307 // How to Stop Emotional Dumping

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 307 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

In this episode, you'll learn about emotional dumping and strategies to help you stop yourself from doing it too much!

I learned about the concept of emotional dumping in Dr Nicole LePera's book, How to Do The Work.

Here are the strategies I shared in the episode:

1: Ask for someone's permission before you start talking about any intense emotional experiences

2: Find a variety of ways to cope with your emotions, such as meditating, journaling, and exercising

3: Talk to different people about your emotions, rather than relying on just one person and do your best to find solutions, instead of just talking about intense emotional experiences

If you feel like other people are regularly "emotionally dumping" on you, try implementing more boundaries. You can learn about this in episodes 254, 255, and 258 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at
0:12.0	Rachelcable.com. Each week, this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies
0:17.4	so you can manage stress and live more mindfully in the modern world.
0:24.0	Hello and welcome to episode 307 of the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:29.0	Last week I was reading a book called How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LaPera
0:33.1	and I came across a term called Emotional Dumping.
0:37.2	I thought it was a really interesting concept.
0:39.7	It probably doesn't have the nicest name, but I've been excited all week to create this episode
0:44.7	and share it with you. So emotional dumping involves unconsciously sharing your feelings with someone
0:51.3	without being aware of their emotional state or needs.
0:55.8	For example, you might offload your emotions without actually trying to find a solution.
1:00.9	You might not give the other person time to participate very much in the conversation.
1:05.4	You might talk about the same event and how you feel about it over and over and over again.
1:12.4	And as I was reading about emotional dumping, straight away I could think of some examples when other people have done
1:16.8	this to me. They've jumped straight into telling me all about their feelings and experiences
1:21.5	without checking to see if I'm in a space to support them or not. They don't really seem
1:26.9	interested in learning anything
1:28.5	helpful or finding solutions or making changes.
1:32.1	They just want to unload all those feelings and find some relief.
1:36.0	Sometimes they might talk about the same thing over and over again without actually going
1:40.1	anywhere with it.
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