Dreams: Catherine Shainberg and more

Whether it’s sadness, frustration, disappointment, fear, grief, or some other feeling, we have been endowed by nature with these feelings for a purpose: they mobilize us to pursue and fulfill what we need or value. The impact of these feelings on our spirit and bodies is substantially different from the disconnection that is brought on by guilt, sh

More and more, you will be able to respond consciously when big feelings are activated in your relationships rather than reacting from a sympathetic state.

An emotion is your reaction to something outside of you. While you might experience a vast range of emotions, they essentially fall into two categories: You are either drawn to the thing (love) or repelled by it (fear).

Pay attention to your emotions: Do you feel fearful or safe? Out of control or in control?

Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson suggests that with positive emotion (joy, gratitude, calm, hope, compassion etc.), “Our vision literally expands, allowing us to make creative connections, seeing our oneness with others, and facing our problems with clear eyes.”