The Power Table with Taylor Smith
The Power Table with Taylor Smith
Embodied Leadership, Emotional Mastery & Turning Triggers Into Fuel with Fallon Jaye
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What if the thing holding you back in your business… isn’t your strategy—but your nervous system?
In this powerful episode of the Power Table Podcast, Taylor Smith sits down with Embodiment and Leadership Coach Fallon Jaye to explore what it really means to embody leadership in high-growth seasons of business.
Because here’s the truth: you can have the perfect offer, the right messaging, and the clearest plan—but if your body doesn’t feel safe executing at that level, you’ll hesitate, second-guess, or self-sabotage.
This conversation goes beyond surface-level mindset work and dives into the deeper layers of leadership—where emotional intelligence, nervous system regulation, and self-trust become the foundation for sustainable success.
✨ In This Episode, We Talk About:
What “embodied leadership” actually means (and why it matters more than ever)
How to turn emotional triggers into fuel for growth instead of letting them hold you back
The connection between anxiety and excitement—and how to reframe both
Why self-trust is one of the most important leadership skills you can build
How to navigate high-visibility moments without shutting down or spiraling
Practical ways to regulate your nervous system in real time
The power of vulnerability and emotional awareness in business and leadership
Why saying “yes” before you feel fully ready can unlock your next level
Leadership isn’t just about what you do—it’s about how you show up.
When you learn how to regulate your emotions, trust your body, and move through discomfort instead of avoiding it, you unlock a level of clarity, confidence, and consistency that strategy alone can’t create.
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Have you ever felt confident in your message, your speech, your workshop, your content, but your body and your anxiety did not get the memo? If you've ever felt that way, or you are about to step on stage in the near future or film a bunch of content, launch something new, and anxiety and nerves are something that's factoring into how you show up in person or online, this podcast episode is for you. Today I'm joined by a very special guest expert, Fallon J, who is an embodiment and leadership coach doing incredible work helping high-performing women regulate their nervous systems, build emotional intelligence, and lead from a place of grounded confidence that you can feel, not just strategy. This would be what I would call a mindset episode, except that it goes so much deeper than mindset. Fallon is one of our speakers at Power Table Live. She'll be leading a leadership visualization and talk on the VIP day. But more than that, she's a member of our community. She attended our mastermind weekend last fall. And when I saw her work in person, I got to experience it. I said, Fallon, like you have to apply to speak. And I would love for you to come on the podcast because she is someone that talks about and teaches how to embody leadership in a way that I have seen people rarely do. How to move through emotional or physical triggers instead of being stopped by them. And to start seeing things like your anxiety, your nerves, or even your emotional discomfort as actually signals rather than problems. Fallon shares such a powerful perspective on self-trust, on saying yes before you feel fully ready and on using your emotions as fuel instead of resistance. We also get into the connection between anxiety and excitement, which I know many of you will resonate with as you're coming to Power Table Live, and how to navigate high visibility moments without shutting down or second-guessing yourself. This episode is a great reminder that leadership is not just about what you say or what you know, but rather how you show up in your body, your energy, and your presence. So if you're stepping into a bigger season of leadership, if you know you're being called into more visibility and or you've also been feeling that internal resistance lately, this conversation is going to meet you right where you are. So let's get into it. Hey Fallon, welcome to the Power Table Podcast.
SPEAKER_00Thank you for having me. I'm really, really grateful to be here and I'm so excited for the Power Table Live in April.
SPEAKER_01I am so excited for you to be speaking on stage and for our community and our audience members to get to know you a little bit better and connect with you both here on this podcast and then in person. So for those of you who don't know, Fallon and I both live here locally in Northwest Florida, and we have been in different networking groups and women's groups together. And then she came to our mastermind weekend last fall. And I am always, if you listen to this podcast for a while, you know I'm always a little bit hesitant to kind of touch anything around that might be like too woo. Um, because there's so much power in like what you do with your body and how you show up and the way that we talk to ourselves. But also, you guys know I'm a strategy girl, not a hype girl. So when Fallon came to our weekend, I was unprepared about how substantially she would shift everything I thought about embodiment. And I don't think I've ever said that to you before, Fallon. But I was like, this woman actually turned this into a strategy and not just this abstract concept that none of us really understand.
