The Real Intelligence Podcast with Jenny Swim
In a world moving toward artificial intelligence, what if you could reclaim your real one?
The Real Intelligence Podcast explores nervous system regulation, intuition, emotional patterns, leadership, and the deeper intelligence that helps us navigate life with clarity and self-trust.
Host Jenny Swim explores how we move from overthinking, burnout, and internal friction toward more natural ways of living, leading, and responding to life.
This is not about optimization or surface-level self-help. It’s about learning to hear yourself clearly again.
The Real Intelligence Podcast with Jenny Swim
38: You Are Here: The Skill of Orienting
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Feeling unsettled by world events, in the middle of a transition, or unsure of your next step? In this episode of the Real Intelligence podcast, Jenny Swim explores the skill of orienting—the simple but powerful practice of knowing where you are physically, emotionally, mentally, and relationally.
You’ll learn how orienting helps you differentiate what’s yours to carry, pause strategically instead of reacting, and calm your nervous system to build capacity. The episode includes practical reflections and simple practices you can use right away. Sometimes clarity doesn’t come from looking ahead—it comes from recognizing where you already are.
Additional Resources:
• The Orienting Reflex and Behavioral States (PMC)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10010463/
• Irene Lyon — Orienting: Its Simplicity and Complexity Explained
https://irenelyon.com/2024/04/05/orienting-its-simplicity-and-complexity-explained/
• The Orienting Response (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZO3vYrJlaY
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