Hey LDS missionary: have you ever noticed that when a big emotion shows up, you tend to do one of two things? Maybe you push it down, minimize it, or tell yourself you shouldn't feel that way. Or maybe you swing the other direction and suddenly the emotion feels urgent, scary, or like evidence that something has gone wrong.

In this episode, I'm talking about what it looks like to put emotions in their proper place. We'll explore the difference between underpaying and overpaying attention to what you feel, why emotions can be useful information without always being perfectly accurate, and how a little calm curiosity can help you understand what's actually going on instead of immediately trying to fix, suppress, or obey the feeling.

I'll also walk you through five ways to work with emotion: normalize it, get curious, stop resisting yourself, remove the morality, and listen to what the emotion is trying to tell you. My hope is that you learn to let your emotions have a voice without giving them the final decision. You don't have to leave them on the side of the road, stuff them in the trunk, or let them drive. You can give them a seat in the car and still stay in the driver's seat.

As always, if you found this episode helpful, I want to invite you to subscribe if you aren't already, share this episode with your friends and missionaries you know, and write a review. I know this work will help LDS missionaries around the world and it would mean so much to me if you did. Until next week my friends.

00:00 – Introduction

02:38 – What Does It Mean to Put Emotions in Their Proper Place?

04:36 – When We Underpay Attention to Emotion

07:24 – When We Overpay Attention to Emotion

10:13 – Calm Curiosity Instead of Urgency

11:49 – Emotions Are Information

15:51 – Five Ways to Put Emotion in Its Proper Place

19:06 – Stop Resisting Yourself

21:02 – Your Feelings Are Not a Measure of Your Worth

23:20 – Give the Emotion a Voice, Not the Final Decision

27:03 – How This Builds Self-Trust and Resilience

30:20 – Give Emotions a Seat, But Keep Driving

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