Unlonely with Dr. Jody Carrington Flex Your Feelings: Emotional Push-Ups & the Power of Self-Awareness - Emily Anhalt
May 8, 2025
Dr. Emily Anhalt, a psychologist and co-founder of COA, dives into the concept of emotional fitness and its importance. She discusses the nuances of grief, emphasizing how it influences our daily decisions. Anhalt introduces the idea of emotional push-ups—practices to boost self-awareness. They explore the impact of digital connectivity on loneliness and the vital role of setting boundaries for healthy relationships. Her new book, 'Flex Your Feelings', encourages listeners to embrace discomfort as a path to growth and resilience.
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Resilience as Bouncing Forward
- Resilience means bouncing forward, using setbacks to grow rather than returning to a prior state.
- Grief is part of resilience, involving acknowledging and feeling losses to move on healthily.
Embrace Grief to Heal
- Make space to grieve small and large losses to prevent them from building up and causing harm.
- Recognize grief is love with nowhere to go, and honoring it can help us move forward.
Empathy Requires Boundaries
- Empathy means feeling another’s emotions, not just understanding them intellectually.
- Strong boundaries enable greater empathy, preventing emotional depletion and improving support for others.
