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Myth about Emotions

Myth about Emotions

Emotions are NOT automatically trigered by events. They are constructed by our brain.

Decades of research at Northeastern University has proven that our brain's most important job is not thinking or feeling or even seeing... but to make sure we survive & thrive. Our brain constantly predicts... and those ultimately become the emotions we experience & notice in others.

And since our brain constructs emotions, we can teach it to label them more precisely so that we can use it to take the most appropriate action.

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