Why does a good life so often fail to make us happy? And why can’t we think our way out of a heavy feeling?
The quality of our life isn’t decided by our circumstances. It’s decided by how we feel, and by what we do with those feelings. When we compare, ruminate or run from pain with a drink, a snack or a scroll, the feeling only gets stronger.
In this episode of Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter, I share the one skill no one teaches us: how to get out of our head and meet difficult emotions like anxiety, grief and stress with calm and curiosity. It’s so simple we miss it, and it’s the foundation of lasting happiness.
Chapters
0:00 Our feelings color our whole life
0:43 Comparing our worst to someone else’s best
2:15 We create the quality of our experience
3:26 Happiness leads to a good life, not the other way around
4:44 Building the house within
6:52 Tending our inner garden
7:25 From thinking to feeling
8:16 When we want to run, stay
10:00 We can’t think our way out of a feeling
11:07 Having everything vs. feeling like we have everything
11:40 The one simple trick
12:27 Why we look away from a paper cut
14:31 Making our feelings a friend
15:43 How we get out of our head
16:44 Why reliving memories changes them
18:23 The monster becomes small
21:30 A skill no one teaches us
22:24 Thank you
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