Emotion’s Influence: Life’s Memories and Decisions
Emotions have purchased their own real estate in our memories. My first memories are loaded with emotion. I can remember as a child in New Zealand, when what we called
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The Power of Emotion
“Out of the heart, the mouth speaks.” ~ Luke 6:45 Emotions are not just mysterious; they are the most potent expressions of our mental system. They can literally drive you
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Emotions Empower Our Strengths
Travel with me through the intriguing land of our emotions to become familiar with its landscape. Intelligent emotions are no more and no less than living in the strengths we
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Can You Take Charge of Your Emotions?
It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince Have your emotions puzzled you, driven
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How Emotions Can Help
I have heard this so often: “Why don’t you write it down for me?” So I have. Struggling with our emotions is a challenge. So I have responded to all
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Anger and Rage Are Not Necessarily Malfunctions of the Mind
If you believe you’ve never become angry, you may have a case of memory loss. Anger is a universal emotion. All races and peoples know the hot internal surge of
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How We Use Our Emotions and Rational Faculties
We must understand how emotions and reason typically work before we understand how to use them. We have both beneficial and damaging use of both our emotions and rational faculties.
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How Our Two Rational Systems Work
Are we rational or emotional beings? Both — but we are predominantly emotional beings. So, how do these mental “compartments” function? How do we operate with our two rational systems?
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Our Struggle with Emotions
Understanding ourselves is the first step to being able to control ourselves and our emotions. I think we can all agree on that. But how are control and emotions related?
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Formalize Your Thinking About Emotions, The Mysterious Side of the Brain
To understand emotion is to understand who we are and to comprehend something of the complexity of ourselves. Emotion heats up in us for pleasure and pain every day we
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Creating A New Mind — Where Do We Start?
Key to our success in controlling emotions is… Well, let me ask you a question. Do you remember what lies at the core of all conscious human functioning (behavior) and
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Using Our Rational Brain to Get a Grip on Ourselves
Using words we all can readily understand, the emotional brain needs to be calmed down at times, especially when we are in the grip of an emotional outburst. So far,
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