About this episode

Serena Low and Diane McDowell discuss emotional safety and the brain hijack phenomenon affecting sensitive individuals in relationships.

Serena is joined by Diane McDowell, a therapist-turned-coach and leading expert in emotional safety. Diane is the creator of the Brain to Heart Code, a neuroscience-backed method designed to interrupt what she calls the brain hijack—the unconscious survival response that turns moments of connection into self-protection. Together, Serena and Diane explore why highly sensitive and emotionally intelligent people often over-accommodate, people-please, or shut down in relationships—and why tradi...

People in this episode

Host: Serena Low

Guest: Diane McDowell

Topics covered

• emotional safety
• brain hijack
• relationships
• sensitivity
• self-protection

Keywords

• emotional safety
• brain hijack
• neuroscience
• sensitive people
• relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brain to Heart Code

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