WAVE: A Simple Tool for Riding Life's Emotional Intensities

About this episode

This episode introduces the WAVE tool for managing emotional intensities, featuring a personal story from Monique about navigating her daughter's college admissions process.

I have this incredible friend, Amy Fogarty — she's a nurse, a yoga teacher, and honestly just a stellar human being. I've done retreats with her in Santa Fe, and a while back she shared this acronym with me and I was like... wait, what? I've been lovingly pestering her ever since to let me bring it to you. So Amy, thank you — because I truly believe this can help people. We're calling this episode WAVE, and it's not just a cute name. When emotions are washing over you — and they will — it can feel exactly like being caught in the spin cycle at Pipeline. (Monique actually tried to swim out past those 20-foot waves in Hawaii and... yeah. That did not go as planned.) The intensity builds, you're waiting for the crest, and then it crashes back on you again. Sound familiar? Monique shared something really personal this episode — going through the college admissions process with her daughter, waiting for that email to open, trying to manage her own emotions and her daughter's at the same time. It was raw, it was real, and it's exactly the kind of moment this tool was made for. Key Themes + Takeaways W — Witness: Step outside the emotion and just observe it. You're not buying into the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Monique Forcier, Mariah McKechnie

Guest: Amy Fogarty

Topics covered

• emotional intelligence
• self-awareness
• coping strategies
• parenting
• personal growth

Keywords

• WAVE
• emotions
• coping
• parenting
• self-observation
• allowing emotions
• personal story

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