148: Practicing Good Emotional Hygiene To Improve Your Relationship

May 23, 2018

Kanja Farrell, a licensed marriage and family therapist and sex therapist, shares her expert insights on emotional hygiene and its crucial role in relationships. She provides practical tips for controlling emotions and transforming reactions into thoughtful responses. Kanja emphasizes the importance of creating a buffer period to decompress before engaging with partners. She also introduces body scan exercises to foster emotional stability. This lively discussion is packed with actionable advice to improve your relationship with yourself and others!

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Intro

00:00 • 3min

Enhancing Emotional Hygiene for Better Relationships

03:12 • 6min

Mastering Emotional Hygiene

09:02 • 12min

The Importance of Emotional Hygiene in Relationships

20:41 • 2min

Emotional Hygiene and Relationship Dynamics

22:51 • 11min

The Importance of Emotional Hygiene in Nurturing Relationships

33:41 • 5min

Resources and Opportunities for Relationship Growth

39:11 • 2min

We’ve all been in a situation where we’ve let our emotions get the better of us. We snap at our partner, stress ourselves out and react negatively to the smallest transgressions. Worry no more. Today’s episode will give you amazing actionable tips to help control your emotions, feel better and improve the relationship with yourself and your partner.

In this episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to take control of your mood and emotions
Finding an emotional grounding to avoid being controlled by the events of your day
How to respond rather than react
Creating a buffer period to decompress and interact positively with your partner
Body scan exercises to help control your emotions and create happier relationships.
And much more!

Kongit is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Sex Therapist in the state of California. She's the founder of the Inspired Journey Counseling Center in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles.

Full show notes and episode links at: http://idopodcast.com/148

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