Learning Through Our Emotions | with Malisa Hepner

About this episode

Malisa Hepner discusses the importance of understanding emotions and self-love in the context of her traumatic childhood experiences.

Text our show Key Takeaways: - Understanding that other people's behavior rarely has anything to do with us. - Self-love isn't about perfectionism but about acceptance of our humanity. - Recognizing the difference between thinking about emotions (intellectualizing) versus, truly feeling them. Growing up with the highest possible score on the Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire, Malisa endured foster care, parental addiction, violence, and loss. For years, she operated as ...

People in this episode

Host: Kertia Johnson

Guest: Malisa Hepner

Topics covered

• emotional intelligence
• self-acceptance
• childhood trauma
• self-love
• mental health

Keywords

• emotions
• self-love
• trauma
• acceptance
• mental health
• childhood experiences
• intellectualizing emotions

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