Sleep
- To fall asleep, your body temp has to drop by about 1-3 degrees, to wake up nicely, your body temp has to rise again about 1-3 degrees.
Inner Voice
- Part of the Verbal Working Memory System
- Ability to silently use language, used to
- Keeping information active (phone numbers, grocery items)
- Simulate and plan (presentations)
- Self control and motivation
Music
- Music is a very powerful tool to shifting emotions, can be used to point our emotions in the direction we want it to point.
- We tend to gravitate towards the kind of music that matches our emotions.
- All emotions are functional, as long as they are experienced in the right proportions.
Emotions
- Some people are good at detecting emotions, others are good at displaying emotions
- The display of emotions can be very powerful and manipulative
- Others trying to shift your own emotions can lead to Psychological Reactance
- A powerful tool to shift someone else’s emotions is through touch
- Ways of pushing your emotions for short periods of time without much effort:
- Music
- Taste
- Touch
- Looking at images
- The Pennebaker Protocol can be very helpful for emotional expression
Sadness
- Sadness motivates us to turn our attention inwards and reflect.
- Something really important has happened, I have to change the way that I’m thinking about my life
- Physiology is slowing down
- Facial expression is giving a sign that this person needs emotional support
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