Week 123: Trigger Warning: Identifying and dissolving triggers

In this week's episode, I talk about triggers, or emotional responses to an object, person or memory that are more severe than what the event itself would call for. These can be due to events that have happened recently or past events that we need to work through but the key is that our response does not match the level of the original event (a 3 event calls for a 3 response- aw man, not a 10 response-yelling and swearing). Since our families often trigger us, I think right before the holidays is a great time to understand and learn how to dissolve triggers! Ex: when my kids don't listen to my husband, he gets more and more upset and yells (a maybe 2 event and a 8 or 9 response, let's say). Action item: To dissolve our emotional responses when triggered, we need to just take a breath between the event/trigger and our response. Meditating (and therapy) have helped me with this. Good luck with the holidays and we'll be back after next week! Take Deep Breaths!