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8 Amazing Ways to Manage Your Emotions Right Away

8 Amazing Ways to Manage Your Emotions Right Away Jack Greener Emotions are a part of our daily lives. Feeling emotional is the thing that makes us human, but the objective is to control our emotions instead of being controlled by them. If you are here reading this article, then you have already taken the first step towards gaining control over your emotions. You have accepted that your emotions have to be controlled. There are many ways to control your emotions and stop them from negatively affecting your life. Here is a list of some of the best ways that are scientifically proven and I have personally used to control my emotions. So, give it a read if you want to become a master of your emotions. Try Breathing Exercises The first thing that you need to start practicing is some basic breathing exercises and meditation. It is scientifically proven that even simply taking three deep breaths can really help you control your emotions. This is a very effective and instant solution. If you are feeling angry, or you are feeling anxious and stressed, taking three simple deep breaths can get you in control of your emotions, and it can…

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September 2, 2019
Articles / Emotions

Break the Cycle of Emotional Eating

I am an emotional eater.  I eat when I'm happy, I eat when I'm sad, I eat when I'm angry and I eat when I'm bored.  In case you're not quite catching what I'm saying, I eat.  Now eating is not a bad thing, heck, we need to do it to survive, but eating your emotions, that's not such a great thing.  But I'm putting a stop to all that.  I've tried things like Weight Watchers, Nutri System, Atkins and Keto.  They're all great in teaching me how to eat, but nothing has helped me come to grips with why I eat.  Now, with help, I'm going to stop allowing my mind to bully my body! If you're stuck in the same cycle I am, then I suggest you check out this amazing class offered by Karen Salmansohn,  that will help to retrain your brain. In it, you'll learn: why you binge eat - the emotional root of your food issues how to stop obsessive thoughts around food - in a lasting way how to stop using food as a distraction or to deal with uncomfortable feelings like anger, stress, fear, grief and self-loathing. how to enjoy a more loving…

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July 29, 2018
Articles / Positive Thoughts / Ted Talk

I Love Ted

Yesterday, I was scrolling through Facebook when I came across a Ted Talk by Susan David. I watched it, and really enjoyed it, and then I moved on to something else. But I didn't stop thinking about it. It was percolating in the back of my mind as I connected it to this, that, and the other, including a blog post I wrote this week.  Dr. David, of course, spoke far more eloquently than I wrote, and I really think it's worth watching.  So press play, and then let me know what you think :)

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February 11, 2018
Emotions / Happiness

Feel Good Music

We all have things that put us in a good mood.  For me, that thing is music.  If I'm down in the dumps or just having a not so great day, I'll pull out the Ipod crank it up and go to town.  The feel good playlist is long and includes songs like I Feel Lucky by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.  The newest addition to the list is Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer and I have to say it's the ULTIMATE feel good song for me.  What are some of YOUR feel good songs?  Share them in the comments section KEEP YOUR HEAD UP wooh, ehhhh, wooooh. I've been waiting on the sunset Bills on my mindset I can't deny theyre getting high Higher than my income In comes breadcrumbs I've been trying to survive The glow that the sun gives Right around sunset Helps me realize This is just a journey Drop your worries You are gonna turn out fine. Oh, you'll turn out fine. Fine, oh, you'll turn out fine. But you gotta keep your head up, oh, And you can let your hair down, eh. you gotta…

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May 16, 2012
Articles / Believing / Emotions

Why Your AHA Moments Don’t Stick – Chris Cade

by Chris Cade You've most certainly seen this in your life, and possible the lives of those you know about. It's happened to me. The story starts out the same. You have one of those "amazingly super-duper spiritually enlightening aha moment experiences." You may have walked around for a few hours or even days without an ego... It was mind-blowing to feel empty and spacious yet full... For a night, it was inspiring to have the courage of a lion... And for a moment, your consciousness expanded exponentially when you saw the entire Universe in a grain of sand. But then something else happened. It wore off. The realization didn't stick, and you realize something more immediate: you're "just" you. Whoever you were before that incredible experience has returned to the present moment.   You hoped that the experience would transform your life forever. You hoped that if you had enough of those experiences, if you sought and found them, if you cherished them, they'd add up to enough realizations that you'd get to keep them all forever. The thing is, transformation doesn't work that way. Realization is one thing. It's the starting point. Realizations like those open us up…

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May 8, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions / Positive Thoughts

She Gave Me the Finger, I Gave Her My Heart – Chris Cade

Though that may sound like like the name of a really bad country song, I assure you I haven't switched vocations to become a musician. :) See, the other day I was taking my son to preschool and I had an "interaction" with a driver. There is a highway interchange that was designed very poorly and has great potential for accidents. All the people in the left lane have to get over to the right lane (which turns very quickly), and all the people coming from the right lane (which is a curve) have to get over into the left lane. To compound the issue, those going from right to left have a metering light that brings traffic to a stop. During rush hour, it's a dangerous intersection. I was in the left lane, another woman in the right. I kindly slowed so that she'd be able to get into the lane in front of me. Then I'd be able to switch to the right. Unfortunately, she decided to also slow at the same time. We both came to an almost complete stop in the middle of traffic because within the 1 second we saw each other, we couldn't agree on…

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May 6, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions

Stop Feeling the Way You Know You Shouldn’t – Chris Cade

A while back I shared with you my thoughts about "The LIE About Positive Thinking."  Today, I'd like to expand on that topic in a different way. Specifically, the question is: Is it okay to have our thoughts? On the surface, it seems obvious. Of course it's fine to have our thoughts! But what if they're judgmental? Or so anti-Law Of Attraction that they're negative or hurtful? Shameful? Is it okay to have those thoughts too? I recall years ago that whenever I wanted to feel a specific kind of emotion, I'd change my music to something that mirrored what I wanted. If I wanted to feel energized, I put on Dream Theater, Van Halen, Metallica, or Robert Miles. If I wanted to feel mellow, I put on some Diana Krall, Enigma, or Enya. For whatever mood I wanted, I put in the music that would take me there. It wasn't until I ventured further down my spiritual path that I realized how detrimental that was to myself. I thought I was doing myself a favor by "picking myself up" naturally. Sort of like when you have a bad day, and a friend comes over and says, "Hey, let's go…

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May 3, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions

What it Means to “Hold On” to Your Pain – Chris caade

by Chris Cade Recently I shared with you a bit about happiness, and my friend Arina's explorations into the topic. While it's important to find ways to cultivate happiness, there's also a silent (or sometimes not-so-silent) killer of happiness: our pain. Many people hold onto their pain like a kind of "badge of honor." In fact, most of us have some aspect of our history, something painful or difficult, that we have a silent sense of pride about... as though when we tell the story, we know people will empathize with us. We'll be seen. We'll be comforted. In fact, we might even mistake the support we receive for a distorted illusion of happiness. Since that kind of connection between people feels supportive, we hold onto the story of our pain. We can tell the story again sometime (even if it's just to ourselves). The interesting thing about "holding onto our pain" is that it actually takes us away from happiness, authentic communication, and it prevents us from living our lives fully. When we "hold onto" our pain, when we bring our past difficult stories with us, what we're really saying is: "I don't want to be here, right now,…

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April 22, 2012
Articles / Believing / Choices / Emotions

Let Me Tell You About “God” – by Chris Cade

by Chris Cade Just saying the word "God" sends some people into a rage and others into profound peace. It causes wars and creates divine unions. People blame God for the bad in their lives while praising God for the gifts. I find it amazing how one word can have such different meanings to so many people. There are as many meanings for the word "God" as there are people on the planet. To some, God is personified - an all-knowing sentient being who consciously and intentionally creates situations (whether it's pleasure or suffering, peace or war, cancer or miracle healings). To others, God is an omnipresent field of organizing energy which has no conscious awareness, yet all consciousness arises from. And others don't even acknowledge the concept of "God" in any form. Regardless of what you may believe about God... Regardless of what you may have discovered to be personally true about God... I think it's important to really acknowledge that God means different things to different people. The thing is, what I'm writing isn't really about God. It's about you and every experience you've ever had, are having, and will have. Because each and every one of them,…

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April 19, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions / Law of Attraction / self-esteem

The Difference Between Your Ego and Your Inner Critic – Chris Cade

One of my Liberate Your Life program participants emailed me this week and asked that very question. It's an interesting one, and I thought I'd share with you how I answer it within the body of my work. Although other peoples' work may define these things differently, this is what works for me and for the people I work with. Think of the Ego as your identity. It's who you take yourself to be. Maybe that's a man or woman, mother or father, daughter or son. Maybe it's an employee, a manager, a friend, and so on and so forth. You could sum up "Ego" as the who and what of your thoughts about yourself. Think of the "Inner Critic" as the judgmental critical voice that has opinions *about* your Ego. For example, the Inner Critic might look at the list I just wrote and expand it like this: "Insensitive man, ugly woman, unavailable mother, inconsistent father, distant daughter, burdensome son, incompetent employee, overbearing manager, callous friend" and so on and so forth. You could sum up "Inner Critic" as your opinions about yourself. I'm aware that some people teach the ego to be "bad" or something to "rid" ourselves…

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April 18, 2012