Permission to Feel
Emotions can’t be ignored; they build up and lead to greater issues if not addressed. Acknowledging and naming feelings is crucial for personal growth, as highlighted in the conversation with a leading expert on emotional intelligence. The importance of giving ourselves and our children permission to feel is emphasized, alongside the challenges many face in articulating and regulating their emotions.In this clip
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The Fit Mess: A Men's Mental Health Podcast
153. How To Give Yourself And Your Child Permission To Feel With Dr. Marc Brackett
Related Questions
If we are told at a young age how we should feel (e.g., you should feel ashamed or you should not be sad), how are these negative experiences encoded into our brains? How does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions?
How do negative experiences, such as being told how to feel at a young age or into adulthood, get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This question relates to the discussions in episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, and the clip Permission to Feel.
Dr. Marc Brackett on how to increase your emotional intelligence