We're often encouraged to "feel our feelings” as a route to healing and greater self-awareness, but what does it even mean? And exactly how does one go about it?
This episode explores:
The difference between feelings and emotions
How to tease apart physical vs emotional sensations
How rushing to make sense of our feelings gets in the way of feeling them
Ash's dating life and how it feels—literally
And we leave you with a mini-challenge to try out in your own life to become a better emotional connoisseur.
My Emotional Meteorology exercise will help.
Show notes:
“You Aren’t at the Mercy of Your Feelings—Your Brain Creates Them,” TED Talk by Lisa Feldman Barrett
“Mapping Emotions On The Body: Love Makes Us Warm All Over,” Michaeleen Doucleff, Dec. 30, 2013.
100 Days of Rejection Therapy from Jia Jiang
Misattribution of Fear for Arousal (the scary bridge study)
Dutton, D. G., & Aron, A. P. (1974). Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30(4), 510–517. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0037031, https://bit.ly/3Dsm6HJ
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