Crying at Work and What to Do About It
Tears, along with perspiration, urine, and exhalation rid our bodies of toxins and other waste.
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Emotional Sensitivity: 5 Common Phrases and What They Mean
Introduction My client, with a tear in her eye, said, “I’m exhausted from feeling other people’s energy. You see, I am an empath and have high emotional sensitivity.” Empaths are people, who are highly attuned to the energies and emotions of those around them. Not just empaths, but many people experience the world in deeply […]
Five Steps to an Authentic and Research Based Apology
Have you ever said or done anything you regret? I am not talking about a fumble mumble or tripping over the front hall rug. Rather, I am referring to disrespecting someone, emotionally wounding another, or crossing over a personal boundary. I’ve done my fair share. For example, I have: Acted disrespectfully. Years ago, I invited […]
How to Deal with Guilt, Shame, and Resentment
“Shame on you!” hits differently than “You are guilty of taking the cookie from the cookie jar.” While they might sound similar, shame and guilt are actually very different emotional experiences—and both can deeply affect our well-being. Add in resentment, especially when it’s directed at those who trigger these feelings, and it becomes even more […]
Use an Anger Log to Get a Grip
Anger is called the misunderstood emotion because many people do not know how to use it constructively. If unmanaged it can do harm to your relationships and trigger the release of numerous stress hormones in your brain and body.
How to Deal with a Grouch and Other Negative People
Do you have people in your circle who drain your energy with constant complaining, criticizing, or moaning? Whether they do it consciously or unconsciously, you might feel like you’re constantly dealing with a “grouch.” Grouches can take different forms, and it can be exhausting to manage their negativity. Although I typically avoid name-calling, let’s simplify […]
Emotional Support: How to Give It in Times of Distress
Have you ever watched helplessly while someone struggled with fear, anxiety, overwhelm, loss or discouragement? You are not alone in wanting to provide effective emotional support!
Why Worry Your Life Away? There’s a Better Way!
When I ask my women audiences, “Please, put your hand up if your family or friends say to you, ‘Stop worrying!’” approximately a third of them raise their hands.
Emotional Agility: Get unstuck, embrace . . . Book Summary
Emotional Agility: Get unstuck, embrace change, and thrive in work and life, authored by Harvard Medical School psychologist, Susan David ranks high in my reading inventory. I place it with the likes of Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ and Brene’ Brown’s Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience.
Feeling Words Describe our Emotions
Learn to become familiar with your feeling state. Imagine watching yourself as if you were between 18 and 24 months old. Just notice. There is no need to express. Just be and study what this feeling is telling you.
Manage Anger: 7 Concepts to Help Get a Grip
Anger is the most energy-charged and hot feeling. It is often experienced in the body by increased heart rate, rapid breathing, adrenaline rush, and hyper-alertness. When in a high feeling state cool thinking is distorted by a heated brain.
Grief Counselling Tips for Mourning a Loss
Grief and loss are a part of life whether we deal with the loss of a job, a precious item, our home from a fire or flood, a pet, a relationship through divorce or conflict, or a loved one due to death.