(Darren J. Gold) To lead an extraordinary life, you need to be the master of your emotions, not a slave to them. You can either react to events — and let your emotions drive the outcome — or control your circumstances and decide how you’ll respond. However, to make this change happen, there are five fundamental steps you need to regularly practice.
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The Different Types of Embarrassment and How They Affect Us
(Exploring Your Mind) There are several types of embarrassment. Although they mostly have the same physiological consequences, they tend to differ in terms of cognitive processing and the circumstances that produce it. Stay with us as we talk about why we often feel embarrassed!
Motherhood: Changes and What to Do about Them
(Exploring Your Mind) Motherhood marks a before and after in a woman’s life. Many things change. Therefore, you must make an extra effort, not only to adapt to the new things but also to get the best out of this new stage, which is full of emotions.
Healthy Friendships: Bonds that Help You Grow
(Justin Deschamps) Friends, family, and those closest to us are very important. Regardless of who you are or where you come from, you need other people in your life. Psychologically, we’re hardwired to know ourselves through who we become near others, wherein the brain regulates our emotions and sense of self-worth based on the health of our social attachments. This is physically woven within the fabric of our body, meaning there are neurological systems designed to reward us for healthy social attachments.
Food for Your Feelings: Manage and Even Reverse Depression With Diet
(Zoey Sky) Following a balanced diet keeps your body healthy and helps prevent diseases. But according to a nutritionist, eating a plant-based diet is also one of the best ways to boost your mood and reverse depression.
The Insular Cortex: Learning from Painful Experiences
(Exploring Your Mind) Corporal punishment used to be common as a way to “motivate” students to learn. The idea is that knowledge gained through pain can be more intense and long-lasting. So what does this process look like on a cerebral level?
Should We Call Addiction Attachment Instead?
(Exploring Your Mind) Addiction leads to a bond, which is basically a way of relating to the world, an object, a behavior, or a substance. This is why we say that what we know about addiction “is false” and that we should call it attachment instead.
Emotional Buttons: How They Affect Your Relationships
(Explore Your Mind) How many times do you find yourself reacting too strongly to a negative comment? Knowing what your emotional buttons are and the consequences for pushing them is the subject of a research study that was conducted recently.
How Your Emotions Affect Your Organ Health
(Hilde Larson) After years of studying health and how to allow the body to naturally heal, there is one topic that keeps coming back to me as significant, and that is the body-emotion connection. The key role they play in our physical wellbeing, and how much gunk we carry from early childhood. From our upbringing, our traumas, conditioning and belief system. How everything we ever lived is stored in our cells, and how our emotional terrain affects our vital organs.
How to Have a Loving Relationship When You Don’t Know How
(Ronald Frederick, Ph.D) By the time I was 20, I already understood that there was more to this thing called love than meets the eye. While falling in love was easy, the staying there and making it work proved elusive.
The First Panic Attack and What Happens Next
(Exploring Your Mind) Having a first panic attack is terrifying, so much so that many people believe they’re having a heart attack. What scares then the most about that first experience is the fear of the unknown. Thus, what happens next is a persistent fear that it could happen again.
The Chemical Imbalance Myth and Antidepressant Harm
(Dr. Mercola) In the U.S., an estimated 17.3 million American adults (7.1% of the adult population), experienced at least one major depressive episode in 2017.1 The highest rates are reported among those aged between 18 and 25.2 However, not only is there evidence that depression is vastly overdiagnosed, but there’s also evidence showing it’s routinely mistreated.
The Phenomenon of the Moth to a Flame — How Do We Get Stuck?
(Exploring Your Mind) The phenomenon of the moth to a flame is a metaphor about emotional dependence. It’s about how you sometimes feel attracted to the things that harm you. On the flip side, it may also lead you to fear the very thing that can free you.
Ten Energy-Sapping Bad Attitudes You Should Change
(Exploring Your Mind) It’s easy to cling to certain attitudes that are ultimately harmful to your well-being.
Study Shows That Horses Understand Our Emotions & Remember Us Deeply
(Dulce Ruby) The more in tune with myself I strive to become, the more drawn I am to explore how connected we all are – not solely with one another, but with everything. This, like many other deeper concepts surrounding life, begs to answer the ever-present question of ‘are there other emotionally intelligent beings out there?’