The Unhooked Podcast!
“Cognitive Tunneling, Misery Stabilizers and WHAT is an Emotional Meridian?”
When our thoughts RULE us, even if for good reasons.
Tools and tips for stabilizing misery and moodiness.
Finding our emotional balance on the tight-rope walk that can be our life and circumstances.
Have you ever noticed how we con at times seem to live between two extremes? When things are good, they’re REALLY good. Everything is wonderful, possibilities are endless, and life feels almost euphoric.
But when something goes wrong, everything falls apart. One disappointment becomes five. One difficult conversation becomes a crisis. One person’s behavior can derail an entire day.
- High highs and low lows.
- Feeling wonderful one minute and defeated the next.
- Allowing other people’s behavior to determine our emotional temperature.
- Becoming attached to the excitement of a high and overwhelmed by the discomfort of a low.
What if the goal of recovery isn’t to feel good all the time? What if the goal is to become stable enough that we don’t need everything around us to be good in order for us to be okay?
A good life isn’t necessarily an emotionally exciting life. Sometimes a good life is a peaceful, predictable, disciplined, healthy life.
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