Episode 6: From Outbursts to Awareness — The Art of Conscious Reacting

Welcome back to All the Feels, sweet friends. 💛In today’s episode, Lauren Carlisle Brown takes you deeper into the first part of the Emotional Flow Map: Reacting. While reacting often gets labeled as “bad,” Lauren helps reframe it as something completely human, extremely common, and often misunderstood.

Emotions are energy in motion, so it makes perfect sense that reacting — slamming a door, snapping, venting, stomping your feet — becomes our default when that energy has nowhere else to go. The goal isn’t to stop reacting altogether. It’s to understand why it happens and to learn how to shift from unconscious reacting (the kind that leaks out sideways) to conscious reacting (the kind that releases emotion without harm).

This episode explores why reacting feels so instinctive, how culture trains us into reactivity, and how to create new patterns rooted in intention, awareness, and compassion. Lauren also walks you through powerful examples of what conscious reacting actually looks like — and how repair helps rebuild trust after inevitable messy human moments.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why reacting is such a natural part of emotional life
  
• How culture, family systems, and the nervous system shape reactive habits
  
• The difference between unconscious and conscious reacting
  
• What healthy emotional release actually looks like
  
• Practical examples of conscious reacting you can try today
  
• A simple repair process for those moments when your unconscious reaction gets the best of you
  

• The “I need a minute” walk
  
• Pillow punching or screaming (safely + intentionally)
  
• Car singing at full volume
  
• Shaking the body to release emotional charge
  
• Venting to a consenting friend
  
• Using movement, workouts, yoga, or dance as emotional release
  

Conscious Reacting Tools You’ll Hear About

These aren’t about suppressing your feelings. They’re about letting your body do what it’s trying to do anyway — with awareness and intention.

A Gentle Reminder

You will still have moments of unconscious reacting.

We all do.

What matters next is repair, circling back with honesty, softness, and accountability. Repair strengthens connection, builds trust, and reconnects you with yourself and the people you love.

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