Issue 10: Power of Emotion 💥

I’m often reminded that our emotional state can take the exact same set of facts and create a different result.

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Using the power of language we can rewrite or reframe stories to foster growth.

Take a meaning-filled or emotionally charged experience you had recently.

• Write the story from at the voice of anger. 😡

• Write the story from the voice of gratitude. 🙏

• Write the story from the voice of rage. 😤

• Write the story from the voice of curiosity. 🤔

• Write the story from the voice of joy. 🤗

We are pretty amazing meaning makers when we put our minds and pens to it.

Able to see that our emotional state determines where we direct our attention, what we remember and what we learn, we understand just how much power is behind emotionally charged actions.

Can you think of a time when you made a decision from exhaustion vs a decision from interest?

Positive and negative emotions result in different physiological reactions within our bodies and brains. We get all jacked up on powerful chemicals (adrenaline, cortisol, serotonin, oxytocin, dopamine, etc.) that affect our physical and mental wellbeing moment by moment by moment.

Become an emotional scientist today and see how that might change the way to show up or how it might direct your attention. I’d love to hear about your experience.