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Sometimes, in our struggle with difficult circumstances, we make things much worse for ourselves. We take raw pain and convert it into real suffering.
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If we can’t label what we’re feeling, it becomes difficult to communicate well enough to get the support we need.
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…labeling our emotions… They can be beacons, not barriers, helping us identify what we care about and motivating us to make positive changes.
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…we don’t feel guilty about the things we don’t care about.
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Showing up to these feelings can help you anticipate the pitfalls and prepare more effective ways of coping during critical moments.
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In each study, Pennebaker found that the people who wrote about emotionally charged episodes experienced a marked increase in their physical and mental well-being.
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…we can say with confidence that showing up and applying words to emotions is a tremendously helpful way to deal with stress, anxiety, and loss.
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It’s only by being fully in the present, fully attuned to the ‘now,’ that we can deal with the moment in an emotionally agile way.
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Emotional agility means having any number of troubling thoughts or emotions and still managing to act in a way that serves how you most want to live.
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A malleable sense of self is a cornerstone of emotional agility.
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