Chapter
The importance of emotional agility
02:33 - 14:47 (12:14)
We have thousands of thoughts, emotions, and stories about ourselves every day, and forcing positivity can undermine our resilience and agility. It's time to embrace and explore our emotions instead of pushing them aside to improve our psychological capacity and adapt to challenging situations.
Clips
Dr. Susan David speaks about the overwhelming amount of thoughts and emotions we have every day and why it's important to practice emotional agility to thrive in this uncertain world.
02:33 - 06:50 (04:17)
Summary
Dr. Susan David speaks about the overwhelming amount of thoughts and emotions we have every day and why it's important to practice emotional agility to thrive in this uncertain world.
ChapterThe importance of emotional agility
Episode1089 How to Overcome & Take Back Control of Your Emotions w/Dr. Susan David
PodcastThe School of Greatness
In this episode, the host discusses the problem with forcing positivity and positive thinking, and why it can actually undermine our agility, resilience, and capacity.
06:50 - 09:22 (02:32)
Summary
In this episode, the host discusses the problem with forcing positivity and positive thinking, and why it can actually undermine our agility, resilience, and capacity.
ChapterThe importance of emotional agility
Episode1089 How to Overcome & Take Back Control of Your Emotions w/Dr. Susan David
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Having difficult experiences is a normal part of life and trying to suppress or avoid them only leads to inflexibility.
09:22 - 12:26 (03:04)
Summary
Having difficult experiences is a normal part of life and trying to suppress or avoid them only leads to inflexibility. It is important to have compassion for oneself during such times.
ChapterThe importance of emotional agility
Episode1089 How to Overcome & Take Back Control of Your Emotions w/Dr. Susan David
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Emotional agility allows us to come to our inner experiences with connection, quickly find perspective, figure out how the moment can benefit us and not let our emotions define us.
12:26 - 14:47 (02:20)
Summary
Emotional agility allows us to come to our inner experiences with connection, quickly find perspective, figure out how the moment can benefit us and not let our emotions define us.