Dealing with Negative Emotions![]() Dealing with Negative Emotions By Dr Mona Moussa PhD - LifeWorks Trainer The Challenges of Negative Emotions As you navigate through the journey of your life, you might face countless challenges and difficulties which often bring about negative emotions. Pain, distress, guilt, and worry are only a few of the emotions which you might experience. Your first reaction might be to push that feeling away because of the feeling of discomfort that it creates. The difficulty however is that while avoiding negative emotions may be rewarding in the short term by bringing in relief, negative emotions often tend to resurface in different ways when pushed back. Pushing away negative emotions could result in:![]() Turning Towards your Negative Emotions and Not Away While negative emotions are difficult to manage, turning away from these will only perpetuate these for longer and exacerbate your difficulties, while turning towards them will result in inner peace and growth. You can turn towards your negative emotions by adopting the following mindfulness skills: Accepting the negative emotion. As you observe the emotion and identify what it is, accept the feeling for what it is without judgment, without wishing for it to be different, without trying to push it away, and without reacting to it. While a natural human reaction is usually to turn away from negative emotions and push these back, turning towards these, observing them curiously, and accepting them as they are without any judgment, will often result in inner peace and a feeling of quiet contentedness. ReferencesA New Earth, by Eckart Tolle (2005) The Power of Now, A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, by Eckart Tolle (1997) Workshop on Mindfulness presented by Helen Williams (2015) at LifeWorks Dubai About the Author Personal Development Trainer at LifeWorks Mona has a PhD, and a Masters in Counselling Psychology. Mona speaks Arabic and has counselled in Lebanon, Australia, and Qatar. Her cross-cultural experience and deep knowledge of the Middle-Eastern culture allows her to provide a comprehensive approach to dealing with difficulties and challenges. Mona is passionate about reaching out to others to help them grow and reach their fullest potential. Monas work at LifeWorks involves helping others find back their sense of meaning and purpose in life, manage negative emotions and thoughts, reconnect with ones self, focus on the present moment, and achieve inner calm. This can be done through group training workshops, or individually tailored workshops on a one-on-one basis. ![]() To meet with Dr Mona contact LifeWorks : Contact PH: 04 394 2464 or email directly to : info@lifeworksdubai.com We promise to reply quickly From Dealing with Negative Emotions back to Dr Mona Moussa LifeWorks Trainer |
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