In a now iconic scene from Magnolia, the disparate cast are seen spontaneously singing along to Aimee Mann's Wise Up, while Punch - Drunk Love (still my favourite Anderson film) finds Adam Sandler picking his way through the wreckage of
his emotional life with the aid of a mysterious harmonium.
While the Hebrews, however, had only a rough and ready knowledge of bodily functions, they experienced the intimate identification of mental and
emotional life with them.
Real, sustainable change comes from nourishing our physical bodies, learning to process our thoughts effectively, and attending to
our emotional lives with compassion.
Not exact matches
Since I can't see everything, it's better for me to learn to create the best
life I can
with what I have, which means developing the social and
emotional skills internally to create the best
life I can.
When the world learned that rock legend Tom Petty had passed suddenly from a heart attack last week, social media and the media quickly filled up
with emotional tributes to the man's
life and music.
For those who may be lacking
emotional preparedness, we recommend working
with an advisor to help you prepare for retirement so you can
live your retirement years by design — not by default.
We
live in a world
with enormous choice and businesses that stand out are the ones that get noticed by creating real
emotional connection.
Putting aside a little time each day to be quiet
with your thoughts really does wonders for your
emotional state, as quiet is so hard to come by in our busy
lives.
Far worse, they say, is the wear - and - tear of workaday
life, and all the physical and
emotional ailments that often go along
with it.
Jennifer Willoughby, one of the two women who leveled accusations of domestic and
emotional abuse against the former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, says she
lived in a state of «low - grade, constant terror»
with him.
In other words, in order to deal
with life's curve balls, you need
emotional resilience.
When we are dealing
with stressful issues in our
life, the
emotional resources demanded to deal
with these issues is significant, and we get worn out.
Dealing
with the
emotional toll of losing a loved one is difficult enough, but not having a
life insurance policy in place can lead to undue financial challenges afterwards.
For many, this complicated web of
emotional stakes only exists on Facebook, because Facebook is the only social platform on the web where who we are now, in adulthood, converges
with the past
life we had as a teen or a college student.
Tony spoke about how he became the man he is today — the
emotional growth he experienced at a very young ago — and he also talked about the physical pain he
lives with on a daily basis.
But the best investors understand their time horizon, financial capacity for losses, and
emotional tolerance for market ups and downs, and they maintain an allocation of stocks they can
live with in good markets and bad.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself
with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an
emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own
life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate
with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to
live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing
with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying
with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to
life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
«Shoppers Drug Mart has played a significant role in helping us in our mission to foster greater awareness, support and understanding of the social and
emotional needs of women
living with cancer since 2011,» says Ms. Abbott.
I've written on distinguishing pleasure, happiness, and
emotional reward, including the relevant series I linked to yesterday «How to bring happiness and
emotional reward to your
life by analogy
with pleasure — the series ``.
With consumers increasingly overwhelmed with messaging throughout their daily lives, the smart brands will be the ones that find a way to cut through with memorable, sensorial experiences that engage on an emotional le
With consumers increasingly overwhelmed
with messaging throughout their daily lives, the smart brands will be the ones that find a way to cut through with memorable, sensorial experiences that engage on an emotional le
with messaging throughout their daily
lives, the smart brands will be the ones that find a way to cut through
with memorable, sensorial experiences that engage on an emotional le
with memorable, sensorial experiences that engage on an
emotional level.
I've never really liked Palin, but this disclosed letter makes her feel more human, and showcases her dealing
with one of the most
emotional episodes of her
life.
But it is an unfortunate misconception to see the
emotional life as something to be smothered
with the pillow of reason.
After an
emotional encounter
with a woman confined to a nursing home, Dupin decided to develop a novel, if not controversial, alternative to sending our loved ones to
living facilities that are often over-crowded and under - staffed: the MEDCottage — a small, self - contained
living space that can be placed in the backyard.
Like the part about women - blaming and shaming combined
with the pastor digging up offenses from the past, referencing an
emotional distance he feels from us as we leave, citing his own pastoral involvement and authority in the decisions of our
lives up to this point, threatening to talk to the pastor of the church we're visiting to share his «concerns,» and suggesting that I'm just a weak mess of emotions and that's why I can't handle the
life - sucking horror that has become sundays at this church.
No matter how well adjusted some of us become in our everyday
lives, coming back into intense contact
with our families of origin can thrust some of us into some serious
emotional dysregulation.
The crunch comes when you are singled out for pain and suffering: when your family is struck
with cancer, when your child is hit by a drunk driver, when your spouse has an
emotional breakdown, when you are paralyzed from the waist down for
life.
