Acknowledging the Importance of Our Emotions: Interviewed by Heather Rackham
08/16/22 • 38 min
I had the privilege of being interviewed by Heather Rackham, fellow Life Coach and owner of the Latter-Day Saint Life Coach Directory. This episode can also be heard here: https://ldslifecoaches.com/episode/86-acknowledging-the-importance-of-our-emotions-with-angela-adams/
You know I love to discuss emotions and how important acknowledging them and allowing them is to building our emotional strength and well being. Every human being has emotions. They are an integral part of the human experience and yet, we push them away, ignore them, and label them as either “good” or “bad”. But really all that emotions are is a vibration in our body that is produced by a thought. Oftentimes though that vibration can be so intense that we can’t even get to the point of knowing the thought that is causing them.
In this episode, Heather and I talk about that process and really discusses the importance of normalizing each of our emotions so that we can have a better life and use our emotions for our growth and development instead of to our detriment.
Takeaways:
*When you have anxiety it’s important to learn how to manage it, not get rid of it.
*Managing anxiety means we welcome anxiety but we don’t let it into the driverseat of our lives.
*There is a lot of shame with having anxiety because of the meaning we give to anxiety and that there is a problem and there must be something wrong with me since I’m feeling a negative emotion.
*Feeling all the emotions is ok and part of the human experience. It’s the way life is supposed to be.
*While changing our thoughts is needed, we often can’t think clearly when we have so many emotions that are intense and overwhelming. In order to think differently we have to allow for emotions.
*In order to feel emotions, we need to understand what emotions are. Emotions are coming from thoughts that cause a vibration in the body.
*Emotions and motion are related. The word “emotion” has the root of motion and emotions will always move us to do or not do something.
*When we can identify the motion in our bodies produced by emotions, then we can better deal with it and be in control of it instead of it being in control of us. This requires us to drop into our bodies.
*Acknowledging and calling out an emotion – allowing it to be noticed – is the first step of processing an emotion. The second step is allowing room within our bodies and our lives for that emotion to be fully felt.
*In order to better be in touch with our emotions, we have to realize that no emotion is bad and that they are all there for our growth.
*When it comes to emotions like anxiety or depression, there can be genetic components that contribute to them, not just thoughts.
*The Model is a great tool that helps you manage anxiety and become more aware of where the emotion is coming from.
There's No Such Thing As a Dragon
The Model Podcast Episode (LDS Life Coach Podcast)
To connect with Angela Adams
Shoot me an email:
[email protected]
I had the privilege of being interviewed by Heather Rackham, fellow Life Coach and owner of the Latter-Day Saint Life Coach Directory. This episode can also be heard here: https://ldslifecoaches.com/episode/86-acknowledging-the-importance-of-our-emotions-with-angela-adams/
You know I love to discuss emotions and how important acknowledging them and allowing them is to building our emotional strength and well being. Every human being has emotions. They are an integral part of the human experience and yet, we push them away, ignore them, and label them as either “good” or “bad”. But really all that emotions are is a vibration in our body that is produced by a thought. Oftentimes though that vibration can be so intense that we can’t even get to the point of knowing the thought that is causing them.
In this episode, Heather and I talk about that process and really discusses the importance of normalizing each of our emotions so that we can have a better life and use our emotions for our growth and development instead of to our detriment.
Takeaways:
*When you have anxiety it’s important to learn how to manage it, not get rid of it.
*Managing anxiety means we welcome anxiety but we don’t let it into the driverseat of our lives.
*There is a lot of shame with having anxiety because of the meaning we give to anxiety and that there is a problem and there must be something wrong with me since I’m feeling a negative emotion.
*Feeling all the emotions is ok and part of the human experience. It’s the way life is supposed to be.
*While changing our thoughts is needed, we often can’t think clearly when we have so many emotions that are intense and overwhelming. In order to think differently we have to allow for emotions.
*In order to feel emotions, we need to understand what emotions are. Emotions are coming from thoughts that cause a vibration in the body.
*Emotions and motion are related. The word “emotion” has the root of motion and emotions will always move us to do or not do something.
*When we can identify the motion in our bodies produced by emotions, then we can better deal with it and be in control of it instead of it being in control of us. This requires us to drop into our bodies.
*Acknowledging and calling out an emotion – allowing it to be noticed – is the first step of processing an emotion. The second step is allowing room within our bodies and our lives for that emotion to be fully felt.
*In order to better be in touch with our emotions, we have to realize that no emotion is bad and that they are all there for our growth.
*When it comes to emotions like anxiety or depression, there can be genetic components that contribute to them, not just thoughts.
*The Model is a great tool that helps you manage anxiety and become more aware of where the emotion is coming from.
There's No Such Thing As a Dragon
The Model Podcast Episode (LDS Life Coach Podcast)
To connect with Angela Adams
Shoot me an email:
[email protected]
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