Ep 68. Weathering an Emotional Storm
Not Another Anxiety Show
Kelli Walker
4.8 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2017
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Kelli and Erica talk about weathering emotional storms, because if you're human, they're going to happen. Kelli and Erica share some knowledge and insights that help them move through an emotional funk, whether it's anxiety, sadness, grief, anger, or just feeling "blah."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, guys, welcome to Not Another Anxiety Show. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and joining me today is my co-host from the babybroad.com, |
| 0:18.8 | Erica, Erica. |
| 0:20.9 | Hey, boo. Hey, Bo. |
| 0:22.6 | So today we're going to talk about weathering an emotional storm or an emotional funk, |
| 0:28.0 | because if you're human, it's just going to happen. |
| 0:33.3 | Amen. |
| 0:34.3 | Right? |
| 0:34.7 | We get our own emotional funks. |
| 0:41.5 | Yeah. And aren't we surprised by them every time? Like, what is this? Why do I feel tired today? Why do I feel edgy? Why? Why do I feel blah? That doesn't |
| 0:48.8 | make sense. Every time. And you know what I heard this week that that really kind of resonated um |
| 0:57.1 | it was from i shared it on the facebook page actually it's an it's an hour long it's worth it but |
| 1:02.5 | it was this helpful reminder from a mindfulness researcher and professor and he and it just i don't know |
| 1:09.5 | it resonated with me for whatever reason where i'm at and he said and it just, I don't know, it resonated with me for whatever reason where I'm at. |
| 1:12.7 | And he said, and it's nothing I haven't heard, he said, as humans, we did not evolve to be happy. |
| 1:20.1 | We evolved to survive. And part of surviving includes experiencing really challenging emotions |
| 1:26.1 | like fear and sadness and anxiety and all that good |
| 1:31.0 | stuff. And without emotions, you know, even though I never feel this in the moment, if I'm in a |
| 1:37.0 | funk, like if I'm feeling really bleh or grieving or kind of sad, without emotions, you know, |
| 1:42.9 | like anxiety, we would be way more likely to engage |
| 1:46.3 | in like risky behaviors or not helpful behaviors, which wouldn't be super conducive to this whole |
| 1:51.4 | we've evolved or survived thing. So they have their place. They have their place, but it doesn't |
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