All of us benefit from understanding emotions, why nature hard-wired these programs deep in our brain, and how to work with them in line with our biology. One of the secrets to getting comfortable with emotions is getting comfortable with how they feel in our bodies. My patients are always surprised, and then relieved, to learn that emotions are not under conscious control and are normal responses to the environment. I never knew until I was in my professional training that emotions are biological forces that put stress on the body when they are buried. Just think about how your body feels when you are sad-kind of heavy in your heart area. I never knew that core emotions were actually a bunch of physical sensations that we come to recognize as an emotion. When I learned about core emotions and how to work with them, it was an aha! moment for me that changed my personal and professional life. (imperative used to address one person) a. Simply learning a bit more about emotions can make you much more comfortable with them and immediately make you feel better about having emotions in the first place. Juana got in touch with her aunt to see how she was doing.Juana se puso en contacto con su tía para ver cómo estaba.

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