How to Create Emotional Agility with Susan David

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Susan David is a psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School. She’s also the co-founder and co-director of The Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital and is CEO of Evidence-Based Psychology. Have you ever gotten hooked by a difficult emotion? In other words, have you ever felt compelled to act on a strong feeling without having any space to think about your action first? If so, you will find really helpful wisdom in this episode that you can take, apply today and live a more skillful, open-hearted life.

In this episode, Eric and Susan David discuss her book, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

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Susan David and I Discuss How to Create Emotional Agility and …

Her book, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
How emotions are a guidance system and aren’t good or bad
Learning
That emotions can help us adapt and thrive
The thinking “unless I’m happy all the time, something is wrong”
Emotional agility is when we connect with our values and move forward in action
Emotional rigidity is when we believe the negative voice in our head and are reactive or on autopilot
How we get “hooked” when we accept our thoughts as facts
Strategies for getting “unhooked”
Recognizing our patterns and being curious and compassionate about how we’re reacting
Understanding that tough emotions are part of life
Shifting thing from “I am ____ ” to “I notice that I’m feeling_____”
Choice points: do I move towards or away from my values?
Our values are quality of action
Social contagion describes how we catch other peoples’ behaviors and emotions
The power of keeping our values front of mind
A meaningful life comes with discomfort
How our difficult emotions are signposts for our values
Premature cognitive commitment is when we decide before we think

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How to Handle Emotions with Hilary Jacobs Hendel

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0:00.0	And K-Shirt is recently joining us or however long you've been a listener of the show.
0:04.6	You may not realize that we have years and years of incredible episodes in our archives.
0:09.7	We've had so many wonderful guests that we've decided to hand-pick one of our favorites that maybe new to you,
0:15.5	but if not, it's definitely worth another listen.
0:18.4	We hope you enjoyed this episode with Susan David.
0:22.1	I love this quote from the Buddha.
0:23.7	The mind, hard to control, flighty of lighting where it wishes, one does well to tame.
0:30.4	The disciplined mind brings happiness.
0:33.2	Happiness can often feel like an elusive goal everyone seems to strive for and never quite achieves
0:39.1	because we seek it outside of ourselves rather than going inward,
0:43.3	which is something mindfulness teaches us to do.
0:46.0	And Ginny?
0:47.0	Yes, Eric.
0:48.1	This idea of tame in the mind is why you named your program the well-trained mind, right?
0:52.7	Yep, and I'm excited to announce that it's open for enrollment now through October 8th.
0:58.5	In my live virtual six-week introduction to mindfulness program,
1:03.0	whether you're new to mindfulness and meditation or you're looking to strengthen your existing mindfulness practice,
1:08.8	I'll teach you the foundations of mindfulness so that you can live with more ease,
1:13.4	create a nourishing and fulfilling spiritual practice,
1:16.9	discover how to be a friend to yourself,
1:19.1	and strengthen your ability to live in a more grounded, connected, peaceful way.
1:25.0	To learn more about the program, go to 1Ufeed.net-mindfulness.
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