Getting To Know Your Emotions Mindfully
How does it feel inside your body when an emotion arises? How would you describe how it feels? What’s your relationship to emotions? Are there some emotions that you push away? Are there some emotions that arise habitually in reaction to your experience?
This week, we explore mindfulness and emotions. Getting to know how emotions manifest in you, and how you react or respond emotionally is a useful exploration. Mindfulness allows you to recognize, allow, and investigate emotions. Mindfulness allows you to change how you behave when emotions arise and to change your habits.
Emotions are simply messengers. They are not you. Learning how to receive their messages in a way that serves you and aligns with your core values is freeing.
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Until we meet again,
Be well. Be mindful.
Resources for this episode:
Brown, Patricia Leigh, “In The Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting,” The New York Times, 16 June 2007. Accessed on the NY Times app on March 1, 2022.
Brewer, Judson, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Show How to Break Cycles of Worry and Fear to heal Your Mind, Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, New York, March 2021
Brewer, Judson, The Craving Mind: from Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love — Why we get hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, Yale University Press, February 2018
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