))
Kanika Choudhary: Understanding emotions for a better life
Manage episode 388117064 series 3375466
Inhalt bereitgestellt von MyndStories. Alle Podcast-Inhalte, einschließlich Episoden, Grafiken und Podcast-Beschreibungen, werden direkt von MyndStories oder seinem Podcast-Plattformpartner hochgeladen und bereitgestellt. Wenn Sie glauben, dass jemand Ihr urheberrechtlich geschütztes Werk ohne Ihre Erlaubnis nutzt, können Sie dem hier beschriebenen Verfahren folgen https://de.player.fm/legal.
Tell us what you feel. Message us.
Do you think anger is a "bad" emotion? Is there a difference between emotions and feelings?
In this episode of The Therapy Room, we talk to Kanika Choudhary, Lead Clinical Psychologist at DocVita about examining our inner selves with curiosity and compassion.
Kanika shares some powerful guidelines on understanding emotions, and the underlying needs/stories they communicate. She gives us some suggestions on how to allow them space to transform from reactions to responses by being vulnerable and curious.
Listen to the full episode to get in-depth answers to how you can cope with anger, trauma, sadness, and other important emotions which we tend to avoid or not address.
About The Therapy Room
The Therapy Room is a segment where our host Smitha Murthy talks to mental health professionals for insights on life's challenges, which range from managing everyday stressors to chronic anxiety. Tune in as we explore topics around mental health issues, emotional wellbeing, and techniques to help you heal.
Quote from the conversation
"Anger is a vessel that's carrying something for you."
We talk about
- How emotions give us information about the world and orient our actions
- The difference between feelings and emotions
- How anger can be helpful when channeled well
- Different ways to process trauma
- Practical tips on responding vs reacting, and managing "bad" emotions
Kanika's bio
Kanika Choudhary is a queer-affirmative, licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with over 9 years of experience online and offline. She consults for families, couples, children, and young adults. She helps individuals with mood disorders, anxiety, stress, grief, anger, trauma, and others. Kanika is trained in third wave CBT, trauma management, and emotion-focused therapy.
Connect with Kanika
Our partner
This episode is made possible thanks to support from Docvita, a platform that aims to make mental health more open, supportive, and accessible through their services.
Resources
- What is neurodiversity?
- Anxiety and neurodivergence
- Emotions vs feelings
- How anger can be helpful
- Negative emotions are key to wellbeing
- Primary and secondary emotions
- Emotional curiosity
Write to us - podcast@myndstories.com
Listen to more episodes on www.myndstories.com .
*Disclaimer - The c
97 Episoden
Teilen
