Emotional Strength
Book Series 21: How Does Feeling Helpless Motivate Change?
How can feeling helpless motivate change? Helplessness is frequently tied to feeling small, powerless, and vulnerable and is often occurs when you are unable to have an impact or influence…
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Book Series 20: The Difference Between General Shame and Core Shame
Did you know there are 2 types of shame? Just wanted to give you the heads up, this weeks topic is a bit heavy. However, you may learn something you…
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Book Series 19: Sadness. How It Serves You
Have you ever considered how sadness can serve you? Seems like an odd thing to say or contemplate. Sadness can be especially painful because it often brings up sad memories…
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Book Series 18: What Are Feelings For Anyway?
Feelings are for a threefold purpose: protection, connection, and creativity. When you feel safe and secure, both alone and with others, your mental, emotional, and physical resources are not required…
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Book Series 17: How Parents Influence How We Handle Feelings
How Our Parents Effect How We Handle Feelings Did you know that challenges in facing difficult feelings generally start in childhood. (To a lesser degree, they can begin with very…
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Book Series 16: Lingering Feelings
LET’S TALK ABOUT LINGERING FEELINGS I hope you are enjoying my weekly emails, covering “90 Seconds To A Life You Love”. If you’ve finished the book, these weekly reminders can…
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Book Series 15: Riding The Wave
Experience The Wave At the end of last week’s discussion, I suggested that the next time your feelings emerge, pay attention. Take a moment, breathe, and really notice what is…
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Book Series 14: How To Experience and Move Through Your Emotions
We all love “how to” lists. It feeds our go to need to get things done quick. Working through our emotions to create a better life is a life long…
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Book Series 13: How Is Vulnerability Your Greatest Emotional Strength
Choosing vulnerability means you can tolerate the other seven feelings. That is what it takes. I believe that we are at our greatest emotional strength when we make the choice…
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Book Series 12: Are You An Emotional Flatline?
Do You Address Emotions Like Dr. Spock? Because of the intensity and overwhelming nature of unpleasant feelings, many of my clients have expressed a desire to be a bit more…
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