Rebalancing Down and Difficult Feelings

About this episode

Dawna Jones reflects on personal spirit and emotional resilience in the face of global challenges and difficult feelings.

Reflections surfaced while I was trooping around snowshoeing on Hollyburn Mountain and thinking of my subscribers, some new (thank you!), some loyal (very grateful), and all who are paying attention to what is going on in the world. More aggression in the global arena, deceptive accords (peace, truce or not), can hurt your heart. Home base is your personal spirit and joy. In this short video, I name a few simple practices to boost your personal spirit in the face of the news and other emotional distractions. Your mindset is directly impacted by your self-awareness of the context and its effect on your emotions. This makes awareness critically important because it triggers action to intentionally process your emotions and regain clarity. Core to well-being and personal growth is having a sense of control, a face-forward outlook on life, and the initiative to grow, so you can hack resilience and build feel-better emotions. None of us can face the world with courage without the inspiration of others who are taking on the difficult conversations that are critically important for breakthroughs. People like Garry Turner , whose conversations on the masculine-feminine dynamic invite…

People in this episode

Host: Dawna Jones

Topics covered

• personal growth
• emotional awareness
• resilience
• mindset
• self-awareness

Keywords

• personal spirit
• emotional distractions
• self-awareness
• resilience
• mindset

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