Emotions, Being CURIOUS when ANGRY, Your Therapist, Circle of Control | Midwest Anxiety Daily 270

Good morning MWAFam!!! Last day of July. Last day of Summer for us here at MWA. August 1st STARTS OUR NEW YEAR!!!! Let’s go ahead and get right into it, bc we got ONE LAST POOL DAY to get to. EMOTIONS. We all have emotions. Good and NOT SO GOOD EMOTIONS. It’s NORMAL to experience sadness, frustration, anger. SOME OF US THINK THE GOAL IS TO ONLY EXPERIENCE HAPPINESS. Not True and Not Possible. The goal is when you experience various emotions is to know how to work through them. BEING CURIOUS WHEN ANGRY. When experiencing various emotions, GET CURIOUS. What was the trigger?? How long have you been in the emotion. Are you doing something to get out of the emotion. GET CURIOUS TO HELP YOU WORK THROUGH THE NEGATIVE EMOTION. Getting curious helps you take a step back and look at the situation from a different perspective. YOUR KANSAS THERAPIST. Hello Kansas (and everyone else) Midwest Anxiety is now YOUR KANSAS THERAPIST. That’s RIGHT!! If you live in Kansas, you are now part of the MWA Fam. We’ve expanded our way of doing INDIVIDUAL THERAPY to everyone in Kansas. #mwayourkansastherapist FOR MORE INFO https://www.midwestanxiety.com/individualtherapy CIRCLE OF CONTROL. Circle of Control is a great SKILL to learn how to FOCUS ONLY ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL. I do the CIRCLE OF CONTROL with clients all the time. Get a piece of paper. Draw a circle on it. Write all the things you can’t control on the outside of the circle. All the things you can control on the inside of the circle. FOCUS YOUR TIME AND ENERGY ONLY ON THE THINGS INSIDE THE CIRCLE. Alright Fam!! Hope you have a good day. Only 13 day more days till school starts. We’re ready. Got our backpack packed. First day outfit picked out. New school shoes by the front door. Hope you are getting excited. If not, get curious.