emotional flourishing
truths, pointers and perspectives for equanimity and happiness
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emotional flourishing
Sarah McManus’ How-To Guides for Being Human
Believing we’re separate, we seek control to remain safe. Releasing that belief, we discover our safety always lies in cooperation.
Dr. Steven Brownlowtwitter.comOne antidote is to allow yourself to imagine what it might feel like to know you'd never fully get on top of your work, never become a really disciplined exerciser or healthy eater, never resolve the personal issue you feel defines your life's troubles. What if I'll always feel behind with my email? What if listening attentively to other people wil
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to make, to work, is a constant dance with emotions; exploring and regulating emotions is the main ‘work’ of work imo. and isn’t unknotting emotions all that inner work is as well?
so, i think the divide between inner work and practical work doesn’t make sense. isn’t useful even
nibras ꩜ نبراس ◡̈x.comit really is possible to massively reduce psychological/emotional suffering a.k.a what your interiority feels like all day long
it’s not twitter hype, there are many ways to get to it, and it’s worth endlessly talking about so everyone who wants emotional wellbeing encounters it
nibras - still mostly offline - ꩜ نبراس ◡̈x.comthread
I started to meditate in a different way. I let go of the idea of what meditation was supposed to be. So I would sit down and let my experience simply be, in a very deep way. I started to let go of trying to control my experience. That became the beginning of discovering for myself what True Meditation is. From that point on, that shift - moving fr... See more
Nobody wakes up feeling great and ready to get after it every day. The work is accepting your feelings and taking them along for the ride. It requires equal parts grace and grit, self-discipline and self-compassion.
Keep showing up.
Brad Stulbergtwitter.comA sign of emotional intelligence is moving from “You made me feel” to “This is how I reacted.”
Our emotions aren’t caused by other people’s actions. They’re shaped by our interpretations.
Blaming others gives them power over our feelings. Taking responsibility empowers us.
Adam Granttwitter.com