It’s commonly thought that a person has to overcome shame in order to be free from it, but it’s not something that needs to be overpowered, per se. This is because it was actually through the misuse of power that shame was even cast upon you and accepted in the first place. Shame is a […]
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You Found Emotions: Now What to Do with Them? Part 2 of a 7-part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1! As we noted in our last “You and Emotions” blog post, some people have a very easy time finding the emotions that arise in them, and some don’t. If you
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Emotions and You — Emotions Are Felt in Your Body: Find Them! It turns out many people believe it is possible to get rid of emotions. It is not! There is evidence we experience emotions while still in the womb. They stay with us for our entire life. Emotions come with our body. We feel them
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You may have experienced a physical challenge, upset, or trauma in your life. Chances are you have. But are you aware of the emotions attached to what happened? Sometimes the emotions we go through are obvious and others are not so obvious. We recognize the obvious, for example: Grief comes with loss. Heartbreak comes with
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You may have experienced a physical challenge, upset, or trauma in your life. Chances are you have. But are you aware of the emotions attached to what happened? Sometimes the emotions we go through are obvious and others are not so obvious. We recognize the obvious, for example: Grief comes with loss. Heartbreak comes with
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My daughter Sarina’s traumatic birth not only changed everything I thought my life was going to be, but it also turned the relationship I had with myself upside down. I didn’t know who I was anymore as the mother of a special needs child. It was Spring of 1994, and we lived in Cincinnati, OH. My
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My daughter Sarina’s traumatic birth not only changed everything I thought my life was going to be, but it also turned the relationship I had with myself upside down. I didn’t know who I was anymore as the mother of a special needs child. It was Spring of 1994, and we lived in Cincinnati, OH. My
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Our minds are a tricky thing. And when it comes to coping with emotional situations, they don’t do us any favors. On a biological level, stress causes an increase in cortisol, a hormone that’s been linked to appetite. So, when you run to the freezer for that pint of ice cream after a tough day,
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International Day of Happiness: 10 Ways to Spread Your Happy – One of the things I love about going to concerts is feeling like I’m a part of something with complete strangers. Coming together and bonding over the love of music. Singing our hearts out, being moved by the same thing. No talks of differences or
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Do you know that guilt is not even a real emotion? Real emotions have both a positive and negative aspect. Love, for example, is positive in all the ways we humans know. But it’s negative if you are given love that you don’t want (or from someone you don’t want it from). Can you name
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