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What no therapist will tell you about your anger 🔥
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Happy Wednesday my Friend Reader! Quick reminder of where we are — What builds your perception of reality? Three signals: Thought 💭 Breath 🌬️ Attention ✨ And every single one of them is in YOUR hands. You have real power to rein them all in. 💛 In the last email we started with thought — and the two layers it moves through: Unconscious — the deep patterns we address through meditation. Conscious — the thoughts you can catch in real time. Today, we stay on the conscious layer. And I'm going to tell you something no therapist will. Ready? 👇 Ever felt angry at life — and then guilty for being angry? 😔 Like you shouldn't feel this way. That anger might have been a wonderful thing. 🔥 And here is how. We cannot jump from despair to joy.Heard about lottery winners? 🎰 And maybe even were jealous of their win? Think again. A lot of the lottery winners end up worse off in life than before the win. Nearly one-third of lottery winners eventually declare bankruptcy, according to the CFP Board of Standards. They're twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as the average American. Even more telling part is how they feel — Research shows up to 70% develop "Sudden Wealth Syndrome" — a psychological condition marked by: Guilt, paranoia, and anxiety about their newfound wealth. Sleep disturbances and overwhelming feelings of responsibility. Identity crisis — not knowing who they are anymore. Depression and sometimes even PTSD from the sudden life changes. Loss of enjoyment in everyday pleasures like eating breakfast or talking with friends. Their inner world wasn't built to hold what suddenly arrived on the outside. The leap was too large. The emotional foundation couldn't carry it. And the system reverted back to the familiar. This is why hopping from despair to joy does not work. But hopping from despair to anger is actually a win! The trick here is to keep moving up the emotional scale 1-2 steps up the ladder and not get stuck at one and the same field. So how do you move up the emotional scale and what is this emotional scale anyway? Here's how to use conscious thought to climb the scale:
From despair → anger is progress. From anger → frustration is progress. From frustration → hope is progress. One rung. That's all you need. 3. Trust the climb. 🌱 Stay on each rung long enough for it to feel stable or until you know you're ready to move on. Then reach again. Slow is sustainable. Want to see the full scale?All 22 emotions mapped out from despair to joy 👇 What's coming nextIf you're experiencing an onset of emotional flooding or a panic attack — reasoning your way through will not work. In those moments, thought is not the tool. Tomorrow, I'll show you the steps that have worked for others to move through exactly that. And with it — we move to the next signal: Breath. 🌬️ A tool that is at your disposal at all times. And one of the most powerful levers you have for regulating your entire system — when used correctly. Keep an eye on your inbox. 💌 Anastassiya |
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We empower busy women to silence the noise of overthinking that breeds self-doubt and anxiety through a short daily practice that leads to tranquil determination, focus and unwavering confidence.
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