Episode Details

When life feels like a constant push, your body often knows it before your mind does. In this episode, we welcome Jennifer Zach to explore how tuning into your body can calm your stress response and restore energy. She shares her simple "3 N Model" to help you pause, understand what your body is signaling, and respond with clarity instead of reactivity. Learn small, practical ways to bring your nervous system back to calm so you can show up with energy, presence, and peace.

Key takeaways to listen for

• The difference between being unsafe and simply uncomfortable

• How your body sends early signals of stress before your mind catches up

• What "noticing, naming, and navigating" looks like in real time

• How to use somatic awareness to conserve energy and respond with calm

• Quick regulation tools—like scanning your surroundings or gentle vagus nerve stimulation

• Why the most regulated person in the room holds the most influence

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Somatic Awareness by Jennifer Zach | Paperback and Kindle

About Jennifer Zach

Jennifer Zach is a catalyst for embodied leadership and workplace well-being. She combines somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and applied neuroscience to help leaders integrate body and mind, navigate stress, and build trust—driving regenerative growth, stronger team performance, and higher engagement. She is the author of Somatic Awareness: Leading with Body Intelligence and creator of the 3N Model™—Notice, Name, Navigate.

Jennifer's thought leadership has been featured in leading coaching and learning publications, and she is a sought-after speaker on the intersection of executive leadership, presence, and body intelligence. She serves on the board of directors for Berrett-Koehler Publishers and on the advisory board for the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Hawkeye Chapter.

Connect with Jennifer Zach

• Website: Somatically Aware

• LinkedIn: Jennifer Zach, ICF Certified Coach

• Facebook: Jennifer Zach

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