An increasing body of research, is supporting the idea that emotions allow us to develop personal and social memory. While there are many areas to be “filled in,” it’s interesting to note some of what we know so far. According to the NYU Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science researcher Dr. Lila Davachi, […]
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A fascinating thing about emotions explains why the first area we humans’ “study” in life is emotions. Emotions allow us to have memory! Without activated emotions, memory is eroded or deficient. Also, when we freeze emotions, which occurs when we don’t allow ourselves to feel them, we suppress memory. When we hold anger inside, it
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Recently, a lot of people have been talking with me about their experience of going round and round with the same issues, the same emotions. They say they don’t like going over the pain of rejection again, or the anxiety of feeling not enough again. They also talk about how difficult it has been for
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My sister-in-law, who is nearing 80 years old, is a champion Salsa Dancer. She started a couple of years after her husband died. It’s not like she didn’t have anything to do, either. She’s been helping high-level teachers in Pennsylvania do a stellar job of teaching children to understand literature, and write; for many years.
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Why Do I Need to Be Grateful for Emotions I Feel? Part 7 of 7. Late joining this series? Catch up from the beginning with Part 1 or from last week\’s Part 6! In 2011, a dear and longtime friend of mine lost her live-in job, which left her both unemployed and homeless. To heal
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Working with Emotions – I\’m Done with This Emotion; How Do I Let It Go? Part 6 of a 7-part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1 or last week\’s Part 5! Get Me Out of Here! I’m Done with This Emotion; How Do I Let It Go? Neglecting to offer the
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Working with Emotions – I\’m Done with This Emotion; How Do I Let It Go? Part 6 of a 7-part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1 or last week\’s Part 5! Get Me Out of Here! I’m Done with This Emotion; How Do I Let It Go? Neglecting to offer the
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Working with Emotions: You Found the Message in Your Emotions, Now What? Part 5 of a 7-part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1 or last week\’s Part 4! Working with emotions that arise in you really is easy, even though there are a number of things to complete. As discussed
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Listening for the Message of Emotions – Part 4 of a 7-part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1 or last week\’s Part 3! It’s great to know that emotions are messengers, but how do we actually hear the message of a particular emotion? How can we listen to emotions? Since
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Who Owns Emotions? We all seem to believe that emotions are “ours.” Indeed, when we talk about them, we refer to them as “my emotions,” or “my anger.” In fact, emotions are not “ours.” Just as we have learned that children are with us, yet do not belong to us, so emotions are an intensely
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