Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers
Marianne Williamson said, “Allopathic doctors used to laugh condescendingly at those who posited that psychological, emotional, and spiritual factors were important contributors to the sickness as well as healing of the body.”
After I got married, I developed stomach issues. My stomach would burn after I ate anything with tomato sauce, onions, or garlic. So, pizza was killing me!
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It’s amazing the little things we get upset about. Any one of us could be standing in line at the grocery store and it could be moving along fine. Then, the person ahead of you pulls out all their coupons and delays our progress.
Then, they pull out an out-of-state check which prompts the cashier to call the manager over to verify it.
And while this is happening, we’re getting less and less patient. Then we might think to ourselves, “How much longer is this going to take?”
We might get angry or even resentful towards them or even ourselves for getting into the wrong line in the first place.
[Read more…]The email was anonymous so I had no information on her whatsoever. In fact, she made sure to conceal anything that identified her, probably so I wouldn’t just pick up the phone and call 911.
But I wouldn’t have done that anyway. Of course, she didn’t know that.
In fact, her letter to me was, in her words, a “last-ditch effort”.
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Segment one: Our emotions are attached to our memories. Our memories are attached to people and stuff. It’s that stuff that we hold on to that sometimes makes us feel bad, so why do we still have it in our lives? Pictures are a great example of this. Why keep pictures that make you feel bad?
Segment two: In any relationship, the role of masculine is typically played by one person and the role of the feminine is played by the other. The problem occurs when one person likes the role they’re in and the other doesn’t. Knowing your role and what best works for the relationship will create a harmonious get-together as opposed to one of conflict.
Segment three: In this final segment, I talk a bit about detaching from your emotions. Being emotionally detached can make your partner think that you don’t love them which can be one of the worst feelings in the world.
Stop anxiety when it starts with The S.A.F.E. Empowerment System
Today’s episode is on self-compassion, which is what you give to yourself when you stop being overly giving.
This raises the question: Can you be too much of a giver?
Also in this episode, I talk about a listener email I received from someone who asked if it’s possible to fear happiness. He seems to have the “perfect life”, but still fears being as happy as he can be. These two subjects go hand in hand, and really come down to a way of honoring yourself as you’ve never done before. [Read more…]
