Traditional therapy has us assigning reasons and stories to our emotions. While this might bring comfort in the moment, doing this can also fuel your emotions to becoming something they’re not. This is the tricky, two-sided nature of our “logic brains.” While we must reason and work through our conflicts, we must also understand that whatever our brain is trying to say is usually in conflict with what our heart is calling for.

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