The Language of Emotions
Beyond sculptures and symphonies, beyond great works and masterpieces is the greater, finer art of creating a conscious life. Genius appears everywhere, but never so magnificently as in a life well lived.
Karla McLaren • The Language of Emotions
emotions are not bad and scary things, but signs that the psyche is trying to heal itself.
Karla McLaren • The Language of Emotions
Verbal skills and pure rationality may be what make us so smart, but it is our emotions and our empathy that make us brilliant, decisive, and compassionate human beings.
Karla McLaren • The Language of Emotions
If you trust and attend to your emotions, they’ll take care of you. If you don’t, your life will be pretty miserable, and you’ll leave a mess for others to clean up.
Karla McLaren • The Language of Emotions
Your free-flowing fear brings you instincts, intuition, and focus. If you can bring your fear forward when you’re confused or upset, you can access the information you need to calmly figure out what’s going on; you don’t need to feel afraid to access the gifts your fear brings you. You can also access your fear when you’re unsure about what you sho
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emotions are always true—they always tell the truth about how we’re actually feeling—but they may not always be right or appropriate in each situation.