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Recovery Opened The Door To Feelings
- Dr. Chip Dodd recounts his recovery starting in 1989 and how he originally mistook life for rules and achievement.
- That recovery opened him to feelings and launched decades of work on the emotional life he later wrote about.
Feelings Are Primary Building Blocks
- Humans are created as feeling creatures who also happen to think, not the reverse.
- Eight primary feelings function like musical notes or primary colors to build all emotional life.
Fear Signals Need And Leads To Faith
- Fear is innate and signals danger and the need to ask for help, which can develop into faith.
- Properly used, fear guides wise choices rather than paralyzing us.