340: How to Work with Triggers

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant · Nov 10, 2022 · 26m

We all know the feeling: someone says or does something, and we feel our heart rate go up, the heat rise in our body, and the anxiety or anger take over. We just got triggered!

A trigger is an emotional reaction that we have to someone else's words or actions. They often catch us off guard and can flood us with "negative" emotions, and if we're not being conscious, our first reaction is usually to blame the person who triggered us.

But triggers aren't about others; they're always about us! And after years of working with my own, I can honestly say that triggers are a GIFT!

Triggers reveal…