The Relentless Pursuit of Winning Podcast

🔥 Excerpt "Emotions happen before the thought, and until you release what is stored in the nervous system, strategy stays blocked." ⚡ TL;DR Rochelle Carrington breaks down why founders can know the strategy, keep executing, and still feel stuck. She explains how Emotional Release targets the emotional patterns embedded in the nervous system that shape focus, decision making, sleep, and stress responses. The conversation reframes burnout as a signal, not an identity, and offers practical ways to name emotions, notice triggers, and regulate what you feel so performance comes from safety and clarity. 📄 Show Notes Emotional Release is the part of performance we tend to skip because it feels intangible, yet Rochelle Carrington made it concrete. We talked about why founders can have ambition, discipline, and a solid plan, yet still hit a ceiling that makes no logical sense. Rochelle laid out a simple sequence: an emotional response fires first, then the mind builds a thought to explain it, then action follows. You'll learn that the nervous system as the real operating system behind execution. When that system starts signaling unsafe, you see it in the symptoms: sleep that never feels complete, irritation that shows up fast, decision making that slows down, focus that scatters, and a constant sense that rest needs to be earned. That is where Emotional Release becomes a practical tool, not a concept. It aims at the emotional pattern itself, not the story around it. Rochelle also challenged the way business culture treats emotion as noise. If Emotional Release is about anything, it is about removing the hidden cap that keeps founders from using the full capacity they already have. When the trigger is gone, the work gets cleaner, the mind gets quieter, and leadership feels steadier. That lines up with how we build stable companies: clarity first, then action that holds.  ✅ Key Takeaways Emotional Release starts at the root cause, the emotional pattern, not the surface thought. Burnout can be a nervous system signal that safety is missing, even when business is functioning. Name the emotion with precision before you try to change it. Good is not a feeling. Triggers point to a stored belief or emotion, not necessarily the truth of the moment. Regulation is a skill: feel the emotion, move it through, then choose the state that supports the next decision. 🎁 Giveaway Struggle with procrastination? The Procrastination Crusher is a fast-acting emotional reset that clears subconscious blocks so you can take action now, save time and energy, and finally follow through with ease. Get Yours Here: https://rochelle-carrington-45e8.mykajabi.com/offers/p234C8dd 👤 Bio Rochelle Carrington is the founder of Emotional Blueprinting. She works with executives and business owners to identify and release nervous system-based emotional patterns that restrict performance, clarity, and well-being. 👑 Host Info Rick Meekins (https://rickmeekins.com) is a serial entrepreneur, strategic business disruption advisor, podcast guest, and host of The Relentless Pursuit of Winning Podcast, where he explores what it actually takes to build, lead, and sustain meaningful businesses. With over 30 years of experience working alongside founders and leadership teams, Rick focuses on helping companies develop and implement disruptive advantages and developing platforms to explore and distribute human insight. Interested in working together, having Rick speak, or partnering with the show? Start here: https://rpowpodcast.com/contact 🧭 Chapters 00:00 Welcome and intro 01:21 What Emotional Blueprinting does for executives 02:47 Why emotions come before thoughts 05:59 The nervous system, safety, and performance symptoms 07:35 Why awareness and mindset can stall 11:19 Why Emotional Release is becoming the next performance frontier 13:40 Imprint period and the origin of core patterns 15:59 The emotion tied to the event, not the event itself 18:04 Symptoms founders can watch for 21:08 Case story and what shifts after release 23:18 What it means to reset the nervous system 25:38 Emotions, inheritance, and what gets carried forward 29:51 Why the ceiling can appear later in success 34:29 Founder advice on responsibility and regulation 37:30 Self-talk, affirmations, and why the body rejects mismatch 41:35 Naming emotions and building a practical check-in habit #emotionalrelease #nervoussystem #founderleadership #burnoutrecovery #peakperformance #executivecoaching #entrepreneurship #growthleadership