When is venting productive and how do you tell when it becomes a negative spiral?

There have been some studies that have suggested that venting – the idea of releasing emotion by talking about something – is a fallacy.

 

In my experience I have certainly seen people wind themselves up as well as get the emotion out by talking through something.

 

I wondered how other people thought about venting so I asked Bonnie Versace, Steward Wiggins and Dave Roberts.

 

Interestingly this conversation ended up being about the risks of venting on social media and wondering if the pandemic has made us worse at communicating important things more than about noticing when venting was productive or unproductive.

 

Stewart asked a question at the beginning about venting and emotion. If there isn’t emotion attached, I don’t think it qualifies as venting.

 

What does “venting” mean to you and how do you tell if you or someone else is unwinding a situation or getting further into a tizzy about something?

 

Connect with the panelists:
Bonnie Versace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bversace/

Re-imaginer at FOCUSED LLC. Where she specializes in developing leaders, building positive and productive workplace cultures, improving individual, team and enterprise-wide performance.

 

Stewart Wiggins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stewart-wiggins/

Induna Advisors – where he offers Fractional Chief Operating Officer services and Brings resources together to help scale your business

 

Dave Roberts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-56690513/

Teacher, co-author of the book When the Psychology Professor Met the Minister and a bereavement support specialist

 

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

Concierge High Performance Psychologist providing luxury level support to executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, dignitaries and athletes as well as the Facilitator of the Quick Hits podcast

 

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