Emotion As Messenger (Master of Counseling Intensive: Day 2) | Ep 265

I'm in the middle of a Master of Counseling intensive this week, and each day I'm sharing what’s landing most deeply… today was emotion day and by the end of it, we were all feeling it.

Today’s main insight:
- Emotions are messages, both to ourselves and others. They motivate action, and when we help clients access their emotions, they gain the ability to make clearer, more aligned choices

Accessing emotion activity (TRY THIS!):
1: Choose an emotion you’ve felt recently.
2: Describe the context (briefly) - what happened that brought it on?
3: Tune into your body - what physical sensations did you notice?
4: Use an analogy to describe the emotion (or a metaphor/image, e.g. “a tight knot,” “a rising wave”).
5: Reflect:
- how did it feel to notice the emotion?
- what was the reaction to the emotion?
- was the emotion sharing a message?
- what did the emotion need from you?

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