Embracing Uncertainty
Amy emphasizes that the angst we often feel is unproductive, urging a gentle acceptance of life's uncertainties. By recognizing that our emotions are transient and not our identity, we can approach them with a new perspective. This process of mindfulness encourages us to sit with our feelings rather than distract ourselves, ultimately leading to deeper self-awareness and understanding.In this clip
From this podcast
Untangle
Amy Gross - Former Oprah Magazine Editor-in-Chief Turned Mindfulness Teacher
Related Questions
How do meditation and self-inquiry help us learn to rise above thoughts and recognize them as temporary and not necessarily reflective of reality in the episode Jack Kornfield – Ep. 61 – Letting Go and the clip Embracing Human Emotions?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would working to change it immediately after being triggered also diminish it over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and used breathwork to calm their body immediately after being triggered, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
In the episode Lessons from Stoicism and The Military | Nancy Sherman | The Knowledge Project 126 and the clip Emotions and Reflection, Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning?