As men we sometimes think that emotional strength means rarely feeling emotion.
We push negative emotions down until we explode with anger.
Or we try to numb negative emotions with food, pornography, video games, alcohol or other things.
Fortunately, there are three simple steps that you can use to become TRULY emotionally strong…
Feel in complete CONTROL of your emotions…
And stop trying to “fix” the negative emotions of your wife or others.
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Summary:
-Emotional strength is the ABILITY and WILLINGNESS to feel ANY feeling… without acting destructively
-There are 3 simple steps to follow
-NAME the emotion you are feeling
-FEEL the emotion in your body (location, color, temperature, movement, character)
-DEAL with the emotion appropriately (body, mind, heart, spirit)
Mike