Emotional Weather Patterns
Download MP3The Big Idea: Emotions are transitory data points—like weather—that inform our physiology and can be influenced by changing our internal environment.
Key Highlights:
- The "Enmeshed" Experience: Why you cannot separate your physical sensations from your emotional or mental states.
- Big vs. Subtle Emotions: Why strong emotions like anger act as "blunt force objects" that override subtle feelings like bittersweetness.
- Physiological Correlates: Recognizing how anger puts energy in your limbs (fight or flight) while joy directs it toward the heart and mind.
Mindfulness Minute: When a strong emotion arises, don't judge it as "bad data." Instead, look for where it lives in your body—is it an "itchy" feeling in your hands or an opening in your heart?
Memorable Quote: "No data is bad data... it's just data and you're going to use it to cultivate a process."
Creators and Guests
Host
Brian Mattocks
Host and Founder of A Mason's Work - a podcast designed to help you use symbolism to grow. He's been working in the craft for over a decade and served as WM, trustee, and sat in every appointed chair in a lodge - at least once :D
