Disability Dojo: Learning How To Move Through Negative Emotions In A Way That Serves Us

On today’s dojo, Tony continues the thread from the last few dojos, connected to the topic of how we may be going through more difficult times and how our emotions affects us through this journey. He walks us through how to lean into our emotions and not away from it, in a way that teaches us in how we perceive life.

Tony references the research and book by Dr. Susan David, Emotional Agility, the process of being in the present moment when emotions arise. He unpacks the 4 steps in the emotional agility process:

1. Showing up
2. Stepping out
3. Walking your why
4. Moving on

Tony talks about how make better choices for how we speak, how we behave, and how we conduct ourselves. He shares how negative emotions can be he best teachers for us, in living the independent life and being the best version of ourselves.

Resources:

• Emotional Agility, by Dr. Susan David