Pursuing Positive Emotions and Avoiding Negative Ones Can Hinder Growth With Mastin Kipp

A reason to move away from categorizing emotions as good or bad

Every emotional response we have makes sense from a safety perspective

Why he doesn’t believe in self-sabotage, and why self-protection is different

How shifting understanding of emotions can change our experience drastically

We have to recognize and shift childhood conditioning around the nervous system to achieve the life that we want

Personal development is going to create inner conflict, and inner conflict is a sign of growth

The presence of inner conflict indicates a desire

He looks at goal-setting as a therapeutic process

How to not let the most traumatized parts of us be in the driver's seat

When we're younger, there can be negative consequences to being our authentic self

Your inner critic is how you parent yourself, and this voice can be a good indicator of how we feel about ourselves

Why to ask “when was that true” in doing parts work

No emotion is an enemy, and emotions are biochemistry

There are 7 emotional pathways in our bodies

If you have a fear of an emotion, you are afraid of yourself

That which cannot be expressed to the mother cannot be expressed to the self

Children are a place to contribute unconditional love but not extract it

The greatest burden a child bears is the unlived life of the parent