The Emotion Connection by Sharon Faye

In this episode, Sharon Faye explores the powerful role of underlying assumptions - the unconscious beliefs we develop through family stories, life experiences, and personal history. These hidden assumptions can shape our relationships, careers, confidence, and sense of what we believe is possible.
Drawing from her own journey and real-life examples, Sharon explains how to identify the assumptions that may be limiting you, why they often feel like are the truth, and how changing your perspective can transform the way you see yourself, your relationships, and others.
You'll learn:
What underlying assumptions are and where they come from
How assumptions influence behaviour, emotions, and decision-making
Practical ways to challenge unhelpful beliefs and develop greater self-awareness allowing you to see yourself and others from a different perspective
Like in every other episode of The Emotion Connection, Sharon leaves you with a simple but powerful homework exercise to help you uncover the assumptions shaping your everyday.
If you're ready to see yourself, your relationships, and your potential through a new lens, this episode is for you.
 

Learning How to Feel | The Emotion Connection with Sharon Faye
What does it really mean to feel?
In this episode, Sharon Faye explores the difference between feeling, thinking, analyzing, and wallowing. She explains why emotions are valuable sources of information and how learning to feel them can improve resilience, relationships, and overall wellbeing.
You'll learn:• The difference between sensations and emotions• Why "negative" emotions aren't necessarily negative• How to tell the difference between feeling and analyzing• Why wallowing keeps us stuck• Simple ways to build emotional awareness
This episode offers practical tools to help you connect with yourself, stay present, and develop greater emotional strength.

In this deeply personal episode, Serendipity: Feeling by Accident, Sharon Faye shares the remarkable story behind the development of Emotional Strength®. Reflecting on a childhood marked by adversity, Sharon explores how an accidental discovery - that feeling emotional pain made her feel stronger, not weaker - became the foundation of her life's work.
Through powerful personal insights and practical examples, Sharon explains why she believes suffering comes not from emotion itself, but from our disconnection and judgment of it. She introduces the core principles of Emotional Strength®, including vulnerability, responsibility, and learning to connect with discomfort rather than avoid it.
Whether you're a leader, parent, business owner, or simply someone seeking a healthier relationship with yourself, this episode offers a thought-provoking perspective on emotion, resilience, and personal growth. Sharon also shares a simple challenge for listeners to begin practicing emotional strength in their everyday lives.
Join the conversation and discover how feeling, rather than avoiding, may be the key to greater freedom, connection, and wellbeing. Contact Sharon directly at sharon@sharonfaye.com.

Season 2 of The Emotion Connection begins with a powerful invitation to open to different perspectives. Challenge the way you see yourself, others, and the world around you.
In this episode, Sharon Faye explores the healing power of feeling and why so many of us spend our lives avoiding emotion without even realising it. From childhood we learned about emotional suppression and numbing behaviours like scrolling, overthinking, distraction, and staying “busy,” Sharon unpacks the hidden ways we disconnect from ourselves.
You’ll discover:
• Why your “truth” may only be a perspective
• How emotional avoidance becomes normalised
• The difference between thinking and feeling
• What it means to be in your body and be present in the moment
• How living in the past is fatiguing and living in the future creates anxiety
• Why awareness is the first step toward building Emotional Strength and personal transformation
 
Sharon also shares simple practical ways to reconnect with your body, build capacity for discomfort, and become more present in your everyday life.
This episode is an invitation to move beyond automatic reactions, open to different perspectives, and begin waking up to a more fulfilling experience of life.
Homework for this week: Become aware of the words you use every day. Notice when you say things like “It’s all good,” “No worries,” or “It could be worse.” Are these expressions helping you feel, or helping you avoid?
Visit Sharon at sharonfaye.com to learn more, ask questions, or connect with the podcast community.

Welcome to The Emotion Connection - the podcast exploring emotion from a different perspective.
Hosted by Sharon Fay, founder of the Emotion Research Institute and creator of Emotional Strength®, this podcast invites you into meaningful conversations about emotion, human behaviour, leadership, healing, and personal growth.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience working with business leaders, organisations, and individuals, Sharon shares powerful insights to help you better understand yourself, build emotional capacity, and create lasting change in your everyday life.
Through thought-provoking discussions, lived experience, and practical wisdom, The Emotion Connection challenges traditional ideas about emotion and opens the door to deeper connection, curiosity, resilience, and growth.
Follow now and discover how feeling more deeply can help you live more fully

We are here to wrap up with the 10th podcast of our first season. Well done us! To my surprise and delight, I loved the experience. I hope you did as well. Recording the podcasts was like running for me. I didn’t know I would like it, but I gave it a go anyway and I loved it. There is something magical about sharing with you (the listeners) out there. I have had plenty of feedback from you all for which I am truly grateful.
 
Listen in for more. Remember, we love hearing from you so keep sharing your insights and questions! Send any questions, experiences and feedback to the team by email: info@emotionresearch.com.au.

This podcast is all about leadership and how Emotional Strength fits into being a leader.
Topics covered:
How does connecting to emotion improve leadership.
Emotional strength, and implications for leadership.
Executive leadership development.
Leadership with emotional strength.
The terms leaders and managers have been used interchangeably. There is a distinct difference. A leader is said to be visionary, providing inspirational direction and tends to be value driven. Who guides organizational culture?
Listen in for more. Remember, we love hearing from you so keep sharing your insights and questions! Send any questions, experiences and feedback to the team by email: info@emotionresearch.com.au.
 

Episode 7 on Vulnerability generated a whole range of questions and discussion. Sharon has since recorded another Q&A episode just to cover this episode! Topics covered:
What is emotion as a broader concept than Emotional Strength? Does it exist within us?
What is the link between vulnerability, empathy and Emotional Strength?
Vulnerability, awareness and  weakness.
Vulnerability and capacity to experience hurt.
Sharing with loved ones.
Judging the judge.
Some really deep concepts in this episode, have a listen and let us know what you think.
Join in the conversation and send your questions, experiences and any feedback to the team by email: info@emotionresearch.com.au.
Unleash your curiosity, become intrigued and listen in! Follow or subscribe now to experience health through feeling.

In the latest episode, Sharon gives an overview of her lived experience with being a new mum, parenting styles over the years including punitive parenting and parenting with Emotional Strength.
 
If you are a parent listening, the homework for this episode is to notice your own parenting style when you’re engaging with your children. Whether you have a toddler, a teen, or adult – notice your tone, language and actions.
 
Remember, we love hearing from you so keep sharing your insights and questions! Send any questions, experiences and feedback to the team by email: racheln@emotionresearch.com.au.

Back with more feedback and questions! This time from Episodes 4 through to 7.
As you may be aware, we love hearing from you about the podcast.
Join in the conversation and send your questions, experiences and any feedback to the team by email: racheln@emotionresearch.com.au.
Unleash your curiosity, become intrigued and listen in! Follow or subscribe now to experience health through feeling.