(This is a re-release of episode 31 of Live Well and Flourish.)
Being able to control your emotions to minimize unnecessary suffering, and to maximize positive feelings is important to your flourishing. In this episode, Craig discusses emotional regulation and provides some strategies for taking control of your emotions and emotional responses. There's also a goat story!
Notes
Five Families of Emotional Regulation Strategies
Strategy family Example strategies
Situation selection Avoidance
Situation modification Direct request (to change the situation)
Attentional deployment Distraction
Rumination (directing attention towards causes & consequences)
Cognitive change Cognitive reappraisal
Acceptance (of the emotion)
Response modulation Expressive suppression (preventing outward expressions of emotion)
Physiological intervention (e.g. breathing deeply and slowly)
Note: Adapted from McCrae & Gross (2020) Available at: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020-03346-001.html
Article on Stoicism and Emotion Regulation
https://antidotesforchimps.com/2019/12/14/stoicism-emotion-regulation/
Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/
The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, hazel.crossler@gmail.com.
Production assistant - Paul Robert
