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Jun 2024
30m 18s

Inner Work 192: Reducing Emotional React...

JOSEPHINE HARDMAN, PHD
About this episode

Emotional reactivity is about having a knee-jerk, habitual reaction to something in the present moment that reminds you (consciously or unconsciously) of something unpleasant you experienced in the past.

Reducing emotional reactivity is an important goal on the spiritual path, since being highly reactive can keep you stuck in repetitive and unhelpful loops of behavior, thought, action, and feeling.

Join me for a discussion of:

  • what IS emotional reactivity, at its essential nature?
  • the 3 levels of emotional reactivity (and which one gets triggered first)
  • how emotional reactivity drains your energy and causes you to waste valuable time
  • the difference between reacting and responding 
  • how to reduce your reactivity gradually and bring yourself back to the present moment (with real-time practices)

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Thank you for being here, doing your inner work, and leading the way for others with your light. It matters!

Music & editing by G. Demers

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