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How to Unlock the Power of Emotional Intelligence | Dr. Marc Brackett on the Permission to Feel

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

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How Are You Feeling?

Mark O'Mara: My mother had terrible anxiety and was always having a nervous breakdown. And my father was a stereotypical tough guy from the Bronx. He said, I'm tough enough. You've had tough enough, son. When you have a mom who's having a break, then every day, a father who's telling you to toughen up, you don't just come home after being bullied or abused and say, can I talk to you about my feelings? Yeah, what do you do?You eat your feelings, you suppress her feelings, you act out your feelings. That's what I live with for most of my childhood until I was 11. Then some magical person

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