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1
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Do emotions control behavior?

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emotions influence behavior

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Emotion

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a complex series of changes throughout the body, brain, nervous system, blood flow, organs, lungs, hormones, etc. (these physical changes helps prepare us for action)

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The 3 purposes of emotion

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  1. communication to others
  2. motivation
  3. illumination
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  1. Communication to others
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-See you feel guilty, more likely to forgive
-See you feel sad, more likely to support

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  1. Motivation
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Helps prepare to move your body in particular ways and act in ways that are helpful and life enhancing
- Fear = protect from danger
- Anxiety = protect ourselves
- Guilt = reflect on our behavior and repair relationships

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  1. Illumination
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Tell us what is important to us
- fear = importance of safety

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Struggle switch- on

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When on- we are going to struggle against internal experience

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Struggle switch- off

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When off- no matter the emotion, we don’t struggle with it. Our emotions are free to come and go

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TAME

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Tame your emotions

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T - TAME

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Take note (notice and anime what is showing up in your body)

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A- TAME

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allow your feelings to be there

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M- TAME

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make room- open up to this feeling and let it freely move through you

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E- TAME

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expand awareness- broaden your focus to the world around you

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Dirty pain

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makes the pain greater even though we are trying to help ourselves

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Clean Pain

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the event that happens that causes us pain

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Goal of acceptance

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make peace with the sensation, not to get rid of it

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Acceptance

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make room for our feelings

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What is your motivation?

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-What towards moves would you do?
-How would you treat yourself differently?

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Skills need to be developed

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Start with smaller feelings

18
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Expect your remind to interfere

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“This is pointless or won’t work”

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Willing vs Wanting

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  • willing to feel it
  • doesn’t mean you want it or like it
20
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Thinking self

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take us out of the present moment
- worry, rumination, and other thoughts

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Being Present

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being fully aware of your here and now experience, fully in touch with what is happening in the moment

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Problem solving

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how to get what we want and avoid that we don’t want

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Ineffective problem solving strategies

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  • time
  • energy
  • attention
    temporality espace
    helps us avoid the discomfort of taking action
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Why should we be present?

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1.This is the only life we have, need to make the most of it
2.Leo Tolstoy “there is only one time that is important: NOW! It is the most important time because it’s the only time when we have any power.”

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Connection

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  • Noticing about what is happening
  • Engaging in the world
  • Appreciating the fullness of every moment of your life
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Connection through ACT

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  • connection with environment
  • awareness of body
  • awareness of breath
  • awareness of sounds
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Mindfulness

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set of psychological skills for effective living that involves paying attention with openness, curiosity, and flexibility
- being present is part of the MINDFULNESS in act

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MBSR

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Notice thoughts and feelings, but don’t become absorbed in their content- label judgemental thoughts
- chronic pain/ stress related disorders
- 45 min / 6 days a week

29
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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

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Attention skills could help prevent a relapse of major depressive episodes
- 8 week group intervention

30
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DBT

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Mindfulness skills taught in the context of synthesizing acceptance and change
- goals established with therapist and client

31
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Relapse Prevention

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Mindfulness skills included as a technique for coping with urges to use a substance
- ride the wave without giving in

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Meaning

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understanding based cognitive experiences, where we make sense of self, the world, and our roles in it

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Purpose

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refers to aspirations that motivate our activities
-To live fully, must pursue purpose
- creates satisfaction and fulfillment with life

34
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Wong’s model of menaing

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3 components
- Motivational/ behavioral
-Cognitive
-Emotional

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Meaning- multifaceted

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you can have overarching sense of meaning and purpose
- can also have varying levels of meaning and purpose in different areas

36
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Cognitive Dissonance

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how we conceptualize meaning is not in sync with how we live
- frustration
- dissatisfaction
- meaning illness

37
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To be authentic

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motive and beliefs must be reflected in your actions and behaviors
- sometimes living with purpose involves difficult changes and uncomfortable thoughts and feelings
- often involves great courage

38
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Meaning research- greater meaning in life

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associated with…
-joy, love
- higher self esteem and morale
- hope, optimism
etc

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Meaning research- poor meaning in life

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associated with…
- mental health disorders
- addiction problems
- feelings of discomfort

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Searching for meaning

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encourages us to seek new challenges and growth

41
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Meaning changes

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based on the development of a coherent sense of self and identity
- sense of identity changes over time
- flexible and changeable

42
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5 benefits of values

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  1. Helps us make wiser choices
  2. Serve as an inner compass to guide us, help us find our way and give us a sense of purpose
  3. Provides motivation to do what really matters
  4. When life is dull and gray, they add some color
  5. When you act of them, they give you a sense of fulfillment a se of being true to yourself, living life your way, behaving like the sort of person you want to be
43
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Values vs Goals

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Ongoing process vs something that can be achieved or completed
- can live your value even if you don’t achieve the goal

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