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Practice with Small Emotions
- You can't expect to become an expert at managing hugely painful emotions if you haven't practiced
- The best way to practice is to start small and work your way up
- Social anxiety is a skill like anything else, so practice on smaller, easier situations first
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You And Your Emotions Are Friends
Most of us try to either escape our emotions, or try to fix them. The healthier way to manage difficult feelings is to change your relationship with them.
Instead of treating painful emotions as enemies to be avoided or eliminated, you can...
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Just Because It Feels Bad Doesn’t Mean It Is Bad
Pain is the messenger. Pain is your body’s way of signaling that there is something very wrong with your wrist that needs to be fixed as soon as possible.
Sadness is uncomfortable but not bad. It is a normal response to the loss of something valuable.
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Name It to Tame It
Most people have developed an unconscious habit of intellectualizing their emotions—using highly conceptual and vague language to talk about feelings rather than plain straightforward words.
When you acknowledge how you're fee...
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Be Curious, Not Judgmental
Replace your instinct to be judgmental about how you're feeling with the habit of being curious about it.
If you can cultivate a habit of cultivating a curious about difficult feelings, rather than judgmental, not only will those feelings subside more quickly, you will also be fostering a m...
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4 Tips for Building a Healthier Relationship with Your Emotions - Nick Wignall
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Practice small talk
Talk to people you encounter throughout your day. When you enter a coffee shop, make a simple comment about the weather to make impersonal interactions a bit more friendly.
If you practice this small talk in a variety of situations, it's easier to start a conversation with people you wa...
Change the way you practice
Repeating anything over and over might not be the best way to master that task. If you practice a slightly different version, you will learn more and faster. For example, if you want to master a new presentation:
- Rehearse the basic skill.
- Wait at least si...
The Power of Good Habits for Achieving Great Things
The best way to face less resistance when doing good things is by slowly making it a habit. Good habits are tough to start. But they can give you enough momentum so that every good action will take less effort.
For example, while exercising can be difficult at first, it becomes much easie...
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