Embracing Emodiversity
Jonathan Fields discusses the importance of experiencing a full range of emotions, including sadness and fear, to lead a truly happy and fulfilling life. Embracing emodiversity allows for a deeper sense of gratitude and an overall state of well-being.In this clip
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Happiness. It’s Complicated.
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In the episodes Mental Health Toolkit: Tools to Bolster Your Mood & Mental Health and Emotional Granularity, as well as in episode 3 Popular Truths that Keep You Stuck With Michael Griswold and episode 294: The new science of dealing with anxiety | Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., if a person is instructed to try and feel positive emotions like joy, happiness, and excitement during the initial attempts to keep the body calm using breathwork when negative beliefs or thoughts arise, and while redirecting focus to the intention of becoming a famous singer, will they probably only feel frustration and anxiety as the brain begins to adapt to this new belief and dissociate from the negative default thoughts? Moreover, only after consistent practice, when the brain has started to embrace the new thought—seeing the person as a famous singer—would they be able to feel those emotions of joy, happiness, and gratitude? Is it also possible to feel some of these positive emotions in the early stages while engaging in neuroplasticity, even amidst feelings of anxiety and frustration? Can one experience both positive and negative feelings simultaneously in the beginning?
Do we always return to baseline happiness after experiencing changes in our circumstances, as discussed in the episode 358 - Heather Monahan: Create Confidence Up From Nothing and the clip Happiness Baseline?
Can joy and sadness coexist in grief as discussed in the episode How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down w/ Corey Keyes and the clip Flourishing and Languishing, as well as in episode 329: Why we’re all so stressed | Positive psychiatrist Samantha Boardman, M.D. and the clip Embracing Negative Emotions?