I have an aversion to the word control. It doesn't feel good to me. When you're stuck in a cycle of thinking, feeling, and choosing - and someone says you can 'control' it - it feels shitty.
Can we control out thoughts and emotions?
Yes AND No. On this minisode, I'm proposing two new words we can use instead.
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01/11/22 • 8 min
Strength Discovered - Can we Control our Thoughts and Emotions? (Minisode)
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Can we Control our Thoughts and Emotions?
[00:00:00] Welcome back. This is Stefanie. And today I want to talk about control. I, I have a personal aversion to the word control, and I'm not sure exactly why that is, but I'm going to dive into a little bit today and you can let me know if you feel the same way or not. So when I hear people say that you have control over your thoughts and emotions, it hits me in a way that frustrates me.
[00:00:31] And I think the reason is because
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