On this episode of the Being Nicely Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest discover how emotional regulation helps us really feel, handle, and course of our feelings with larger ability and ease. They start by unpacking widespread misconceptions and clarifying what wholesome regulation appears like – feeling our emotions with out being overwhelmed by them. From there, they stroll by the three key steps of emotional regulation, specializing in sensible instruments like cognitive defusion and reverse motion. Subjects embrace interoception, the window of tolerance, cognitive bypassing, suppression/repression, and discovering a steadiness between acceptance and company.
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Key Subjects
- 1:59: What Does Emotional Regulation Look Like?
- 6:08: The Three Facets of Emotional Regulation
- 12:35: Step 1: Feeling Your Emotions
- 27:20: Step 2: Managing Your Emotions
- 58:50: Step 3: Processing (and possibly expressing) Your Emotions
- 1:10:10: Recap
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