Embracing Emotions
Steven emphasizes the importance of experiencing a full range of emotions, including the uncomfortable ones, as they play a crucial role in personal growth and understanding. He challenges the notion of avoiding negative feelings and instead advocates for learning from them. By shifting our focus from rigid thinking to embracing our values, we can cultivate a more meaningful and fulfilling life.In this clip
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The Psychology Podcast
Steven Hayes || Liberate Your Mind
Related Questions
How do negative experiences, such as being told how we should feel at a young age or into adulthood, get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This question is in relation to the episode #048: Why You Can’t Just “Get Over It” with Hilary Jacobs Hendel and the clip Authenticity and Attachment, as well as the episodes #411: Am I Too Much? Healing Your Wounds with Mom and Reclaiming Your Worth, Why You're Failing to Attract Anyone | Dr. Robert Glover - MP Podcast #105, Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil | Lex Fridman Podcast #357, and Dr. Paul Conti: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Huberman Lab Podcast #75.
How do negative experiences, such as being told how to feel at a young age or into adulthood, get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This question is in relation to the episode #411: Am I Too Much? Healing Your Wounds with Mom and Reclaiming Your Worth, the clip Healing Childhood Wounds, the episode Why You're Failing to Attract Anyone | Dr. Robert Glover - MP Podcast #105, the clip Understanding Nice Guy Syndrome, the episode Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil | Lex Fridman Podcast #357, the clip Childhood Trauma, and the episode Dr. Paul Conti: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Huberman Lab Podcast #75 and the clip Maladaptive Thinking Patterns.