What do you do when your kid is scared? Tell him not to be scared? What do you do when you’re mad? Yell at the person? Tell yourself you shouldn’t feel that way? The problem with this kind of response is that it doesn’t let the emotion move through and out of you. Emotion means to move out. Step 1 in tending to emotions is to acknowledge it’s there, and that it has a good reason to be there. Do this with yourself and others and your relationships will improve immediately. St...
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What do you do when your kid is scared? Tell him not to be scared? What do you do when you’re mad? Yell at the person? Tell yourself you shouldn’t feel that way? The problem with this kind of response is that it doesn’t let the emotion move through and out of you. Emotion means to move out. Step 1 in tending to emotions is to acknowledge it’s there, and that it has a good reason to be there. Do this with yourself and others and your relationships will improve immediately. St...
I had a tougher day today. Wishing that my wife would give me more attention, appreciation, affection and sex. Feeling like I couldn’t be happy until she did. Then, God reminded me: Who is in charge of your happiness? If I can only be happy if the people around me are acting certain ways… I’m giving my power over to them. Does that mean I just wait patiently forever and not get anything I want? No. It means I ask for what I want, work with my wife and others to find win-...
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What do you do when your kid is scared? Tell him not to be scared? What do you do when you’re mad? Yell at the person? Tell yourself you shouldn’t feel that way? The problem with this kind of response is that it doesn’t let the emotion move through and out of you. Emotion means to move out. Step 1 in tending to emotions is to acknowledge it’s there, and that it has a good reason to be there. Do this with yourself and others and your relationships will improve immediately. St...
