Hi, it's Andy here and welcome to Radio Headspace. Thursday morning, I have a question for you.

How often do you notice the end of a mood or an emotion? The reason I ask is not so long

ago I was working with someone and they said they felt angry all of the time. They felt like there

was not like angry angry but irritable, frustrated. I think it was there just all of the time and we got

talking about it. I said are you sure all of the time and they said yeah I think like all of the

time I wake up in the morning I check in and I still feel like that I get home at night I still

feel like that. So we started talking about the onset of frustration or anger or any emotion actually

that applies to. There's something really interesting is human beings we tend to notice the

beginning of challenging emotions. So for example if we're feeling really happy and everything's

going really well and then suddenly we start to feel anxious or angry we are really good. We

like finely tuned dialed into noticing when the emotion begins but we're actually a lot less

good at noticing when it ends and we may not think that's that important but it's really important

because otherwise we fall into that trap of we think we feel a certain way all of the time.

We forget that the emotion the mood is impermanent that it changes that it comes that it goes.

The more we can notice the end of these emotions the more the brain recognizes that it's temporary

so the less fixated we become on it the less fear there is around it arising again in the future

and the more peacefully we kind of live. So no matter what that challenging emotion might be for you

whether it's anger sadness anxiety take the time to notice making your job to notice not only

when it starts but also when it ends it is not only a good way to better understand the emotion

but it's also a sure far way to experience a quieter karma more peaceful mind.

Thanks for listening today I'll look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow.