EPISODE #53 – Processing Negative Emotions
On this episode of The Marriage Life Coach Podcast I talk about the power of processing negative emotions.
In the episode, I share how to think about and process negative emotion, what I teach my students about them, and the positive effect processing negative emotions has on your mental health.
Join me as I share my personal stories on processing emotions, and learn how to process your own negative emotions so they stop getting in the way of your relationships.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- (2:30) An exciting announcement
- (6:45) I dive into how to think about and process negative emotion
- (7:56) What is the self-coaching model?
- (9:12) What I always teach my students about processing emotions
- (10:12) An example from my own life about negative emotion
- (12:46) Why the “in between” is what really matters in life
- (15:13) The story of my “in between”
- (19:17) One of my favorite questions that I ask myself when I’m in high distress
- (25:10) The most essential thing to remember when you’re feeling negative emotions
- (25:33) The second most essential thing to remember when you’re feeling negative emotions
- (27:18) What happens when you learn to process negative emotions
- (28:50) The best way to say goodbye to those emotions that are getting in the way of the relationship you know you want to have
- (30:08) The Harvard Medical School article that talks about the mental health of people who accept their feelings
- (32:29) A wave of emotion exercise that I want us all to do together
TRANSCRIPT
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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- “Feeling Okay About Feeling Bad is Good for Your Mental Health” by Harvard Medical School
- Buy Tickets to my Live Event: Marriage Makeover – Five Days To A Better Marriage
- Sign up for the Marriage MBA Waitlist
- The Gottman Institute
- Episode #46 – The Myth of Feelings Immunity
- Episode #35 – Healthy Anger with Karen C. L. Anderson
- Christine Kane