Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Dr. Marc Brackett joins us today to talk about what emotional intelligence actually is—and why it’s not just “being a deep feeler” or a good talker. He breaks it down with his RULER framework (recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, regulating) and pushes for more precise language than “good,” because nuance changes everything.
One of the biggest takeaways: emotional skills don’t grow without “permission to feel,” and most people didn’t have an “emotional ally” growing up—someone “non-judgmental” who offers presence instead of fixing. He also shares practical regulation tools: “never worry alone,” watch your self-talk, and set identity-based intentions (like being “cherished” and “alive” as a parent). He reminds parents, including Devi, that it’s “effortful, but it is not difficult,” and sleep is often the hidden barrier.
Airbnb Experience: Find your calm in a meditation with Devi Brown
Connect: @DeviBrown @DeeplyWellPodcast
Read: "Living in Wisdom" DeviBrown.com Now Available!
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV…
Youtube: youtube.com/@DeviBrownWell-Being
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Deeply Well
Where higher consciousness meets the complexity of being human.
Hosted by Well-Being Master Teacher and multi-disciplinary healer
Devi Brown, Deeply Well is a soft place to land for those navigating the quiet, courageous work of becoming whole. Through soul-expanding conversations, guided meditations, and our signature Soul Work, each episode explores what it truly means to heal, to rewire, and to return—to your body, your truth, and your unique path. Created for the seekers, the sensitives, the creatives, and anyone reclaiming peace in a world that often overwhelms, Deeply Well invites you into presence, clarity, and self-mastery—one breath, one practice, one guest at a time.
Devi Brown is the founder of Devi Brown Well-Being, and the author of Living in Wisdom and Crystal Bliss. Her work honors the sacred complexity of healing and guides you gently back to yourself—again and again.
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Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcome back to Deeply Well, with our guest Dr. Marc Brackett.
2:30 Reflecting on Chase Wellness Oasis Miami, and how we experience experiences.
5:05 Defining emotional intelligence, exploring the nuance and complexity of emotion.
14:39 The science of emotional maturity, and expanding emotional intelligence through motherhood.
20:45 Permission to feel, everyone needs an Uncle Marvin, an emotional ally.
28:35 AI is the symptom, not the disease.
31:13 Parenting, when coming from difficult experiences, finding your inner feeling mentor.
34:19 Adapting, developing strategies to regulate, starting with where you are.
40:30 Emotional regulation, using self talk to reframe and define your reality.
50:25 Mark and Devi explore proactive regulation and how to access it.
56:20 The number one barrier to a parent being the best version of themselves.
58:20 The Soul Work, who are you saying you are and how do you make that true.
1:00:00 Marc’s formula for emotional regulation, choosing strategies that are more adaptive.
1:03:07 The nuance of meeting your child’s needs.
1:05:08 Marc’s latest book Dealing with Feeling is out, pick up your copy.
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Connect with Marc:
Website marcbrackett.com
Instagram: instagram.com/marc.brackett
Mark’s Book Dealing With Feeling: marcbrackett.com/dealing-with-feeling
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Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Substack: substack.com/@devibrown
Living In Wisdom Book: devibrown.com/book
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Merch: devibrown.myshopify.com
Threads: threads.com/@devibrown
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Devi Brown is a Master Well-Being Educator & Healer, Advisor, Storyteller and Founder of Devi Brown Well-Being. The celebrated voice of daily meditation on the Chopra App and host of the iHeart media podcast, Deeply Well, Brown’s teachings have reached millions of seekers globally and counting. She serves as a well-being advisor for private, high-impact clientele and for Fortune 500 companies, including Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, and Overtime. With teachings rooted in spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, metaphysics, energy healing and trauma-informed facilitation, Brown’s mission is centered in the process of individual liberation that leads to community impact and an elevation of consciousness for all beings.
Dr. Marc Brackett joins us today to talk about what emotional intelligence actually is—and why it’s not just “being a deep feeler” or a good talker. He breaks it down with his RULER framework (recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, regulating) and pushes for more precise language than “good,” because nuance changes everything.
One of the biggest takeaways: emotional skills don’t grow without “permission to feel,” and most people didn’t have an “emotional ally” growing up—someone “non-judgmental” who offers presence instead of fixing. He also shares practical regulation tools: “never worry alone,” watch your self-talk, and set identity-based intentions (like being “cherished” and “alive” as a parent). He reminds parents, including Devi, that it’s “effortful, but it is not difficult,” and sleep is often the hidden barrier.
Airbnb Experience: Find your calm in a meditation with Devi Brown
Connect: @DeviBrown @DeeplyWellPodcast
Read: "Living in Wisdom" DeviBrown.com Now Available!
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV…
Youtube: youtube.com/@DeviBrownWell-Being
✺
Deeply Well
Where higher consciousness meets the complexity of being human.
Hosted by Well-Being Master Teacher and multi-disciplinary healer
Devi Brown, Deeply Well is a soft place to land for those navigating the quiet, courageous work of becoming whole. Through soul-expanding conversations, guided meditations, and our signature Soul Work, each episode explores what it truly means to heal, to rewire, and to return—to your body, your truth, and your unique path. Created for the seekers, the sensitives, the creatives, and anyone reclaiming peace in a world that often overwhelms, Deeply Well invites you into presence, clarity, and self-mastery—one breath, one practice, one guest at a time.
Devi Brown is the founder of Devi Brown Well-Being, and the author of Living in Wisdom and Crystal Bliss. Her work honors the sacred complexity of healing and guides you gently back to yourself—again and again.
✺
Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcome back to Deeply Well, with our guest Dr. Marc Brackett.
2:30 Reflecting on Chase Wellness Oasis Miami, and how we experience experiences.
5:05 Defining emotional intelligence, exploring the nuance and complexity of emotion.
14:39 The science of emotional maturity, and expanding emotional intelligence through motherhood.
20:45 Permission to feel, everyone needs an Uncle Marvin, an emotional ally.
28:35 AI is the symptom, not the disease.
31:13 Parenting, when coming from difficult experiences, finding your inner feeling mentor.
34:19 Adapting, developing strategies to regulate, starting with where you are.
40:30 Emotional regulation, using self talk to reframe and define your reality.
50:25 Mark and Devi explore proactive regulation and how to access it.
56:20 The number one barrier to a parent being the best version of themselves.
58:20 The Soul Work, who are you saying you are and how do you make that true.
1:00:00 Marc’s formula for emotional regulation, choosing strategies that are more adaptive.
1:03:07 The nuance of meeting your child’s needs.
1:05:08 Marc’s latest book Dealing with Feeling is out, pick up your copy.
✺
Connect with Marc:
Website marcbrackett.com
Instagram: instagram.com/marc.brackett
Mark’s Book Dealing With Feeling: marcbrackett.com/dealing-with-feeling
✺
Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Substack: substack.com/@devibrown
Living In Wisdom Book: devibrown.com/book
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Merch: devibrown.myshopify.com
Threads: threads.com/@devibrown
✺
Devi Brown is a Master Well-Being Educator & Healer, Advisor, Storyteller and Founder of Devi Brown Well-Being. The celebrated voice of daily meditation on the Chopra App and host of the iHeart media podcast, Deeply Well, Brown’s teachings have reached millions of seekers globally and counting. She serves as a well-being advisor for private, high-impact clientele and for Fortune 500 companies, including Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, and Overtime. With teachings rooted in spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, metaphysics, energy healing and trauma-informed facilitation, Brown’s mission is centered in the process of individual liberation that leads to community impact and an elevation of consciousness for all beings.
