Raising Emotional Intelligence and Resilience for a Meaningful Life (with Susan David)
Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled
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The Power of Emotions
There's a reason that these emotions exist. The first person who actually wrote about this was Charles Darwin. And what he described is this idea that our emotions, every single emotion, even if it feels like a tough emotion, our emotions perform a function. So the first thing that I'd say from a practical perspective is if you feel yourself or hear yourself as a parent going into this, I shouldn't feel that's a bad feeling. Just see if you can end that struggle with yourself. See if you can just face into that emotion instead of with struggle with compassion.
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