Emotion (podcast)

“The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions.”— John Mayer and Peter Salovey (1990)Emotion is not unintelligent, undirected, disconnected, or extreme. We think of emotion in these limited ways because we encounter emotion in these dysregulated forms.Emotions are not something you have, they are something you read. When we are emotional, we are enacting the sign rather than understanding itPart of one’s success in managing emotions lies in how you approach them… Engaging your emotions is the next step… The final step is integration…Forget What You Know About EmotionEmotions In GeneralSome Emotions in ParticularReading the SignsExploring Emotional Change This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe