09. How Emotions Are Made and Why Do They Matter

The Ambitious Empath Show

Emotions are not something that we totally understand. And very often, we are scared of them. But emotions are what make us human. They are part of the human experience, and the more we know and learn about them, the better we can understand ourselves. For empaths and HSP, it is particularly important to understand emotions because they are a big part of our lives.

This is why, in this episode, I will be explaining what emotions are: what makes an emotion, how do they exist, what their meanings are, and how to learn to be more emotionally intelligent.

Highlights of this episode:

• Switching off and appreciating silence
• The benefits and ways to practice emotional literacy
• Sensing a map of sensation of emotions to your body
• Proper language to understand emotions
• Doing something about your emotions to deal with it
• Different interpretations of feelings and emotions

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

03:10 - Switching off and appreciating silence

03:52 - The benefits of emotional literacy

05:37 - What are emotions and how do they exist?

09:42 - Emotions start with an interpretation

13:40 - Emotion is information

19:15 - How to increase our emotional awareness

20:30 - Book recommendation: The Unopened Gift by Dan Newby and Lucy Núñez

21:12 - Outro

Mentioned Resources:

The Unopened Gift by Dan Newby and Lucy Núñez

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