Monday, December 8, 2014

AVOID DEVOTION TO EMOTIONS

AVOID DEVOTION TO EMOTION

On any given day we may experience an array of emotions. That is the way it should be. Why do we have emotions? Emotions serve to motivate us. Without emotions we probably wouldn't do very much and as a result we wouldn't survive. 

Emotions/motivations are felt in the body. They can make us feel comfortable or uncomfortable. When we experience an emotion it is for a purpose. It is to move us to action, to do something. What emotion are you experiencing at this very moment. What is the purpose of the emotion? What's it telling you to do? The response to the emotion should be temporary, short lived, after which we return to a relaxed, calm, balanced state. 

When the trials and storms of life come upon us. Lets not take the emotion and make it a way of life. That is the misuse if emotion. We should not be afraid or fearful all the time. Take action to respond to the purpose of the fear, then move on. Fear,anger, anxiety, sadness, etc are not intended to be ways of living life, they are cues to respond and then move on. There is no place for devotion to emotion. 


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I have a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology am a Certified Master Subconscious Restructuring Counselor and Coach, Behavioral Consultant, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner. I've worked in the specialty areas of personal change, optimizing individual potential and behavioral consulting for over 25 years. I served as Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation for a Regional Mental Health Center, Directed a Certified Academic Institution which trained counselors, taught Combat Medicine and War Time Psychiatry at the School of Healthcare Sciences USAF and presents at seminars and conferences. I am the founder of Life Management Services, a community social service and counseling agency, served 14 years in the U.S. Air Force then went to work in state and community mental health agencies until establishing Life Management Services in 1996.

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