NeuroFaith with Curt Thompson, MD Do Emotions Matter? with Jon & Tristen Collins
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Jun 28, 2022 
Jon Collins, co-founder of BibleProject, and his wife Tristen Collins, a licensed professional counselor, delve into the significance of emotions within spirituality. They discuss how emotions reveal our humanity, serving as signals of unmet needs and threats to identity. Childhood trauma's impact on adult emotional responses is examined, particularly how faith communities often struggle with emotion versus rationality. Highlighting the intertwining of emotions and faith, they advocate for greater emotional awareness to deepen relationships with God and others.
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Emotions As The Body's Dashboard
- Emotions are the body's intelligence, giving access to information beneath conscious awareness.
- Jon describes feelings as a dashboard that signals predictions about what we need to thrive and survive.
Investigate Emotions Instead Of Suppressing Them
- Do treat emotions as signals to investigate rather than problems to suppress.
- Tristen recommends asking what an emotion like shame is trying to communicate, often signaling a threat to identity or unmet needs.
Biblical Embodiment Reframes Human Identity
- Reframe what it means to be human from 'I have a body' to 'I am a body' rooted in Hebrew biblical anthropology.
- Jon cites nefesh and resurrection to argue embodiment is central to image-of-God identity.