SPEAKER_00Thank you. You're gonna make me tear up. Seriously. Thank you.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So that's what you're gonna be touching on a little bit on stage at Power Table Live. You're going to be speaking on how to turn your emotions and triggers that come up into fuel for leadership. And I thought that was such a beautiful way to describe what you do in such a powerful way because as entrepreneurs, like there's a lot of triggers, right? Whether that's in business, clients, DMs, criticism, or like personal stuff that's going on the rest of your life while you're trying to run a business. Yeah. So what would you say is one simple thing and your expertise as a leadership coach, as an embodiment coach that an entrepreneur can do when those kind of big feelings come up? And maybe you want to share a little bit about some personal experiences and some strategies to help with that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm actually going to use the Power Table Live Mastermind weekend as an example because it's like I'm I'm in this room with brilliant women, right? The brilliant women who are in such a heart of service to really grow their business to help other people, to reach the community. And what I saw was, and I see this a lot, is you know, women are talking about what they're doing and their strategy and their plan, and then emotions come up, but they skip right over it. And I'm more interested in the thing you skip over because it's the thing that you skip over and don't pause in, is actually where the answer lies that you're seeking. And I think that that's maybe the strategy that you're talking about. It's like there's actually a gift and wisdom in that moment that you're skipping over. And so I'm always going to be the woman in the room that's like, wait, what was that? You know, and then like there was something there. Yes, that's what I want to know. What is that? And it's okay if you don't have words right now, but I want you just to pay attention to that part that you normally skip over, but you can feel because it's that that part that creates pause that slows you down and will eventually lead you to the answer that you're seeking. But we're always go, go, go, go, go. And in that, we lose sometimes the feeling of what, and whether it's uncomfortable or feels good, it's that moment in that pause. If you can come back to that and just say, Oh, I see you, you not only start coming back home to yourself, but you start to create more self-trust, more confidence, more self-love, more worthiness, all the things that you really need as a business, as a woman in general, as a person in general, but especially for your business, when the triggers come up, you can say, Oh, I know actually what to do with this now. But if you are conditioned to always skip over it and go into the next thing, then you that's what you're going to continue to do until you can't anymore.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I wonder if you could pull out a little bit of those things that you see women in business frequently skipping over. Like, what do you think that we're by default very quickly, quickly trying to bury and move on from?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think anything that makes you feel exposed, if it's I feel sad, I feel seen, I feel vulnerable, I feel not good enough. It's, you know, those are like very basic things, but they're very powerful things and they're very prevalent things. So it's like buzzwords we hear all the time, like I don't feel good enough, I don't feel, but it's true. So I see women skip over or the vulnerability of their vision being seen, the vulnerability of sharing, like, this is what I really want, because of maybe they don't know if they it can happen. Maybe they don't know if they've got what it takes. But it's it's pausing and letting yourself be seen in that, especially in a room with other women that can not only speak life into you, but can give you tools to, okay, if this is how you think, then let's shatter that belief so that you know that the vision that you hold it is inevitable because you have the strategy and plan. So now let's get the body on board with believing it. That you also it gets to happen for you too. And I'm big on like, it doesn't have to be pretty, it doesn't have to be per perfect. I break the rules on like that, it doesn't have to be aesthetically pleasing, but it gets to be for you too. And so, you know, the places that were not good enough, the self-doubt it always shows up. But I also really see women wanting to take up more space with their magic, with their skill, with their expertise, and that also women pause, you know, because it feels big. Because who are you to be that big? And like Marianne Williamson says, like, who are you not to?
