When you’re angry, anxious or frustrated, it’s not the time to make decisions.
It’s not the time to think things over.
No matter how amazing your intellect is—and you and I know it is.
Why?
Because your thoughts are biased by the emotion at that moment.
And when you get caught up in your thoughts, you intensify the negative emotion.
What should you do?
Let the emotional wave wash through first.
How? By focusing on sensations in your body.
Neuroscience has shown that the part of your brain that allows you to identify bodily sensations is NEVER compromised—even in the most extreme emotional situations.
Are you feeling angry? Where in your body are you feeling the anger? What is that sensation like?
Focus on the sensations.
Are thoughts hitting you? Welcome them—and shift your attention back to those sensations in your body.
Until the wave has passed.
Loving you, Angelos.