Have you ever wondered why, despite your best intentions, you keep repeating the same emotional cycles? Or why anxiety seems to have a tight grip on your day-to-day life, no matter how hard you try to shake it off?
In our latest episode of Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations, we welcome Natalyn “Natty” Lewis, a powerhouse in emotional intelligence, business leadership, and personal transformation. Natty’s journey is both inspiring and deeply personal—she turned her battle with anxiety into a mission to help others reclaim peace, clarity, and purpose.
The Emotional Intelligence Revolution
After 25 years in entrepreneurship and a background as a Division 1 athlete, Natty realized that the real key to success wasn’t just strategy—it was emotional awareness. She co-developed an emotional intelligence framework now endorsed by the National Association of Social Workers and used to support rehabilitation programs in prisons.
Her work is transforming lives—showing people how to stop reacting to life and start living it with intention.
“Emotional intelligence isn’t about being fixed. It’s about understanding your body, your mind, and your story so you can take real, actionable steps forward.”
Reclaiming Control: From Numbness to Awareness
One of the most powerful parts of our conversation was when Natty shared how emotional numbness can lead to a lack of motivation and disconnection from our own lives. The first step to change? Feel your feelings. Your emotions are messages from your body—and listening to them is essential for growth.
She reminds us: “Everybody has a signature. You’re not broken—you just haven’t learned to read the signals yet.”
Understanding Your Emotional Signature
Each person’s physiological response to stress is unique. By understanding this signature—your heart rate, your tension, your breath—you can begin to identify what your emotions are trying to tell you. This awareness leads to clarity, and clarity leads to peace.
Tools for Real-Life Change
Natty shared powerful, practical tools that listeners can begin using today:
- Breathwork and Body Scanning: Tune into your physical self to identify emotional triggers
- Journaling with Intention: Ask powerful questions like “What do I want?”
- Reframing Your Identity: Stop self-sabotaging by understanding who you really are
- Daily Practices to shift from reactive patterns to intentional habits
“Transformation isn’t just about healing the past. It’s about stepping into your power in the present.”
Why This Matters—Now More Than Ever
In today’s fast-paced world, where anxiety and burnout are increasingly common, emotional intelligence isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity. Natty’s work proves that when we raise our EQ, everything else follows:
💼 Better work performance
💖 Healthier relationships
💡 Greater clarity and purpose
You don’t have to stay stuck. The journey from surviving to thriving begins when you stop avoiding your emotions and start engaging with them intentionally.
About Natalyn Lewis
Natalyn O. Lewis, or Natty as everyone knows her, is a wife and mother of 4 beautiful children. As a former NCAA Division 1 athlete, she learned quickly the power of the mind on human achievement and has taken her drive and passion for sports and brought it into coaching and the business world. Natty has 25 years of business and entrepreneurial background. She’s studied human behavior for years – why people start, but don’t finish… what makes a high achieving person successful. What is the difference between someone that seems to have it all together and someone that can’t get out of their own way? After her own personal struggle with anxiety, she became a woman on a mission to understand thoughts, emotions, and their impact on the physical body and ultimately the impact on our lives.
In 2020, Natty partnered with a nonprofit and combined her knowledge and experience and combined it with their 14 years of research, development, science and evidence of human behavior from working with over 10,000 people to create and implement a new approach to emotional intelligence. She’s built companies, worked with professionals from every area including athletes, business owners and influencers. With each person she has worked with she discovered the power of raising your EQ. Everything else raises with it- increased revenue, productivity, purpose, better relationships, more intention and In short, a better life.
Connect With Natty
If you’re ready to reclaim your power and start creating real-life change, Natty is here to guide you.
🌐 Learn more at https://ascendeq.com
📲 Reach out on Instagram @natalynlewis
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