Break the Loop – Stop Letting Triggers Run You

Episode notes

Topics Covered: How emotional triggers hijack your brain The neurobiology of fight, flight, freeze (and fawn) The “loop” cycle and how to recognize it Claire’s Triple S Method : Scan, Shrink, Shift Why calm is not the goal—command is The science of self-regulation in high-stakes leadership Why mental fitness rewires your team as much as yourself How to interrupt default patterns and rewire your neural circuits Timestamps: 00:00 – The real reason you feel stuck in the same loop 01:00 – Claire’s story: being cut off in a room full of senior leaders 03:00 – Why your brain goes offline during emotional hijacks 04:30 – What the loop looks like: Trigger → Reaction → Rumination 05:00 – Step 1: Scan 06:30 – Step 2: Shrink (and what your vagus nerve has to do with it) 08:00 – Step 3: Shift 10:30 – How Claire applies this in real time 13:00 – The leadership myth about always being calm 14:00 – The real goal: recovery time, not perfection 15:30 – Training your brain like a muscle 17:00 – Practical examples to train your command muscle 18:00 – Mental fitness explained: why it matters for real leaders 20:00 – Join the Mental Fitness Masterclass 21:00 – Final thoughts: your trigger doesn’t…