Positive Psychology Also Includes Negative Emotions

Excerpted from article Positive Psychology Includes Negative Emotions, By Dave Shearon, Positive Psychology News.

“Recently, I was teaching ‘Detecting Icebergs’, one of the resilience skills described in The Resilience Factor.

“I mentioned the importance of using personal examples whenever possible and gave a quick example of a personal iceberg I had uncovered. I mentioned that my anger surprised and puzzled me until I uncovered the deeper value that was being triggered by the situation… the point was not to rid myself of the emotion, but to understand where it came from and to be able to regulate my actions.”

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