Taking Control of Your Emotions: Learn to Love Them - Part 2
Last week we talked about learning to identify our emotions. If you missed Part 1, be sure to check it out. We started out with the absolute basics in order to build a solid foundation. We'll be building on prior skills in this series. In this article I'll talk about acceptance of emotions. Sounds easy enough, right? Think again. It can be incredibly challenging, but can be done. Here, I'll share a real life example to get you started. So one night I was sitting there blow dr
Taking Control of Your Emotions: The Basics - Part 1
This article will be part of a series. I'm starting with the basics because well, I've got to start somewhere, right? Ok, let's go! We've all been there. A whirlwind of emotions suddenly sweep you off your feet and before you know it, you're reacting in ways that you never imagined, or that you're not proud of. Suddenly you’re standing there asking yourself, “What the heck just happened?” Your emotions have hi-jacked you again. Does this scenario sound familiar? If what I sai
