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Honoring Our Emotions

Monday Memo for 01.30.23

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Tom Gentry
Jan 30, 2023
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Perhaps the most destructive myth in our culture is that being emotional is a choice. Human beings are emotional beings. Refusing to experience or express our feelings is not a way of managing our feelings. It signifies weakness, not strength.

When we choose to resist our emotions, it only leads to pain and exhaustion. We spend an enormous amount of tim…

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