Mind your emotions: why emotional agility is the key to personal growth
What do scorn, hate, anxiety, shame, and regret have in common?
According to David Hawkins, they may be killing us.
It’s no secret that our emotions can play a significant role in our mental and physical health. But Hawkins, a psychiatrist and lecturer, theorizes that what we feel on a daily basis is a matter of life and death — at least on the cellular level.
Hawkins’ theory is based on his recent finding that all emotions have a specific amount of energy. While Hawkins believes lower-energy emotions like anxiety and shame contribute to cell death, more positive states of mind like peace, joy, love, and reason can actually make us healthier.
Powerful as our emotions may be, here’s the good news: we’re not victims of the feelings that negatively affect our lives. Research on neuroplasticity demonstrates that the human brain is more than capable of reorganizing itself.
But where do we start? How do we gain control of our emotions — and even leverage them to be stronger leaders and creatives?
Learning how to manage our emotions begins with a basic understanding of the brain.
