This chapter explores the importance of supporting others through negative emotions without being consumed by their pain, emphasizing the need for emotional boundaries to maintain personal well-being. It discusses strategies for effectively navigating emotional experiences, such as recognizing and accepting all emotions with compassion and mastering emotions in various relational dynamics. Practical advice is given on setting boundaries, creating distance from overwhelming emotions, and avoiding getting stuck in negative emotions together to preserve mental health.
Today, you’re getting a masterclass in how to manage your emotions and deal with people who cannot tolerate their own.
Whether you find yourself constantly annoyed, frustrated, or angry…
Or if you’re sick of dealing with people who can’t handle their own emotions…
This episode is for you. You’ll learn powerful, practical, and science-backed skills to master your emotions so that you can stay calm when you’re stressed, be fearless under pressure, and reach your potential.
Dr. Susan David is here to share her best advice with you. Dr. David is an award-winning Harvard medical school psychologist and bestselling author who has been studying emotions, happiness, and achievement for over 20 years.
She is here to explain how your thoughts and feelings directly affect your actions, careers, relationships, happiness, and health – and exactly what to do about it.
For more resources, including links to Dr. David’s work, click here for the podcast episode page.
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