Master Your Emotions

181 Pages·2018·12.236 MB·English

by  Thibaut Meurisse

MASTER YOUR EMOTIONS
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO OVERCOME NEGATIVITY
AND BETTER MANAGE YOUR FEELINGS
THIBAUT MEURISSE
© 2018 Thibaut Meurisse
All rights reserved. No por�on of this book may be reproduced in any form without
permission from the publisher, except as permi�ed by U.S. copyright law.
CONTENTS
Why This Book
Introduc�on
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How to use this book
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I. What Emo�ons Are
1. How your survival mechanism affects your emo�ons
2. What Is the Ego
3. The Nature of Emo�ons
II. What Impacts Your Emo�ons
4. The impact of sleep on your mood
5. Using your body to influence your emo�ons
6. Using your thoughts to influence your emo�ons
7. Using your words to influence your emo�ons
8. How your breathing affects your emo�ons
9. How your environment affects your emo�ons
10. How music affects your emo�ons
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III. How to change your emo�ons
11. How emo�ons are formed
12. Changing your interpreta�on
13. Le�ng go of your emo�ons
14. Condi�oning your mind to experience more posi�ve emo�ons
15. Changing your emo�ons by changing your behavior
16. Changing your emo�ons by changing your environment
17. Short-term and long-term solu�ons to deal with nega�ve emo�ons
IV. How to use your emo�ons to grow
18. How emo�ons can guide you in the right direc�on
19. Recording your emo�ons
20. Not being good enough
21. Being defensive
22. Stress and worry
23. Caring what people think of you
24. Resentment
25. Jealousy
26. Depression
27. Fear/Discomfort
28. Procras�na�on
29. Lack of mo�va�on
Conclusion
What do you think?
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WHY THIS BOOK
Many books discuss emo�ons and how they affect your life, but they rarely
provide a comprehensive view of what emo�ons are, where they come
from, what their role is, or how they affect your life.
Emo�ons are among the trickiest things to deal with and, unfortunately, too
o�en, you and I will fall prey to their mys�cal power. We find ourselves
unable to break their spell. Because emo�ons determine the quality of our
lives and affect every aspect of it, our inability to understand how emo�ons
work can prevent us from designing our ideal life and from fulfilling our
poten�al.
If you struggle to deal with nega�ve emo�ons or want to learn how
emo�ons work and how you can use them as a tool for your personal
growth, this book is for you.
By the end of this book, you will know how emo�ons work and, more
importantly, you will be be�er equipped to deal with them.
INTRODUCTION
The mind is its own place and, in itself, can make a heaven of
Hell, a hell of Heaven.
— J��� M�����, ����.
We all experience a wide range of emo�ons throughout our lives. I had to
admit, while wri�ng this book, I experienced highs and lows myself. At first, I
was filled with excitement and thrilled at the idea of providing people with a
guide to help them understand their emo�ons. I imagined how readers’
lives would improve as they learned to control their emo�ons. My
mo�va�on was high and I couldn’t help but imagine how great the book
would be.
Or so I thought.
A�er the ini�al excitement, the �me came to sit down to write the actual
book, and that’s when the excitement wore off pre�y quickly. Suddenly
ideas that looked great in my mind felt dull. My wri�ng seemed boring, and
I felt as though I had nothing substan�ve or valuable to contribute.
Si�ng at my desk and wri�ng became more challenging each day. I started
losing confidence. Who was I to write a book about emo�ons if I couldn’t
even master my own emo�ons? How ironic! I considered giving up. There
are already plenty of books on the topic, so why add one more?
At the same �me, I realized this book was a perfect opportunity to work on
my emo�onal issues. And who doesn’t suffer from nega�ve emo�ons from
�me to �me? We all have highs and lows, don’t we? The key is what we do
with our lows. Are we using our emo�ons to grow and learn or are we
bea�ng ourselves up over them?
So, let’s talk about your emo�ons now. Let me start by asking you this:
How do you feel right now?
Knowing how you feel is the first step toward taking control of your
emo�ons. You may have spent so much �me internalizing you’ve lost touch
with your feelings. Perhaps you answered as follows: “I feel this book could
be useful,” or “I really feel I could learn something from this book.”
However, none of these answers reflect on how you feel. You don’t ‘feel like
this,’ or ‘feel like that,’ you simply ‘feel.’ You don’t ‘feel like’ this book could
be useful, you ‘think’ this book could be useful, and that generates an
emo�on which makes you ‘feel’ excited about reading it. Feelings manifest
as physical sensa�ons in your body, not as an idea in your mind. Perhaps,
the reason the word ‘feel’ is so o�en overused or misused is because we
don’t want to talk about our emo�ons.
So, how do you feel now?
Why is it important to talk about emotions?
How you feel determines the quality of your life. Your emo�ons can make
your life miserable or truly magical. That’s why they are among the most
essen�al things on which to focus. Your emo�ons color all your experiences.
When you feel good, everything seems, feels, or tastes be�er. You also think
be�er thoughts. Your energy levels are higher and possibili�es seem
limitless. Conversely, when you feel depressed, everything seems dull. You
have li�le energy and you become unmo�vated. You feel stuck in a place
(mentally and physically) you don’t want to be, and the future looks gloomy.
Your emo�ons can also act as a powerful guide. They can tell you something
is wrong and allow you to make changes in your life. As such, they may be
among the most powerful personal growth tools you have.
Sadly, neither your teachers nor your parents taught you how emo�ons
work or how to control them. I find it ironic that just about anything comes
with a how-to manual, while your mind doesn’t. You’ve never received an
instruc�on manual to teach you how your mind works and how to use it to
be�er manage your emo�ons, have you? I haven’t. In fact, un�l now, I
doubt one even existed.
What you’ll learn in this book
This book is the how-to manual your parents should have given you at birth.
It’s the instruc�on manual you should have received at school. In it, I’ll
share everything you need to know about emo�ons so you can overcome
your fears and limita�ons and become the type of person you want to be.
More specifically, this book will help you:
Understand what emo�ons are and how they impact your life
Understand how emo�ons form and how you can use them for
your personal growth
Iden�fy nega�ve emo�ons that control your life and learn to
overcome them
Change your story to take be�er control over your life and create a
more compelling future,
Reprogram your mind to experience more posi�ve emo�ons.
Deal with nega�ve emo�ons and condi�on your mind to create
more posi�ve ones
Gain all the tools you need to start recognizing and controlling your
emo�ons
Here is a more detailed summary of what you’ll learn in this book:
In Part I , we’ll discuss what emo�ons are. You’ll learn why your brain is
wired to focus on nega�vity and what you can do to counter this effect.
You’ll also discover how your beliefs impinge upon your emo�ons. Finally,
you’ll learn how nega�ve emo�ons work and why they are so tricky.
In Part II , we’ll go over the things that directly impact your emo�ons. You’ll
understand the roles your body, your thoughts, your words, or your sleep,
play in your life and how you can use them to change your emo�ons.
In Part III , you’ll learn how emo�ons form and how to condi�on your mind
to experience more posi�ve emo�ons.
And finally, in Part IV , we’ll discuss how to use your emo�ons as a tool for
personal growth. You’ll learn why you experience emo�ons such as fear or
depression and how they work.
Let’s get started.