326: How to Gain Control of Your Emotions to Conquer Any Fear, Heal Pain and Trauma, and Stop Negative Thoughts | Julia DiGangi, PhD
Sep 13, 2023
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Guest Julia DiGangi, PhD, discusses the connection between emotions and personal empowerment, understanding and controlling emotions, the impact of trauma on emotions and relationships, breaking patterns, and gaining emotional control. They also explore the benefits of colostrum, coping with substances and emotional pain, and the importance of mental health and emotional power.
Recognize and choose empowering emotional patterns to fuel personal growth and transformation.
Practice holding uncomfortable feelings to build emotional resilience and find empowerment.
Engage in self-reflection to identify ways in which we may undermine our own power and contribute to feelings of unworthiness.
Deep dives
Building a Power Pattern
Building a power pattern involves recognizing and choosing empowering emotional patterns to guide our actions and interpretations of situations. Instead of feeling triggered or suffocated by certain circumstances, we can reframe them as evidence of our empowerment and leadership. This code encourages us to work with our emotions and see them as fuel for personal growth and transformation.
Hold Your Emotional Shake
Hold Your Emotional Shake is a practice that involves exposing ourselves to uncomfortable feelings, sitting with them, and allowing our nervous system to habituate to them. This exposure therapy helps us build emotional resilience and shows us that we can tolerate and process strong emotions rather than avoiding them. By doing so, we can release emotional energy and find empowerment on the other side of discomfort.
Powerful Self-Reflection
Powerful self-reflection encourages us to investigate and understand our own emotional patterns and behaviors. By asking ourselves powerful questions and examining our actions, we can identify ways in which we may be undermining our own power and contributing to feelings of unworthiness. This code promotes self-awareness and helps us take responsibility for our own emotional well-being.
Releasing Emotional Constipation
Releasing emotional constipation involves letting go of pent-up emotions and allowing the body and nervous system to process and release them naturally. This practice helps us avoid suppressing or denying our emotions, which can lead to feelings of brittleness, reactivity, and suffocation. By embracing emotional release and trusting our nervous system's ability to process emotions, we can cultivate emotional strength and find relief.
Importance of Authenticity and Emotional Power
Being emotionally authentic and powerful is essential in today's world. Authentic leaders, whether on social media or in any other setting, have the ability to connect with others on a deep, emotional level. People connect with those who make them feel something, and being emotionally powerful allows individuals to establish meaningful relationships and influence others positively.
Understanding Trauma, Pain, and Post-Traumatic Growth
Trauma, defined as a violent shattering of patterns, can be confused with pain, which is a more umbrella term. Everyone experiences pain to some degree. Whether it is the loss of a loved one or other challenging life experiences, pain is a part of being human. However, how individuals navigate and grow through their pain differs. Post-traumatic growth can occur when individuals embrace their pain, allowing them to develop emotional resilience and connection with others. Through embracing pain, individuals can find meaning and purpose, leading to personal growth.
Dr. DiGangi holds a PhD in psychology and is an expert on the effects of chronic stress on our brain and our behavior. She has treated stress and trauma in civilian, community and military contexts. Her latest book, Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power, is out now.
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