Why Do We Stay Feeling Emotions Longer Than We Want To?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">In this episode we're going to answer the question “why do we stay longer than we want to feeling these unwanted, difficult emotions?</span></p> <h5><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">You stay in an unwanted emotional state way longer than you desire for one simple reason…</span></h5> <h5><span style= "font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">Resistance.  What you resist, persists. It is not just a saying, it is the truth.</span></h5> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">No emotion, no circumstance and no pain lasts forever. You won't be “in the hole” of having difficult emotions forever, but you will stay longer than you need to if you don't follow the two steps I talk about in this episode.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">Listen to this week’s episode of Journey to Happy to find out the two steps to help dig yourself out of that emotional hole. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>3 takeaways:</strong></span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">Why do we stay feeling difficult emotions for so long?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">How you can properly deal with heavy emotions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">Two steps that will help you handle emotions, all emotions.</span></li> </ol> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Inspiration: </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">“Acceptance does not equal liking your circumstance of pain. Acceptance means that you understand this is your circumstance at the moment and you aren’t trying to change what has happened because it has happened.”</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Helpful Links:</strong><