Summary: <p>The way we navigate our inner thoughts in our everyday lives is the most important factor of our life success. Susan David is an award-winning psychologist and author of Emotional Agility. In this episode, Susan touches on the powerful process found within her book, which ultimately leads us to accept the existence of our circumstances and allows us to adapt and thrive in life regardless of who we are or whatever we face.</p> <p><em>Susan David’s #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller – <a href="http://www.susandavid.com/new-index/#about-the-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life. </a></em></p> <p><em><span class="st">Join over 100,000 quiz takers and get your free Emotional Agility report – <a href="http://www.susandavid.com/ea-quiz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EA Quiz</a></span></em></p> <p><span class="st"><em>TedX – </em></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDQ1Mi5I4rg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The gift and power of emotional courage | Susan David</em></a></p> <h4><strong>Sponsors</strong></h4> <p>Muse is not only giving away a headset for our listeners which you can enter to win at <a href="http://unmistakablecreative.com/muse">unmistakablecreative.com/muse</a>. You can buy Muse at Target, Best Buy and Amazon but for our listeners we’re giving 15% off by using the code ‘Unmistakable’ when you order at <a href="http://choosemuse.com">choosemuse.com</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://us.foursigmatic.com/products/mushroom-coffee-with-lions-mane-chaga">Four Sigmatic</a> is a superfood company founded by a group of Finnish Funguys. We aim to popularize functional mushrooms and adaptogens by incorporating them in mainstream products like coffee, tea and cacao. We were founded in 2012 and came to the U.S. in 2015.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <div class="sonix--embed-container" style="display: block;"> <div class="sonix--embed-text" style="text-align: left;"> <h1 style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #3E3E3B;" title="Susan-David.mp3 transcribed by Sonix.ai | Sonix is the best automated transcription software" href="https://sonix.ai" target="_blank">Susan-David.mp3</a></h1> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;">Another just very quick strategy is that often people will say things like you know I say it.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;">I am being undermined in this meeting so I'm going to shut down. I am stressed. And when I say I am what makes it sound is as if you are the emotion.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;">You know I am sad all of me. 100 percent of me is sad. And you can see that in this context and there's no space between you and the emotion because you've made all of you the emotion.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;">So a very practical way that I teach my clients and I use in organizations is just name for emotion feeling for what it is. It's a thought and it's an emotion or it's a feeling it's not a directive to action you know who's in charge here that's been caught with a thought.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;">So instead of saying I am sad I'm noticing the feeling that I'm sad instead of I am stressed.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: #3E3E3B; text-decoration: none;">I'm noticing the feeling that I'm stressed. It's so subtle that what you're doing by prefixing I am noticing the feeling I'm noticing the thought you're naming them for wh</p> </div> </div>
