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How to Understand, Meet, and Communicate Your Emotional Needs
Episode 289
Thursday, 15 January, 2026

Understanding, meeting, and communicating your emotional needs is not about expressing everything you feel in the moment. It is about self-leadership. Emotions are biological and psychological signals that give you information about what is happening inside you. When you slow down, identify the emotion, recognize the need beneath it, and regulate your body before responding, you build capacity. Capacity creates choice instead of reaction. Every emotion points to an underlying need required for nervous system stability. Needs like safety, connection, validation, autonomy, rest, and consistency are not about comfort. They are about regulation. Emotions are not instructions to act. They are signals to notice. Thoughts assign meaning, emotions activate the body, impulses attempt to restore safety, and behavior completes the loop. The pause between impulse and behavior is regulation. That pause is where leadership begins. Kate Hastings | Mental Health Coach 🌐 Website: phenyx.fit 📩 Email: info@katehastingspodcast.com 📱 Instagram: @coachkate1 Mission Med+ | Dr. Kristin Oakes Website: www.missionmedplus.com Text 24/7 or Call: 786-692-9775 Email: koakes@missionmedus.com Instagram: @MissionMed.Plus Mention "Coach Kate" for 10% off all services