The hosts discuss emotional inquiry, a tool that can reduce self-judgment and improve communication. They explore its benefits, including transformation and conflict resolution. The practice involves embracing emotions with curiosity and wonder, experiencing them fully. The tool can be used in courses and everyday life, prioritizing self-care. Taking a childlike perspective in emotional inquiry leads to personal growth and access to the inquiry tool for further engagement.
Emotional inquiry is a practice that reduces self-judgment, changes bad habits, and improves communication with others.
Engaging in emotional inquiry allows us to become more comfortable with discomfort, unlocking freedom and finding deeper meaning behind our emotions.
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The Essence of Emotional Inquiry
Emotional inquiry is a tool for exploring and embracing emotional experiences that we typically resist. It encourages viewing emotions through the lens of wonder and empathy, without trying to change or dismiss them. By fully feeling and embracing emotions, we can reduce self-judgment, change bad habits, and improve communication with others. The practice starts as a guided meditation and can become automatic over time.
The Power of Emotional Inquiry
Emotional inquiry has the potential to create significant transformation and open up new realities. It challenges the tendency to avoid emotions, offering a way to become friends with them instead. By regularly engaging in emotional inquiry, we become more comfortable with discomfort, unlock freedom, and find the deeper meaning behind our emotions. This tool can be applied to any aspect of life where emotions are being avoided and can lead to profound changes.
Guidelines for Successful Emotional Inquiry
To make emotional inquiry effective, it is crucial to adopt a view, which means approaching emotions with vulnerability and impartiality. The practice should feel intimate and whole-body, allowing us to fully experience emotions on a somatic level. It is essential to avoid using emotional inquiry as a means of managing or getting rid of emotions, as this hinders its effectiveness. Instead, emotional inquiry is an ongoing exploration aimed at understanding and embracing our emotional experiences with wonder and abandon. It can look different for each individual and can be integrated into daily life, from scheduled sessions to spontaneous moments of inquiry.
Joe and Brett share a tool from our courses called Emotional Inquiry. This is a practice that can reduce self-judgment, change bad habits, and improve our ability to communicate with others.
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