Should You Suppress or Express Negative Emotions?
Recently, I’ve heard a lot about the harm that comes from suppressing negative emotions. Experts like Gabor Maté, Daniel Siegel, and Richard Schwartz emphasize that unprocessed emotions can [...]
Is There Such a Thing as Toxic Positivity?
Even though I often emphasize the benefits of increasing our positivity skills, I also want to point out that there are many reasons why it can be good to focus on the bad. Denying, minimizing, [...]
Are you good at following instructions? Or do you ignore what your emotions are telling you?
I never knew that my emotions were trying to tell me something! Especially my negative emotions. I just thought they were meant to make me feel bad. But Positive Psychology has taught me that [...]
The Ugly Cry – Uncovering & Releasing Negative Emotions
This week I’m excited to share a guest blog from an amazing woman and dear friend, Cheri Neal. Cheri is passionate about life, serving others, family, monarchs, zinnias, pit-crewing for hot [...]
Do You Ever Get Triggered? Curiosity Can Help
I’m a lousy frisbee thrower. I usually fling it off in the wrong direction so the other person doesn’t get many opportunities to actually catch it. But this new, large frisbee was working much [...]
100% Chance of Awesome – sometimes disguised as a monsoon.
This week I’m excited to bring you a guest tip by a wonderful artist, author, speaker, person, and friend – Jason Kotecki. Jason and his wife, Kim, are cofounders of Escape [...]
I’m Mad All Over Again! – Reliving past negative situations
The day we came home from the hospital after our daughter was born was an amazingly special day! Unfortunately, when we got home, we discovered that the contractor had decided to start their [...]
Help! I Need a Distraction – Getting unstuck from negative emotions
When we’re immersed in a strong negative emotion, our bodies actually undergo a chemical change that affects our ability to think rationally. One of the changes is that the stress hormone, [...]