Why Virtues Are a Symptom, Not a Goal
Nobody argues with virtues. Call someone joyful, generous, or hardworking and they'll be admired. Call someone envious or manipulative and they'll get side-eyed and avoided. Virtues are the kind of thing everyone agrees on, which is why we rarely stop to ask what actually produces them.
The temptation is to treat virtue as the goal itself. Just be more patient. Just be more grateful. It's a little like trying to keep a plant looking healthy without knowing anything about soil, water, roots, or light. The leaves might look fine for a while. They won't stay that way.
So what actually causes a virtue to happen?
Unlocking the Hidden Language of Emotions: How Wearable Technology Can Help Us Understand Our Deeper Feelings
Many of us struggle to identify and name our emotions, particularly when we've experienced trauma, grew up in environments where emotions weren't acknowledged, or simply weren't taught the language of feelings. This challenge is especially prevalent among men, who often face cultural pressure to suppress emotional awareness, and individuals with insecure attachment patterns, who may have learned to disconnect from their emotional experiences.
But what if technology could help us bridge this gap in emotional awareness?
Navigating Emotions: Understanding, Reacting, and Healing
Have problems with judging yourself or others? Read on.
Navigating the Depths of Human Emotions: Understanding, Adapting, and Processing
The common approach to emotions is wrong. Check this approach out. Emotions are both simple and complex, residing at the core of our human experience. At their essence, our brain houses seven fundamental emotional systems, intricately connected to our body's nervous system, giving rise to our basic emotional responses.
Something you didn’t know about emotions
Emotions are like the thermostat in your home or the temp in your body. They have a set point and they have limits for how little or much they can be. When they move outside of those limits is when we feel them. When we feel them is when they begin to put a demand on us to do something to relieve the emotional tension.
The three pillars of mental health change
Memory, Completion & Mindfulness are the three buckets for deep and lasting change in mental health and the thing that ties them all together is emotions.