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The Simple Shift that Increases Emotional Regulation
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Your mind can spin a thousand explanations in seconds, but your body just wants one clear answer: what are you feeling right now? In this mini No Shrinking Violets conversation, I share a deceptively simple technique that can reduce emotional pain and emotional confusion by changing the words you use when you’re upset.
We dig into affect labeling, a research-backed concept from UCLA neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman. When you stop narrating the whole situation (“I’m failing” or “everything is falling apart”) and instead name the emotion (“I feel lonely” “I…
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