Intense Emotion Shuts Down Cognition- with Teresa & Mark Lubovich

<p>We&#39;ve all watched a kid &quot;check out&quot; and assumed they weren&#39;t trying — or weren&#39;t smart enough. This week, Teresa and Mark Lubovich blow that up. They run a learning center built on one radical tagline: connection before content. </p><p>Their students don&#39;t get better at math because they get smarter; they get better because they finally feel safe enough to think. Glenn connects it straight to the Connection Codes protocol — intense emotion shuts down cognition, unprocessed emotion hinders it, and then gets honest about his own story of being called &quot;dumb&quot; as a kid and carrying that fear into his sixties. If you&#39;re a parent, grandparent, teacher, or just someone who&#39;s ever felt like you were &quot;doing it wrong,&quot; this one names something you&#39;ve felt your whole life.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>•Why &quot;connection before content&quot; changes everything about how kids (and adults) learn</p><p>•The &quot;ladder&quot; of learning: core, processing, and executive function (and why we start at the bottom)</p><p>•Primitive reflexes and the Moro (fight-or-flight) response — the kids who look fine but are holding their breath inside</p><p>•How curiosity and identity get lost between age two and age ten — and what brings them back</p><p>•Glenn&#39;s own story: fear of failure, fear of judgment, and the exhaustion of learning something new.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Teresa &amp; Mark Lubovich: </strong></p><p>Teresa and Mark run a learning center that partners with students and families across the country and internationally, using assessments and directed programs to build the foundational skills: regulation, processing, executive function — that traditional tutoring can&#39;t reach. Longtime friends of Connection Codes, they&#39;ve woven the Core Emotion Wheel into how they work with every student and family. Their guiding belief: program or not, kids need connection, regulation, and safety first.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources mentioned:</strong></p><p>Teresa &amp; Mark&#39;s website → <a href="https://brightheartlearning.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://brightheartlearning.com/</a></p><p>Teresa &amp; Mark&#39;s email: <a href="info@brightheartlearning.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">info@brightheartlearning.com</a>Their &quot;ladder of learning&quot; chart → <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M6DJqiTZArA6WqJtYkYDCPXcpPXe07S9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M6DJqiTZArA6WqJtYkYDCPXcpPXe07S9/view?usp=sharing</a></p><p>The Core Emotion Wheel (free download) → <a href="https://connectioncodes.co/cew" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://connectioncodes.co/cew</a></p>