Nicole Burgess LMFT and Leadership and Empowerment Coach to high achieving and introverted women. She brings over 15 years of experience from the psychology arena, an entrepreneur and past skills from corporate into coaching professional women in midlife who love what they do without sacrificing their personal life.
Women are more than their emotions, yet we often are told we are “too sensitive” or “too aggressive” when we talk about our feelings. Find how you can harness your feelings, raise your EQ and steps in coping with triggers.
In this episode:
- Emotions and feelings are neither good nor bad
- Highly Sensitive Person traits by Dr. Elaine Aron (episode 9)
- What is emotional quotient (emotional intelligence)? Episode 45
- Are your emotions running you or are you managing them
- Do you know your triggers of specific feelings
- Untangling thoughts vs emotions
- Paying attention to your body posture
- Growing up in a family where emotions were not expressed or not shared in a healthy way (Childhood emotional neglect)
- Steps in beginning to shift how you manage your feelings
- Get curious with your feelings
- Having grace
- Are you “shoulding” all over yourself
- Stay in your own lane and taking responsibility for yourself
- Updating your beliefs (episode 17) and Changing your inner story (episode 47)
- What is your anger telling you
- Boundary setting (episode 12)
- Use these action steps if you are getting stuck in emotions
- Where in your body to you feel your emotions
