Making Friends With Your Emotions

What we usually do is try to fight against our strong emotions, suppress them or get totally tangled up in them. None of these are going to be helpful. The more we fight against the emotion, the stronger it becomes. Acting this way, we will eventually make the emotion into our enemy. But emotions are not our enemies, they are our teachers. They don’t just suddenly appear for no reason. They come to inform us that something is happening, and we need to deal with it.

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You’re very clever. This speech helped me a lot. Thank you.

Thank you very much for this useful talk and the easy to follow guidance. I will listen to it again and again to really let it sink in. 🙏🏻

Thank you! 🙏 Very helpful and clear guidance to follow with those uncomfortable emotions. I shall need to listen to this talk many times for it to become easier to automatically do 💫

This talk helped me to reorient myself to my emotions. I also appreciate hearing the wisdom of Rumi. Thank you.

Incredibly helpful and practical advice when it comes to dealing with intense emotions.