Emotional Reasoning: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 18

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

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Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills I’m going to teach you an important skill to be less emotionally reactive. Essentially, how to control your emotions. Emotions lie to you all the time. But they feel so real. They are very powerful motivators, but they aren’t always accurate. You’ll learn how to be less emotionally reactive by learning to combat emotional reasoning. You’ll learn 4 ways to slow yourself down in an intense moment and 3 steps to combating emotional reasoning. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Therapy in a nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family
0:04.9	therapist, and it's my mission to create easy to understand educational content about therapeutic
0:10.2	skills and topics that anyone can use in their daily life. Stay tuned until the end of the video
0:15.4	to learn more about my mental health courses, discounts, and other news related to therapy in a nutshell. I hope you enjoy the
0:22.4	episode. Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video you can find on the Therapy in a
0:28.4	nutshell YouTube channel. Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the advice or direction
0:34.5	you may be receiving from a therapist or other health professional.
0:38.3	All right, let's jump in.
0:40.3	In this video, I'm going to teach you an important skill to be less emotionally reactive.
0:45.3	This last year, my family needed to buy a house.
0:48.3	We were living in 1,500 square feet with six people, and we were trying to work from home,
0:53.3	and it was just too loud and
0:54.9	tight. So we looked at homes for over a year. We carefully saved up and considered our budget and
1:02.2	we finally found a home that was perfect for us. So we put in an offer. But the market was really
1:08.8	high and mortgage rates were really high.
1:11.4	And even though we knew that we could afford it, after we went under contract, I felt so scared that I was almost sick to my stomach with anxiety.
1:20.7	And it would have been really easy for me to think, this anxiety means that we're making the wrong choice.
1:26.6	This anxiety is a sign that we shouldn't move forward.
1:30.3	Or if I feel this way, it must mean that we need to back out of the contract.
1:34.3	But I knew this would happen that I would feel this way before we went under contract.
1:40.3	Before we submitted our offer, I told my realtor,
1:43.3	you need to text me every day until we close.
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