SPEAKER_01Yes. Actually, that leads me into what I wanted to ask you about next. Because you just did it. So you gave me a beautiful lead-in, is you just said the opposite. And I want to tell you literally this week, I heard two of the women who were at that weekend with you repeat back and talk about one of the strategies that I don't even know if you knew had such an impact on them. But I was in uh a call with some of the women from the weekend. One of them, who is an incredible woman in business, she was saying she had written out her words for the year and had written down this affirmation where she was saying, uh, something in the affirmation was like, I say no to things that aren't aligned. And that was really powerful. But then one of the other people in the call said, Hey, what if you actually also added or flipped it the way that Fallon taught us at that mastermind weekend and said, What if instead you focus on, I am aligned, or I already say yes to the things that are, instead of just focusing on the saying no part. So I thought I would love for you to touch on as kind of that leadership strategy is like, why is there so much power in like paying attention to or bringing in the opposite of whatever you're telling yourself?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so I love that. Thank you for that. You're so good at sharing the way in which you other people affect other people. And I just really appreciate that about you. So you can already feel in your body the the essence of a no. You can feel in your body the essence of a yes. And so if I'm saying no to everything, it's already a natural closing down, it's a natural like, oh, contraction, and we need contraction for expansion, right? We need our lungs to go in and you know, uh inhale, exhale. So it's not a bad thing. But if you learn that it's okay to say yes to alignment versus I'm just gonna say no to everything that's not that, what if you said yes to everything that is? Can you feel the difference in your body, the difference in your energy and how much bigger that feels? And so it's also, I really subscribe to the fact that I'm a massive or massive master perspective shifter. So it's also flipping the perspective of you saying yes or you flipping to what it is that you do want, is then it gets you out of your comfort zone because it's it's easy to say, no, I'm gonna say no to all the things I don't want. Well, what if you said yes to all the things you do want? That's completely different energy. And that's completely different in the way that you're going to have to show up for yourself and show up for your business and show up for your clients and all of the other things because it's and it's holding a bigger perspective of probably ultimately the vision that you really do have. But the no, and the the flip side of it is kind of play the playing small, keeping safe, staying in that comfort zone. And also, I'm just big on like why can't it feel good and exciting and uncomfortable? Like, let's meet the edges, not without, you know, I don't want you to meet the edge so much that you blow out your nervous system and freak out, but I want you to be like, what it creates possibility and it lets you really lean into the potential of it. What if it's inevitable? Then who am I going to be through that process versus the woman that's like, I'm gonna just stay over here? What if I expand into the yes, expand into what feels like more? Even if that's uncomfortable and scary, it's a it's more exciting, you know, discomfort and fear. I'd rather be more excited about it. If I'm gonna be on the spectrum of fear and anxiety, let me be on the the upper end of the spectrum where it feels exciting and scary, not anxious and scary.
SPEAKER_01Ooh, I mean, I could pull out like 10,000 different wonderful things and powerful things from what you just said, but actually, can we just clarify that for anybody who didn't pick up on it? Are you saying that excitement is on the spectrum of fear? Is that the same, like same or related emotion?
SPEAKER_00I would say anxiety, which is related to fear, is on the same spectrum as excitement, yes. And so if you can play with that idea, right? So if you think about hot and cold, there's there's a temperature gauge. When does hot turn cold? When does cold turn hot? We don't really know, but we know that there's a shift and it's gradual, but it's it's uh tangible. It's the same thing with our emotional scale, it's the same thing with our sensations because that's what emotions are. If they're sensations in the body. So if I'm experiencing anxiety, I don't want to bypass that by pretending I'm not experiencing it, but I can play with it. Okay, what am I feeling anxious about? I'm feeling anxious about this launch, I'm feeling anxious about this conference. Okay, well, what could be exciting also with it? Well, I'm excited to meet new people. And so you can see how you can start to move the energy into how you actually want to feel. And it doesn't mean self-abandon and pretend you don't feel the anxiousness or the fear, but you get to decide what to do with it. You get to decide what it means. So, yeah, so look at how all the and there's an emotional scale that you can look at too online. It's pretty just Google it, but you can see where everything is related. And so remember, if we don't know when hot turns cold and cold turns hot, then you get to place the same thing with emotions. You can play with that in a way that feels empowering and supportive for you.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I love that you also tied this back into the conference. So for those of you who are listening and you're coming to Power Table Live or you're thinking about coming, and maybe maybe there's a lot of fear and nerves, right? Am I ready to be in the room like that? Am I good enough? Do I belong? Is it gonna feel really like am I gonna feel a lot of anxiety? I think that Fallon just shared such a powerful tool of, you know, it's okay to come in and be a little bit nervous about like having to be in front of all these new people, right? And it's okay to do that. And something I love, and maybe you have some tips around this too, Fallon, of like, what do you do when you're like with your body, when you recognize suddenly you're on that side too, but beyond the thinking about it, but like what are some very tangible things we could do? But I know for me, like just acknowledging that, and then sometimes even walking up to somebody and be like, Hey, do you also feel a little nervous that there's so many people here? Like, am I the only one with anxiety? And um, I push myself with that a little bit because one, I open myself up to the possibility of what if the other person is like, I'm not nervous at all. Like then I'm gonna feel silly, but I let myself like push to that limit a little bit. And more than likely, most people are gonna be like, oh yeah, like I'm an introvert too, or I'm a little nervous. This is also my first time, and it can just be a simple way for you to normalize. But I'm curious what other strategies you might have when someone's feeling that beyond the thought reframing, which is so powerful. But what else could we do?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I love that. And I love that you go up to others and and challenge that, you know, comfort level because we all want to know that we're not on an island by ourselves.