If a person has difficulty coping
with the «normal everyday» problems of
life we may call it
emotional illness.
Such a ministry is geared toward early help
with minor
emotional disturbances, crisis situations, parent - child relationships, and critical
life experiences such as birth, death, illness, marriage, school, and work adjustment.
The physical and
emotional attraction of another person laden
with the possibilities of sexual fulfilment may lead to the will to unite one
life with another, and to an acceptance of the needs of the other as redirecting the course of
life.
This provided Chad (and now his readers)
with the opportunity for thoughtful introspection regarding the
emotional hold that sports can have on our
lives and the tension this can create for people of faith.
In four seasons, they've weathered unemployment, infidelity and disease
with an
emotional resonance that is almost
life - affirming and elicits sobs as surely as if it were your own family on screen.
Pastoral alliances in that state advised Kelly that it was very hard for people to move on
with life until they've dealt
with the
emotional and psychological toll.
And while a lot of that will involve her hustle, talent and rare ability to play characters
with atypical mental and
emotional lives, it's also going to involve an even brighter spotlight.
But just as her salvation gospels can not be entirely dismissed, his critique of her can not be written off merely as rooted in his personal bitterness and his misogynist jealousy of her «boundless female strength,» There is something smug in her existence on a «special plane reserved for women
with a privileged
emotional life and a happier, more mundane adjustment to the mysteries of
life.»
A major research direction, then, might well develop a design for research in which pastors would develop psychological skills in aiding parishioners in the development of wholesome (as part of «holy»), mature personalities, and in assisting persons in developing meaning and purpose in their
lives, as well as dealing therapeutically
with specific
emotional problems which cripple their functioning.
Prayer is never mainly technique, but without some system it tends to become
emotional floundering instead of
life - giving movement toward fellowship
with God.
Those whose sex
life is satisfying and beautiful may have intercourse
with less frequency than unhappy couples who are frantically proving their sexuality or searching for a solution to their
emotional pain.
It was, however, a very
emotional ride, and at the age of 48 I went off to Bible college and
lived in the dorms
with the kids.
I don't look for
emotional or interior experiences, but try to deal
with life as it comes.
Moments of pure experience are like making an
emotional connection
with the infinite — This is all we can know and a way of
life that ensures no matter what happens your
life has been meaningful.
One study of many, linking stress
with an unwillingness to forgive compared the immediate
emotional and physiological effects when participants recalled hurtful memories and harbored resentments to when they nurtured empathic viewpoint taking and perceived extending forgiveness toward real -
life wrongdoers.
In all of these cases, although exercising complete forgiveness was sometimes a process for them, when forgiveness was finally extended, these individuals received
emotional satisfaction and an intrinsic desire to progress forward
with their
lives regardless of whether or not reconciliation would happen.
Calling the death of Lewis's mother «the catastrophe of his
life,» Wilson writes that «in terms of his
emotional life, the quest for his lost mother dominated his relations
with women.
«Those are deeply
emotional themes that people are dealing
with in their everyday
life and I think that resonates for people.»
Just as the physical union of two persons becomes rich and rewarding, and not only gratifying in a physical and
emotional sense, when it is expressive of a wide sharing of
life together, so also a family that is totally centered in itself, without concern for those around it and for the broader matters they represent, is likely to lose a great deal, while
with such an awareness and wider sharing it is likely to be rich and rewarding.
Mental health concerns should motivate a layman to encourage his minister to do those things which are consistent
with his mental health — a regular «preacher's sabbath» away from the telephone, at least a month's vacation for recharging his
emotional and intellectual batteries, sufficient money and freedom to enjoy the legitimate recreational resources of the area, and enough privacy to protect the minister and his family from excessive
living - in - a-goldfish-bowl pressure.
The only thing to
life as an African - American at that time was being able to overcome the bigotry, those things that could take away your soul,
with the
emotional connection you had to something bigger than you.
The spaces of theological education, filled
with persons who are different and seeking justice, are already «dialogical» places where
lives meet and where bodies interact on physical,
emotional and linguistic levels.
The Church, teacher of humanity, never tires of exhorting people, especially the young of whom you are a part, to remain watchful and not to fear choosing «alternative» paths which only Christ can indicate... Jesus calls all his friends to
live in sobriety and solidarity, to create sincere and disinterested
emotional relationships
with others... From you, dear young students, he asks for honest commitment to study, cultivating a mature sense of responsibility and a shared interest in the common good.
The
emotional devastation they infect you
with is one of the most unbelievable and valuable
life lessons I have learned.