Here is a process that a shaman lady I know has for reckoning with suppressed anger. Interestingly I find this much more effective than the "hit things while screaming route" which actually now seems like a way to AVOID fully feeling one's rage https://t.co/28XAUD0uA2
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: https://t.co/19W4JVWWyg
Full surrender requires deep relaxation on a level of your being that is hard to see until you squint at yourself with some persistence. The best I can describe it is: “the calming of the deep elemental scared animal part of you that rejects existence and the possibility of death by constantly getting lost in notions of what else should be the case... See more
Dropping the resistance to loneliness allowed me to slip into deeper sensations of flow. It was almost as if the emotional resistance had been preventing the emergence of a more intuitive part of my will. There were a few memorable walks I took where the feeling of solitude felt like a portal into an exquisitely smooth parallel world. When I allowe... See more
Ali Abdaal discusses blending Western therapy and Buddhist acceptance to manage challenges, shares insights on motivation and discipline, and promotes Brilliant, an interactive learning platform for enhancing problem-solving and understanding AI.