Understanding Emotions with Susan David

Susan David is a psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School. She’s also the co-founder and co-director of The Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital and is CEO of Evidence-Based Psychology. Along with speaking and consulting, Susan is also the author of Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life. In this episode, Susan David and Eric examine how we can experience, interpret, talk about, and relate to our emotions so that we live a life that is more intentional and deeply rooted in what we value. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Susan David and I Discuss Understanding Emotions and…

Her book, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and Life

The problem of going on autopilot through our habitual actions

The problem of going on autopilot through the habits of our internal world

The benefits of taking time to think about what we value and then examining our habitual patterns to find ways they might be out of alignment

That we own our emotions, they don’t own us

Values as qualities of action

Engaging with choice points in life Actions as votes towards the person we want to be

The mistaken view of emotions as good or bad

Emotions as signposts for the things we care about

That emotions are data, not directives

How to decipher whether emotions are old habitual patterns or present-day valuable signals

Asking, “Is my believing this emotion opening me up to thrive or shutting me down into something small?”

Being compassionate and curious with difficult emotions

Hearing yourself when you describe your emotions

Utilizing emotion granularity to more accurately label and better understand emotions

The skill of noticing our emotions so that they don’t define us

Differentiating emotions from thoughts

Emotions during times of uncertainty

Gentle acceptance as a prerequisite to change

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