Most of us don’t like to experience negative or bad feelings – those considered unpleasant or unsettling. In today’s podcast, you’ll learn the first of 12 key strategies that help you more easily experience and handle (especially) unpleasant feelings like anger, disappointment or sadness. You’ll learn how to “ride the waves” of feeling.Most of us don’t like to experience negative or bad feelings – those considered unpleasant or unsettling. In today’s podcast, you’ll learn the first of 12 key strategies that help you more easily experience and handle (especially) unpleasant feelings like anger, disappointment or sadness. You’ll learn how to “ride the waves” of feeling.
Don’t confuse feeling better with actually getting better. Feeling better is just a change in your state or mood and is temporary. Getting better is a change in your overall pattern(s) of handling life challenges and is permanent.
Crying makes a difference by releasing toxins, decreasing stress and increasing calm. The vulnerability from crying can even invite connections with others. Be willing to experience the full range of your feelings and know that tearfulness is an integral part of emotional strength. Adopt a fresh attitude towards crying and see it in a new light. Crying simply reflects the intensity of your feelings, yet it is simultaneously an important aspect of your personal growth and transformation.
The purpose of reflecting and planning is to get clarity on what you really want.
Today’s podcast is intended to be interactive so you can listen to it once just to hear the questions, then come back, pause it as much as you want and really take the time to think about who you want to become and what you genuinely want in the coming year. Consider: