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BY: T. Franklin Murphy | August 2020

Anxiety, Depression and Inaction. Self-perpetuating diseases. A Flourishing Life Society Article Link

FLS link-- Emotional Regulation: Emotions energize and push for action. Healthy regulation capitalizes on the richness of emotion and directs the energy towards life objectives.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Emotionally Connected. Attuning to a Partner's Feelings

We live blind and deaf to the primary motivating force of action. Feelings unnoticed nudge us to act. We gain a deeper appreciation for life and measured control when we develop our relationship with emotion through focusing.

Giving meaning to feelings with subjective interpretations

FLS Link. Sinful Desires

Mixed in with the beauty are some sorrows. When we are well-connected, occasionally, along with the joys are some tears.

Moods interfere with interpretation of life. Stepping back with understanding helps to modify these stinkers.

Guilt may push for change or leave us debilitated and paralyzed. Loving kindness is the healthy response to debilitating guilt.

Emotions can be powerful--so powerful we may avoid them and the people expressing them. Empathy is gained through openness to experience, one on one contact with the feeling experience of others.

Experience dredges up the past, uncovering hurts and tender parts of our souls. To survive, we must find productive avenues through these moments without damaging the present and future.

We are pulled into harmful routines by emotion. We feel and then we react. Unfortunately, our reaction isn't always helpful. We need space to think and then act more appropriately.

A flourishing Life Society article link. Emotional Overload

FLS Link. Fredrickson's Broaden and Build: Positive emotions promote growth by encouraging approach and observation.

We worry. Thinking about the future is an adaptive response to complex problems; we prepare and we avoid. But too much worry interferes with constructive action. We even worry about our worrying.

FLS internal Link. Negativity: The natural feeling responses to experience give both wisdom and limiting bias. As cognitive creatures, we need to examine what we are feeling, how we interpret that feeling, and determine the utility of our natural inclinations.

Mindful examination of the two internal guidance systems behind our action can refine errant predictions and misguided reactions.

Chasing a better life, we sometimes neglect the very things that give us the life we seek.

When we expertly greet our child's emotions with empathy, acceptance and reciprocation, the child develops a positive relationship with their own feelings--a major contribution to healthy living.

We move through stages of behavior, thought and emotion. Each phase impacting the others. We work to change by modifying any (and sometimes all) of the stages.

Flourishing Life Society Link: Emotional Intelligence

We need a sense of security to thrive. If we are continually frightened, we will pull into ourselves and limit opportunity.

FLS Link. The Fleeting Emotions. When emotionally flooded, it is difficult to cognitively inject thoughts to escape the moment. We need habitual practices that we automatically integrate into these moments that calm the system first, then we can cognitively join adapt, thinking of the future.

We must manage worry to push action without burdening with overwhelm. Concern for the future is important but easily can become all consuming.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Moods

FLS Link. Regret: Five Steps for Dealing with Regret

We get beastly urges pushing for harmful action. Listening to these desires that hurt destroys our lives.

Flourishing Life Society Link. Article: Three Emotional Regulation Techniques

Emotions are primary motivators for action. Sometimes misguided action needs to be inspected for appropriateness.

FLS Link. Emotions and Empathy. The feelings of living come to life, pushing experience into a new aliveness. For some feelings are scary and they avoid deep contact with feeling experience. This not only limits their experience but interferes with connection to others.

FLS link: Emotional Intimacy | Creating Space for sharing. A psychological battle of opposing needs requires purposeful effort to meet both safety and belonging needs.

Flourishing Life Society Link. Emotional Guidance System.

Achieving the most from the wisdom of emotions requires purposeful effort to integrate emotions into our larger concepts of self.

The instant attachment, finding a soul mate, sounds like a fairy tale; but often is laced with hidden problems. Take it slow.

Our thoughts propel us into fruitful and prepared futures, but they also can haunt our peaceful moments with worry and guilt. By mindful attentiveness to the nature of our thoughts we can gain the benefits and limit the harm.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Shared Emotions

Internal Link: The Sole Cause of Our Sorrow

External Links:

External Link. The Psychology of Color: How to Use Colors to Boost Well Being

External Link: What You’re Experiencing Is an Emotional Hangover

External Link: The Beauty of Self-Awareness

External Link: This Emotional Intelligence Test Was So Accurate It Was Creepy

External Link: The Negative Impact of Not Feeling Your Feelings

External Link: Fear and Confidence

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