FLAME with Brad Hook
What Is Interoception? The Hidden Sense That Helps You Navigate Stress
Interoception is your body's hidden sense — the ability to feel your heartbeat, breath, gut and tension. It's the quiet language of your inner world, and most of us have forgotten how to hear it.
This short insight episode unpacks the neuroscience of interoception: how the insula cortex links body signals to emotional awareness, and why the people who read their inner signals earliest regulate stress best. Interoception doesn't remove stress — it helps you notice it sooner, regulate it more effectively, and respond with awareness instead of overwhelm.
Six minutes on the sense underneath 'shift state' — arguably the most trainable skill in emotional regulation, and the one nobody taught you at school.
In this episode
- What interoception is and how it works
- The insula cortex — where body signals become feelings
- Noticing stress earlier instead of suppressing it later
- Why inner-sensing is a trainable skill
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