Mental & Emotional Health: The Power of Processing Emotions

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 Let’s start with a question:

How do you currently process emotions?

Do you have a effective methods, or do you more often fall into unconscious protective strategies like avoidance, distraction, and numbing?

Processing emotions—both everyday stressors and deeper past imprints—is essential for mental well-being. If emotions aren't processed, they don’t just disappear; they store in the body, influencing decisions, energy, and even physical health. Let’s break this down into two key areas:

1. Processing Everyday Stress

We all experience stressors like work deadlines, traffic, your partner chewing too loud, your housemates leaving dishes left in the sink, <insert your daily tasks here: _______________>.

These daily frustrations might seem minor, but when left unchecked, they add up.

Think of it like carrying a backpack. Each of your daily stressors (when left unchecked) represents a rock you put into ...

Imagine that you are in a coaching session with a new client, and you ask them, “Tell me about your life?  

98% of clients don’t have the capacity to answer this question.

The negative, disserving, unnecessary consequence when a coach lacks the CONTEXT of understanding the client’s life is MORE TIME spent and MORE PAIN experienced. 

It doesn’t have to be this way. That’s why the best coaches use the best tools to support and accelerate the coaching process.

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S4 E12 - Maurice Thibodeau 
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A story about the saboteurs of a great nation and what one ruler did to protect it.

The following story invites you to take on the role of the central character, a ruler of a great nation that is amidst an attack.

There are two versions of the story (each provided below), which ruler best describes you?

Act I - losing ground

Imagine you are the ruler of a great nation, you are under attack, you stand to lose your land, your rulership, and everything you’ve built a lifetime creating.  

You are hurried, you are under attack, and it's up to you to decide how to respond, your main line of defense is currently under siege, and losing ground quickly.  

On the ground, your enemy seems to be swarming from EVERYWHERE.  All angles are compromised, time is running out, soon there will be nothing left. There is too much to take in; you can’t possibly weigh all outcomes.  

You feel overwhelmed with options and you can’t show this weakness.

You consult with your lieutenant; ...