Permission to Feel
The conversation highlights the urgent need for emotional awareness in a world grappling with burnout and anxiety. Marc shares his personal journey of overcoming childhood struggles with feelings, emphasizing the importance of having safe spaces to express emotions. By learning to articulate feelings more precisely, individuals can better understand their emotional states and develop effective coping strategies.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
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How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode How to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori Gottlieb, the episode Emily Nagoski — The Knowledge Project #66, the episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, and the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and the clip Permission to Feel.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode #048: Why You Can’t Just “Get Over It” with Hilary Jacobs Hendel, the clip Unlocking Core Emotions, 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.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episodes How to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori Gottlieb, Emily Nagoski — The Knowledge Project #66, #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, and the clips Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and Permission to Feel.