Lesson 3: Your “negative” emotions aren’t what you think they are
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Lesson 3: Your “negative” emotions aren’t what you think they are
The emotions you most resist are the ones that will set you free.
Feeling your fear → Dissolves chronic anxiety
Feeling your sadness → Unlocks vitality
Feeling your anger → Transforms depression
Here's a breakdown of what I teach my CEO clients about emotions:... See more
The way to move past an emotion is to first allow yourself to fully feel it.
Only then can you let it go.
Simple to understand. But hard to do.
Much of our mind, and most of our culture, is designed to distract from feeling of emotions (h/t Alice Miller)
Instead of fighting the emotion, trying to make it stop, or understanding why it's happening, you learn to be present with it. Instead of judging it as pathological or wrong, you treat it as information. Instead of seeking escape, you seek completion. This requires a fundamental shift in perspective that most people have never considered. What if... See more