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Processing Emotions

The document discusses the importance of acknowledging and processing natural human emotions such as anger, sadness, depression, and fear, especially during stressful times. It emphasizes the need to feel these emotions mindfully to prevent them from becoming toxic and dividing us from ourselves and others. The text provides examples and techniques for expressing and understanding these emotions in a healthy way.

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Processing Emotions

The document discusses the importance of acknowledging and processing natural human emotions such as anger, sadness, depression, and fear, especially during stressful times. It emphasizes the need to feel these emotions mindfully to prevent them from becoming toxic and dividing us from ourselves and others. The text provides examples and techniques for expressing and understanding these emotions in a healthy way.

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Processing Emotions

how we can mindfully feel what we feel


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Introduction
A lot of people are feeling angry, sad,
depressed and fearful.

I feel all of these things, too. No one is above


these natural human emotions. It means that
we care. That we want things to be better. To
be kinder. To be safer.

In stressful moments like these, it's important


to remember that it's ok to feel what we feel.
More accurately, it's important to feel what
we feel. If we don't, then what we bottle up
inside becomes increasingly toxic, and the
energy that we react with divides us from
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others, much less our own spirit.

So here are some examples of how we can


mindfully feel what we feel:

How does this anger feel in my head or my


belly? How can I express it in a healthy way,
either verbally or written? How can I help
create real change without hatred and
bitterness? (Sharon Salzberg teaches me how
to channel anger into real change for the world
here.)

How does this sadness feel around the heart?


Can I cry without judging myself or without
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judging the sadness to be right or wrong?


(Gabor Maté tells me the importance of
honoring our grief here.)

How does this depression feel when I'm


curious about its sensations? Am I capable of
meeting it without judgment? Am I capable of
asking for a little bit of help from others?
From myself? (I lead a guided meditation to
increase our sense of capability here.)

How does this fear feel inside? Can I allow it


to be here a little more without hiding from it?
Can I open to it within my window of
tolerance? (Rick Hanson tells me 2 ways of
reframing our fears here.)

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