Is energy primarily a product of our mindset, or does it begin somewhere deeper?

Felina Danalis is a resilience and trauma expert whose work helps people understand that stress, anxiety and trauma are not simply stories created by the mind. They are experiences carried by the body. A former diplomat, Felina’s path into this work was shaped by years of international service and by surviving a fatal car bombing in the Balkans.

In this dynamic conversation, Felina and Greg explore the relationship between the body and the mind, including a lively disagreement about where meaningful change begins. Felina argues that mindset is not always the starting point. Our biology, stress responses and nervous system can shape the thoughts we are able to access in the first place.

Together they examine “bottom-up” change: working with the body to create the safety, regulation and vitality that allow new thoughts and choices to emerge. Felina also demonstrates a simple humming practice that can help settle the nervous system and bring us back into the present.

You’ll hear why pushing through is not always resilience, how the body communicates before the mind can explain, and what becomes possible when we treat physical awareness as wisdom rather than interference.

Felina’s invitation is to stop treating your body as an inconvenience and begin listening to what it may be telling you about stress, alignment and your capacity to be fully present.

Connect with Felina Danalis

Website: https://www.felinadanalis.com/

Bio and resources: https://bio.site/felinadanalis

Season One of I Wish I Had Your Energy explores The Energy We Give and the choices, convictions and practices that allow us to leave people better than we found them.