Going Deep on Emotional Authority

James and Teresa take a break from the guest series to dig into one of their favorite topics: emotional authority. Both are emotional, both have lived it for years, and this episode reflects that depth.

They cover what it actually means to wait through your wave, what clarity feels like in the body, and why the way emotional authority has been taught in the field leaves a lot out. The conversation moves through the three wave phenomena Ra identified, why none of them are actually part of the decision-making process, what emotional intensity has to do with clarity, and how the mind gets emotionally defined people stuck in ways they often don't recognize.

They also get into what it's like to navigate the world as an emotional person alongside splenic people, what non-emotionals get wrong about emotional maturity, and how somatic awareness changes the whole experience of living with a defined solar plexus.

TOPICS COVERED

Teresa's first introduction to Human Design and why emotional authority landed immediatelyWhat Ra got right and where his teaching stopped shortThe difference between wave phenomena and the actual clarity processWhat emotional clarity feels like somaticallyThe three wave types: spike and lock, crash wave, and ratchet wave, and why none of them are decision-making toolsHow the mind amplifies and distorts the emotional processRaw emotional data vs. feeling as interpretationThe splenic/emotional divide and different relationships to time, depth, and informationCo-regulation, emotional empathy, and when you need a splenic person to cut through the fogIntegrating splenic awareness and emotional authority when you have bothWhat non-emotionals misunderstand about emotional maturity

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