Understanding Emotional Expression
Nicole LePera explores the impact of childhood conditioning on emotional expression, discussing how societal and cultural beliefs can shape our ability to express emotions, particularly anger. She emphasizes the importance of creating a safe space for emotional exploration and highlights the need to challenge societal norms around emotional expression.In this clip
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Related Questions
How do negative experiences related to emotional expression get encoded into our brains if we are told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not allowed to be sad)? If we do not have permission to feel our real, biological emotions, how does this impact our future decisions?
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life and the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and the clip Permission to Feel.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode #048: Why You Can’t Just “Get Over It” with Hilary Jacobs Hendel, the clip Unlocking Core Emotions, episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, and the clip Permission to Feel.