Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

The technical term for our ability to be present, open up, and do what matters is psychological flexibility. And the research is crystal clear: the greater our psychological flexibility, the greater our health, well-being, and happiness.

Emotionally agile people are dynamic. They demonstrate flexibility in dealing with our fast-changing, complex world. They are able to tolerate high levels of stress and to endure

Your awareness cuts through your mental judgement, your emotional resentment, and your chemical overload. Your emotional challenges fuel your Core Stability. They knock you around until you take responsibility for your own drama, and surrender to your own Dharma. This is how you lay the foundation that allows for a permanent opening of your heart.

Emotional agility is a process that allows you to be in the moment, changing or maintaining your behaviours so that you can live in ways that align with your intentions and values. The process isn’t about ignoring difficult emotions and thoughts. It’s about holding those emotions and thoughts loosely, facing them courageously and compassionately, a

Being emotionally agile involves being sensitive to context and responding to the world as it is right now.