Innovative Emotional Work

How do you deal with your negative emotions? Psychology suggests that you regulate them through what it calls "cognitive reappraisal." You are invited to reassess the situation, take a different point of view, or replace any negativity with more positive thoughts and feelings. These all seem perfectly reasonable BUT that's the problem. Research done by a top university psychology professor shows that the reasoning center of the brain has no direct communication with the emotional center and therefore, no control over negative emotions. It remains questionable whether any of these have any substantial or long-term effect on your emotions.

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Take Appropriate Action

• Each Tool is a short, interactive visualization which means- they're experiential. This is how negative emotion is generated in the first place so it's logical that it's an effective way to work back through it. The Tools make it easy to be proactive which feels good in and of itself but you'll feel even better after you've worked through that emotionality.

Work with the Appropriate Brain Power #1

• The Tools are powered by your intent. You set your intent at the beginning of every session. This simple statement affirms that you are taking charge of your emotional well-being and that you will be working to the best of your ability at the time.

Work with the Appropriate Brain Power #2

• The Tools take place in your imagination. It's where you are free to express yourself without the complications of reality. Yet, other research shows that something vividly imagined can be accepted as real by the rest of the brain and the body, so what you accomplish can be as real as it feels.

Kimberly Picard, Facilitator

While it may be preferable to resolve emotional issues in reality, sometimes that's just not practical or possible. For example, you may be angry at an ex who has moved away or a parent who has passed away. You have the right and the power to resolve your anger (or any issue!) within yourself for the benefit of your emotional well-being. Besides, reality is much easier to deal with without all that internal emotional pressure. As your emotionality dissipates, the facts of the trauma lose their charge and your reasoning center is then free to do what it does best- assess those facts and make decisions, decisions that will be better made and better felt.  When you use all of your brain's capabilities AND the right tools for the job, trauma is more thoroughly resolved. Click here to see and hear more!