About Excitement
Excitement is a strong positive emotion. It gives us a boost of energy and inspires fast positive action. Because it is such a strong emotion, many people have learned to tone it down or even suppress it entirely. But excitement is very powerful and once we allow...
Emotional Hygiene Techniques
Emotional hygiene techniques are daily practices that help our bodies return to an emotional base level faster. When you experience an emotion, like fear or anger, the amygdala (part of your brain) triggers chemical chain reactions in your body. The emotion itself...
About Curiosity
Curiosity is the driving force behind our learning. It motivates us to find solutions to problems and invent new creations. To unleash the full potential of our in-built motivation and learning system all we have to do is allow and practice it. Key to learning and...
How To Handle Your Emotions
You can handle your emotions – any emotion – with a simple 4-step process. Anyone can learn and practise it in less than ten minutes a day and I’m sharing the how-to with you right now. If you have trouble simply following along, though, I...
About Pity
Pity is rude. When we pity someone, we judge them and imply that they are unable to take care of themselves. This judgement is either rooted in arrogance or just a reflection of our own limiting beliefs. If you feel pity regularly, you have also turned it into a...
About Control
Our need to control ourselves and others is a learned response to fear. Emotions trigger chemical chain reactions in our bodies to prepare us for specific actions. When these actions work out, meaning they help us survive or improve our situation, our brain remembers...
Limiting Beliefs
Limiting beliefs are thoughts that hold us back. Every thought we think triggers an emotion. Over time, repetition turns the thought into a belief. You might also call it a truth or a fact, meaning an idea you do not question. The same thought triggers the same...
Emotions Create Reality
Our emotions influence how we see the world and other people, what we notice, remember and think. They create our reality by giving meaning to every event we experience. With extreme emotions, like fear, we are often aware of this effect. When I had anxiety, every...
How Emotions and Feelings Become Habits
You are driving your car and need to change lanes. Do you have to think about signaling, checking the mirrors and maybe changing gear? I bet your movements flow so smoothly you hardly notice them at all. Why? Because after enough repetition the act became automatic....
About Fear
Fear is nothing to be afraid of. It is an emotion. One of the strongest emotions we have because it keeps us safe. But what exactly happens when we are afraid? Why are so many people more scared every day? And what can we do to minimise the consequences of fear?...