Böcker av Karla McLaren

Featuring significant updates, the new edition of this beloved book takes readers to the heart of each emotion's powerful gifts and messages.Every emotion-even shame, anger, and anxiety-brings us vital information and wisdom. Emotions-especially the unwanted and dishonored ones-hold a tremendous amount of energy. "Too often, we either repress our feelings or let them run wild," says researcher and educator Karla McLaren. "What many of us were never taught are the fundamental skills for honoring and understanding our profound, powerful emotions." In this new edition of The Language of Emotions, McLaren takes us much deeper than naming or managing our feelings-she teaches us to listen to the messages within each emotion, reflect on their questions, and incorporate their wisdom into our lives.Enhanced through more than a decade of research and teaching, this edition offers a time-tested emotional guidebook, including: . How to safely feel and identify emotions-especially the most intense ones. Practices for working with feelings-including setting boundaries, grounding, and the healing power of complaining consciously. Building your empathy-five key skills for awakening your emotional genius. The role of emotions in the resolution of trauma. Decoding the unique messages, gifts, and insights carried by each emotion. New to this edition: insights and practices on anxiety, an exploration of loneliness, and much more Learning the language of our emotions can deepen our self-understanding, improve our intuition, and enhance our relationships. "Emotions aren't problems to be solved," teaches McLaren. "If you learn their language, your emotions can become an indispensable source of vitality, personal growth, and profound healing."

This dynamic workbook offers tools and exercises to help you understand the wisdom in each emotion-even those you'd rather avoid. Beloved teacher Karla McLaren shares empathic mindfulness practices to connect with your feelings, practices for each of the 17 emotions, and questions to ask yourself to understand the wisdom behind each emotion.

An in-depth guide for engaging with anxiety-not as an affliction, but as an essential source of foresight, intuition, and energy for completing your tasks and projects.If you're facing anxiety, you've probably got one thing on your mind-how to make it go away. But what if this challenging emotion were actually trying to help?"When we ignore or repress our anxiety," teaches Karla McLaren, "it can overwhelm us. But when we learn to welcome it with skill, we can access its remarkable gifts."Engaged with wisely, anxiety is your task completion ally-it helps you to focus, plan, take action, and fulfill your goals. With Embracing Anxiety, you'll join this acclaimed educator and researcher to explore:. Principles and practices to befriend your anxiety at every level of intensity (before it overwhelms you). Strategies to engage with anxiety as a source of foresight, conscientiousness, and motivation. Why fear, confusion, and panic are not the same as anxiety, and tools to work with each effectively. How anxiety blends with anger, depression, and other emotions, and how to clarify these compounded states. Using McLaren's Conscious Questioning practice to engage with anxiety and garner its insights. How to embrace procrastination and get things done"When you identify, listen to, and act on anxiety skillfully, you support its purpose," teaches McLaren, "and allow it to recede naturally until it is needed again." With Embracing Anxiety, you'll learn how to get this powerful emotion on your side.