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How to Build a Happy Life: Be Self-Aware
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The Science of Emotional Management: Making Emotions Meta Cognitive
Imagine you're crossing the street in a busy city when a car zooms towards you. Your brain quickly processes the danger, triggering a chain reaction of stress hormones. Within milliseconds, you've already dodged the car, heart pounding and sweating. While these emotions are important for survival, excessive fear can be detrimental. To manage our emotions, we need to become meta-cognitive, acknowledging and analyzing them. This shifts control to our executive brain, allowing us to navigate our feelings. Emotional management is simple in theory but challenging in practice. Join Dan Harris to explore the power of mindfulness and the incredible value of self-awareness.
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