348 | Decluttering Emotions
The Minimalists
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Using Language to Create Space Between Stimulus and Response
When we become granular with our emotions, it actually starts to activate what o scientists call the readiness potential in our brains. We create space between stimulus and response by recognizing that we arn't our emotion, we an't our thought. And then another thing that's really important that we haven't touched on yet in terms of emotional health, is to not over identify with the emotion. So a really powerful way that we can start creating the space is by noticing labelling your thoughts, emotions and stories for what they are. It's almost like the emotion is a cloud, a cloud, and you have become the cloud, ok? I am said, all of me. There's no
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