What Emotions Can Teach Us
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What Emotions Can Teach Us

Recently I heard a brilliant quote about emotions: “Our feelings are a lot like toddlers, we can’t let them drive, but we also can’t put them in the trunk.” So how do we do that, really? How do we listen to our emotions? What can they teach us?

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Tools for Emotional Regulation

One of our best weapons for emotional regulation is a tool we always have with us - our breath. There are a number of ways we can use breath to help us soothe when we feel activated. Breathing helps access our parasympathetic nervous system rather than continuing to live in our fight, flight or freeze sympathetic nervous system. Here are a few simple exercises for you to try when you feel emotionally overwhelmed.

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