WTF does processing your emotions actually mean? Today I am breaking it all down. I start by explaining how emotions were formed as part of our evolutionary process, what meta emotions are, how judging your emotions prevents you from processing them and what the new research about emotions tells us. I then walk you through step by step EXACTLY how to process your emotions starting at 13 minutes into the episode. I go over my signature 6 step technique I call NAILER: Notice, Allow, Investigate, Label, Explore & Release and explain how you can do this in your life. I then end by answering a listener’s question about how she keeps judging herself for how she feels and how she can cultivate more compassion and how you can too. I hope this is a helpful episode that is a resource you can revisit as needed!

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Works Cited: My book "Not Drinking Tonight" has a whole chapter on this and the workbook does as well with exercises. You can buy it on amazon or anywhere books are sold.

"How Emotions are Made" by Lisa Feldman Barrett