SPEAKER_01Yep.
SPEAKER_00You know, we want to know that there's other people on the island with us. And so one thing I love to do is I just tap like I tap my body because what ends up happening is we get so in our head and then we start to spiral in our head and we feel the spiral in our body. But if we can come back to our body and we do that through physical touch, then that for me, if you ever see me tapping in a room, it's because I'm trying to come back home or I am coming back home to like present moment because it's in the present moment that we can really access the intuition of what we are meant or can do next and what's available for us next. And so tapping, I also love, I mean, you know, there's power in a deep breath. So deep, let me just take a deep breath. Um, anywhere that you can get in your body. So go wash your hands with cold water. Go, you know, uh take a breath with cold water. So anywhere you can do that. Um, and then if it's available, depending on the environment that you in on you're in, go get barefoot in grass or sand. Something that kind of reconnect you with Mother Earth. I'm such a big, like, I really am a tree hugger in this like I hug a tree outside of my front door because they're we have the science now that backs up why the energy is so healing. But even before that, intuitively, we know that when the birds are singing, we're safe. There's so much history in in the way that the body responds to mother nature, and now there's so much science that backs it up. So get barefoot or go literally put your hand like it's the joke now, is like go touch grass, but literally go like get your feet in the sand because you're gonna be by the beach. Just go breathe the salt air because the negative ions in the salt hair are actually very calming for your body. So finding the ways that work for you, and then drinking water, just something that brings you back home to the present moment, is all you're always gonna feel like, okay, I got this. And remembering that nerves and discomfort is you expanding, you getting out of your comfort zone, and meaning that you care about what's in front of you. And that's a good thing.
SPEAKER_01That is a beautiful way to frame like why you might feel that way. And I appreciate you sharing that so much. So, Fallon, for our podcast listeners who are hearing this and they are gonna see you on stage at Power Table Live, but maybe they want to hang out with you and get to know you and your coaching a little bit better before the conference. Where do you like to hang out? Where can they find you?
SPEAKER_00So I'm on Instagram and Facebook a lot, uh Fallon J, J A Y E. And it's I'm pretty easy to find that way. And you can always connect with me through Power Table or Taylor. Um, and I love to connect. I love, you know, I like always say I live life in the deep end. I like to know what makes you tick. I like to know the things that are underneath. I like to know what's happening in your life. And and because at humans, we're meant to connect and we're meant to connect on such an emotional level. Um, and so I'm excited to do that. So I would love to just, yeah, just say hi. Say hey and meet you and hug you. I'm a big hugger. So if you see me at the conference, please know that I'm open to hugs. I might even force you to hug me because I'm just that that kind of person and I love it. So I'm excited to meet everybody, and then thank you so much for having me and having me be a speaker at the conference and really being able to verbalize my gifts in a way that I don't see. Like you have a really great way, uh, like I said earlier, like you really highlight people's strengths in a way that they don't even realize that they have it or could put into words. So I appreciate that so much about you.
SPEAKER_01Well, I thank you. Thank you. I receive that as well. Then good. Thank you so much, Fallon, for coming on the podcast. And for those of you listening, we will talk to you soon in the next episode.