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Dealing With Emotions

Stories and advice on embracing emotions so we can work through them; dealing with anxiety, worry, stress, shame, anger, regret, fear, envy; and letting go of other people’s emotions.

Embracing emotions

You Have to Feel it to Heal It: The Only Way Out is Through

Why “Be Positive” Isn’t the Best Advice When You’re Down

How Boys Learn to Repress Their Feelings and How We Can Do Better as Men

How Accepting Your Pain Can Help You Heal

Good News: Bad Moods Don’t Have to Be So Bad

The Negative Impact of Not Feeling Your Feelings

What Your “Negative” Emotions Are Trying to Tell You

Why I Won’t Just “Let Go” of the Hurt in My Heart

Think You Should Be Happy? It’s Okay to Feel Bad

How My Son Taught Me That Crying Can Boost My Mental Health

Why Feeling Anxiety Was the Key to My Happiness

How I Learned That My Pain is Valid and Worthy of My Own Empathy and Love

Dealing with anger/resentment

40 Ways to Let Go of Anger Right Now

How to Mindfully Calm Your Anger and Stop Doing Things You Regret

20 Things to Do When You’re Feeling Angry with Someone

How to Recognize Painful Emotional Triggers and Stop Reacting in Anger

What Creates Abusive People and How to Release Your Anger

How My Anger Led Me to Forgiveness and Peace

How to Forgive Someone When It’s Hard: 30 Tips to Let Go of Anger

4 Powerful Tips to Reduce Resentment and Feel Happier

How I Found the Gift in My Pain and Let Go of Resentment

How to Stop Sweating the Small Stuff and Let Go of Your Grudges

How I Stopped Feeling Angry with Everything and Everyone (Including Myself)

Why I Love My Anger and How It Can Be a Force for Good

7 Steps to Deconstruct Your Anger So It No Longer Controls You

How I Freed Myself from Anger by Owning it Instead of Blaming Others

How I Calm and Release Intense Emotions of Anger, Sadness, and Frustration

Dealing with guilt/regret

20 Ways to Let Go of Regrets

How to Deal with Regret: 8 Ways to Benefit and Move Forward

Letting Go of the Guilt That Keeps You Chained to the Past

How to Move through Shame, Fear, and Regret

How to Let Go of Guilt and Regret and Forgive Yourself

Feeling Weighed Down by Regret? What Helps Me Let Go

A Powerful Technique That Can Help Heal the Pain of Regret

When a Wrong Can’t Be Righted: How to Deal With Regret

How I’ve Released the Heavy Weight of My Persistent Guilt

Don’t Waste Your Limited Time and Energy Regretting Your Past

4 Types of Regret and How to Leverage Them for a More Fulfilling Life

How To Make Peace with Regrets: 4 Steps That Help Me Let Go

Dealing with fear

Let Go of Fear by Stopping the Stories in Your Head

How to Tackle Fear and Anxiety Cognitively, Behaviorally, and Spiritually

Overcoming the Fear of Loss: 5 Steps to Get Unstuck

Are You Limited by the Fear of What Other People Think?

Learning to Trust: Let Go of Your Fear and Let Your Guard Down

When You Fear Making the “Wrong” Decision

How to Prevent Fear and Insecurity from Ruining Your Relationship

4 Fears That Create People-Pleasers and How to Ease Them

Scared to Try: Moving Beyond the Paralysis of Perfectionism

How to Stop Fearing Disapproval: 3 Lessons from Accepting Judgment

5 Life-Changing Realizations About Fear and Anxiety

Take Your Power Back: How to Release Fear and Trauma

How to Stop Fearing the Worst and Worrying About “What Ifs”

One Question I Ask Myself Monthly Since Coming to Terms with Death

How to Get to the Amazing Life on the Other Side of Your Fears

How to Release the Fear That Keeps Our Lives Small

Why I Sense Threats Everywhere and Panic All the Time

How to Release the Fear That Holds You Back and Keeps You Small

Dealing with envy

Overcoming Envy: How to Stop Feeling Inferior and Insecure

When Your Friend’s Happy News Fills You with Envy Instead of Joy

5 Ways to Deal With Envy So It Doesn’t Steal Your Happiness

How to Stop Envying Other People’s Seemingly Perfect Lives

How to Overcome Envy So It Doesn’t Poison Your Relationships

A Mindful Way to Find Relief from the Pain of Envy

Dealing with emotions (general)

40 Ways to Let Go and Feel Less Pain

How to Release Emotions Stuck in Your Body and Let Go of the Pain

How To Stop Being A Slave To Your Emotions

How Dealing with Our Emotions Can Help us Heal Chronic Pain

The Pain Won’t Stop Until You Accept What Is

Conscious Breathing: A Simple Way to Heal Your Pain and Be Present

6 Emotions That Can Cloud Our Judgment and How to Make Better Decisions

How Our Emotional Triggers Can Actually Be Great Gifts

How to Process Intense Feelings with Mindfulness: 4 Powerful Steps

Emotionally Overwhelmed? 5 Simple Practices That Can Help

How to Clear the Emotional Clutter That Weighs You Down

Dealing with anxiety

8 Quick and Easy Meditation Techniques to Calm Your Anxious Mind

Let It Be: Using Mindfulness to Overcome Anxiety and Depression

20 Reminders That May Comfort You When You Feel Anxious

How to Be Less Anxious About Things You Can’t Change

How Using Your Hands Creatively Can Reduce Stress and Anxiety

3 Tools to Help You Calm Your Mind and Let Go of Anxiety

How Observing My Emotions Helps Me Let Go of Anger and Anxiety

How Going Offline for 10 Days Healed My Anxiety

4 Simple Habits That Can Soothe Your Anxious Mind

How to Stop Dwelling: A Simple Practice to Let Go of Anxious Thoughts

The Power of Patience: Let Go of Anxiety and Let Things Happen

How to Make Anxiety A Lot Less Painful

How to Release Anxiety and Feel Peaceful, Calm, and Free

I Thought Meditation Would Fix My Anxiety – Here’s Why It Wasn’t Enough

How a Cancer Misdiagnosis Helped Me Face and Heal from Health Anxiety

10 Quotes You Need to Read If You Struggle with Anxiety

3 Popular Myths Around Having and Healing Anxiety

How I Healed My Anxiety with Simple Mindfulness Practices

How I Calm My Anxiety Octopus at Home with My Aquaponics Zen Zone

Anxiety Sucks, But It Taught Me These 7 Important Things

How Yoga Helped Heal My Anxiety and Quiet My Overactive Mind

10 Ways to Calm Anxious Thoughts and Soothe Your Nervous System

Dealing with worry

5 Powerful Mindset Shifts to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think

Worrying About the Future: On Trusting in Uncertainty

3 Ways to Stop Worrying and Feel Less Anxious

Learning to Have Faith That All Is Well

A Simple but Powerful Way to Kick the Worry Habit

Letting Go of the Worry That Weighs Us Down

5 Things to Remember When You Start Worrying

How to Turn Worries About the Future Into Action Right Now

To the Expectant Mom with a Million Questions and Worries

Stop Catastrophizing: How to Retrain Your Brain to Stress and Worry Less

Dealing with stress

5 Psychological Strategies to Ease the Stress of Perfectionism

My “Stress” Was Actually High-Functioning Anxiety

The Healing Power of Self-Care in a World of Chronic Stress and Anxiety

Feel Happy and Stress-Free: 7 Simple Tips to Stay in the Now

How to Instantly Calm Yourself in Stressful Situations

What to Do When You’re Stressed, Distressed, or Overwhelmed

Stressed and Anxious? Here’s How to Stay Emotionally Healthy

How to Feel Less Stressed About the Uncertain Future

5 Breathing Techniques to Melt Your Stress Away

To Reduce Stress, Stop Globalizing and Put Things in Perspective

12 Ways to Turn Your Crippling Stress into Happiness

The Skills You Need to Survive Stress When It Hits

How to Stop Pushing and Stressing About Your Goals

Letting Go of Stress Around Your Goals: 4 Tips to Help You Relax

How to Better Manage Stress So Little Things Don’t Set You Off

Stop Catastrophizing: How to Retrain Your Brain to Stress and Worry Less

Dealing with shame

How to Release Shame and Stop Feeling Fundamentally Flawed

A Surprising but Effective Way to Get Out Of A Shame Spiral

Overcoming Shame at Work When You’ve Made Big Mistakes

How to Move Through Feelings of Body Shame

Overcoming Shame When You Took a Risk and It Didn’t Work Out

The Antidote to Shame: I Know I Am Enough

Overcoming Shame: Forgive Yourself and Let Go

How to Release Shame and Love All of You

How to Move Let Go of the Fear of Judgment and Break the Silence of Shame

Healing from Shame: How to Stop Feeling Like You’re Fundamentally Wrong

What Toxic Shame Feels Like: 9 People Share Their Experiences

Trapped in Shame: How I Found Mental Freedom After Prison

8 Signs You’re Carrying Deep Shame and How to Start to Heal

Releasing other people's emotions

Setting Emotional Boundaries: Stop Taking on Other People’s Feelings

How I Learned to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Emotions

How to Be There for Others Without Taking on Their Pain

How to Create Emotional Freedom by Setting Healthy Boundaries

How to Help Without Hurting Yourself and Avoid Healer Burnout

How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed by Other People’s Strong Emotions

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