What makes feelings authentic?

All feelings are valid and no one can tell you your feelings are wrong. However, that doesn’t mean the feelings you are having are related directly to what is going on in the moment.

 

Sometimes we have old stuff/trauma that creates a disproportionate emotional response. How do you catch that? And if you do catch it, what do you do?

 

And what about people who are so unhappy in their lives that they want to run away from their feelings with drugs or alcohol? How can we help them?

 

 I knew when I suggested this topic it wasn’t going to be an easy one. Most of us don’t have a great connection to our feelings and the affect they have on our lives and decisions.

 

Thankfully, Rabbi Yonason Goldson, Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman and Coach MJ Tolan were willing to dive into these murky waters. And I think we had a really good conversation.

 

What do you think? Are all feelings authentic? And if they are actually from an experience rooted in the past, how might you notice?

 

Connect with the panelists:

Rabbi Yonason Goldson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonason-goldson/

Coach M J Tolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/motivationalspeakertolan/

Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rhonda-bompensa-zimmerman-138aa3b/

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

 

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