Kate Hastings Show

Pressure doesn’t make you weak. It shows you where you still have work to do. The space between reacting and responding is where your future is built. In this episode, I’m breaking down how to regulate your emotions when life, leadership, and circumstances turn up the heat. You don’t rise to the occasion. You fall to your habits, your training, and your ability to stay steady. Regulation isn’t about shutting down your emotions. It’s about recognizing them, working with them, and choosing how to lead yourself through the moment. When you decide in advance who you are, you don’t have to negotiate with your emotions in the moment. When you don’t know who you are, emotions will lead you. They’ll decide for you in the heat of the moment. Fear will tell you to retreat. Anger will tell you to attack. Stress will tell you to shut down. But when you anchor in identity, you flip the script. You become the one leading your emotions instead of being led by them. And the second you put that label on it, your body obeys. Y