Have you ever felt some intense emotion, but you’re not sure exactly what you’re feeling or how to deal with it?
For as long as I can remember I’ve wished that some form of emotional intelligence was taught at schools.
Out of all the humaning skills, this is the most important.
Back on episode 128 I had Karla McLaren on to talk about her book The Art of Empathy and today she is back to talk about her new book Embracing Anxiety.
With the state of the world right now it’s more important than ever to understand how to be with heightened emotions, how to truly understand them, and what to do with them.
Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer. Her lifelong work focuses on her grand unified theory of emotions, which revalues even the most “negative” emotions and opens startling new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. She is the founder and CEO of Emotion Dynamics LLC and the developer of the Empathy Academy online learning site.
Karla is the author of Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of this Vital Emotion (June 2020), The Dynamic Emotional Integration® Workbook (2018), The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life’s Most Essential Skill (2013), The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings are Trying to Tell You (2010), and many other books and audio learning programs.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How there are 2 different ways people respond to anxiety and how they show up in people.
- Why kids are often trying to operate against their natural type.
- How to effectively communicate what you’re feeling and what to do with it.
- How to tell the difference between panic and anxiety.
- The practice of burning contracts to become aware of where you’ve agreed to do things in a certain way that no longer serves you and resolve it.
- How to understand what’s your emotional response and what you’re taking on from others.
- Effectively dealing with anger and pain and injustice.
- What role shame plays in anxiety.
- And more…
Resources:
- Pick up Embracing Anxiety
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