Beyond Success #35: The Silent Way Emotional Avoidance Destroys Success
High achievers are vulnerable to emotional avoidance. It’s subtle, sneaky, and seductive. It tricks you into thinking you’re making progress or crushing goals.
But when everything feels flat - no matter how big the accomplishment - it’s a sign that you’re under the spell of emotional avoidance. And emotional avoidance comes with a devastating cost: Losing the entire gamut of your emotions.
That might sound alluring at first, until you realize the full cost. It’s not just mental, but physical too. In fact, it could put you in the ground long before your time.
But here’s the good news:
Emotional Strength is a skill that can be honed, just like any other skill. But it requires approaching your emotions in a new light.
In today’s show, you’ll discover the true cost of emotional avoidance, then learn what you can do to avoid paying it.
Listen now.
Show Highlights Include:
- What to do if you constantly wonder why nothing feels as fulfilling or satisfying as it should (1:04)
- How to feel your emotions in a way that makes you stronger instead of weaker (1:48)
- The scientific reason why suppressing your emotions actually increases your stress and your risk of disease (2:53)
- How emotional avoidance subtly spirals you into an empty void of despair and hopelessness (5:27)
- The truth about why you’re on the verge of burnout, always tired and tense, and your relationships feel shallow (6:15)
- Why unresolved emotional tension can manifest in the body as irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, and autoimmune flares (8:51)
- The downstream consequences of suppressing “bad” emotions like anger, sadness, and fear (11:51)
- How to exercise your emotions like your biceps and build your emotional intelligence (19:47)
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