Managing Intense Emotions with Mindfulness

— Have you ever been swept up in powerful emotions that prompted you to do things that damaged your relationships or caused you to feel overwhelmed and lost? Have you often regretted emotional behavior or felt that it cost you your self-respect? Have you thrown away your dreams and acted against your deeply held beliefs because of being emotionally out of control? Most people, at one time or another, have done things they regret under the influence of emotion. But if you feel that you constantly go from one crisis to another because of your emotions, and you want to change, Cedar Koons's work and insights can help you. The mindfulness skills she teaches help you find shelter from the devastation caused by powerful, out-of-control emotions so you can ride out the storm without being harmed. Instead of being swept away, you can take shelter in your own strength and intention through mindfulness. Valeria Teles interviews Cedar Koons — an Author, Mindfulness Teacher, Expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Consultant, And Speaker Cedar Koons is an author, mindfulness teacher and an expert Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) consultant.  DBT is an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder, a mental health condition associated with extreme emotions, suicidal behavior, addictions, and relationship turmoil. Throughout her career Cedar has worked as a DBT psychotherapist, team leader, researcher, trainer and consultant. She is certified by the Linehan Board of Certification, the gold standard in her field. Cedar's book, The Mindfulness Solution for Intense Emotions: Take Control of BPD with DBT, published by New Harbinger in 2016, offers guidance and stories for people with extreme emotions on how to use mindfulness to reduce suffering and increase quality of life and relationships. Cedar leads a weekly online mindfulness group and in person retreats for therapists treating borderline clients.  She also a poet and fiction writer. Her new mystery, Murder at Sleeping Tiger, about a murder at a Zen sesshin, will be published by Camel Press in 2022. Cedar lives in the village of Dixon, between Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico.  She is married and has four children and four grandchildren. To learn more about Cedar Koons and her work, please visit: cedarkoons.com     — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.