 55:48 - Processing in 20 Seconds 01:00:31 - Signs Emotions Are Stuck 01:03:38 - Validation for Chronic Pain 01:07:24 - Closing Thanks CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: Download the Core Emotion Wheel for Free Follow Connection Codes on Instagram Listen to the Connection Codes Podcast Buy The Connection Codes Book Get 20% off the Marriage Foundations Masterclass with code: BELLY20 Get Coaching with Dr. Glenn Hill HEAL YOUR GUT: Option #1) 👉 Join the Better Belly Blueprint today! Want to learn how BBB works? It'd mean so much! ❤️ *This episode was first published at BetterBellyTherapies.com/307 Mentioned in this episode: 🎉 Win our FREE Gut Healing Program! 🎉 To celebrate our 300th podcast episode on Better Belly Podcast, we’re giving THREE lucky winners a FULL-RIDE scholarship to the Better Belly Blueprint + 3 months of FREE group coaching (value: $800) 👑 If you're already a BBB student, you'll have an option of getting your choice of one year of group coaching for FREE (value: $497) or a free 1:1 call with me (value:...