Compass of Emotions

By Georgina HudsonBusiness Health & Fitness Mental Health Education Self-Improvement Careers

Compass of Emotions episodes

September 22, 2021 People who poison us ☠️
Who hasn’t related to someone who’s exhausted one? Who hasn't felt overwhelmed and sad after spending time with someone who seemed to have drained their energy? From a relative to a boss, they are people who control us, belittle us, manipulate us, deny what we tell them and blackmail us emotionally.
17 min
September 15, 2021 Before you give up, hold on
Today's topic has been inspired by three clients who, due to different reasons and contexts, feel the need to give up on their dreams. This is a multi-layered subject and it requires a great deal of self-compassion.
11 min
August 25, 2021 What if my trust has been betrayed?
I’m starting today’s topic with a sigh. Who hasn’t been hurt and who hasn’t hurt others? It's hard to get in touch with a situation that’s broken our hearts and disappointed us. I have to honor everyone who has experienced disappointment in their relationship, the pain touches something very primitive in us, and it triggers emotions that shake and hurt us to the core.
14 min
August 18, 2021 Getting the spark back in your relationship
This podcast is dedicated to all the people who love their partners but who are worried because they feel that what they have with their significant others has lost its spark. And I’m not referring just to the sexual aspect of the bond but to the relationship as a whole. Sometimes it looks as though the frenzy of juggling children, work and obligations has swept away the desire to be together, right?
11 min
August 11, 2021 With a child’s spirit
Today's topic is the topic of my life. I’m improving but as I’ve already told you before, I’ve been a serial worrier. I’m much better, though, but still recovering. I bet this is going to resonate with many of you as well. Let me start by asking you a few questions to start reflecting on this. How much room is there for play and enjoyment in your life? Do you consider that you take things way too seriously? Do you think the reasons for your concerns are absolute truths? On average, how much time do you feel stressed and how much do you feel relaxed? We’ve just worked on this with a client. We were discussing about why it is so difficult for her to be a little "crazier", more "relaxed", more "daring", more "rebellious about what seems terrible". There is a huge difference between being responsible and being serious. What’s more, there’s something deep to heal when everything seems so important that we start living in our heads almost permanently.
11 min
August 04, 2021 What is Mindfulness?
Twelve years ago, I was super overwhelmed, I was a new mother, my son was just a few months old and I worked full time in a very competitive environment. I didn’t feel like going out with my husband or friends because all my energy was reserved to my baby and my work. I remember saying to myself: "God, Universe, Life, help me to be more balanced, to feel calmer". The more I resisted my emotions, the bigger they got. So, I decided to start a transcendental meditation course but it didn't work out.
One day I was reading a magazine and I found out that there was a practice called Mindfulness that was simple and helped with difficult emotions. My entire life changed for the better from this simple practice. You’re probably wondering what it is. In broad terms, it means being in contact with our present experience, both with what is happening within us and around us, from a place of deep compassion and without judging what is happening is going on. It’s developing an inner presence that observes what happens to us and that can respond from a place of calm.
Sharon Salzberg, Mindfulness teacher and referent of Mindfulness explains, “Mindfulness serves as the basis for insight — literally meaning it provides us a clearer vision (“sight”) or what is within. If we experience a difficult emotion or undergo a negative experience, we tend to want to deny or avoid the pain we feel as soon as it arises. But, when doing this, we don’t create adequate space for learning and growth. Reactivity doesn’t expand our perspective. Mindfulness transforms our tendency to react by enabling us to be more present and aware. This presence is the platform from which we can access more wisdom and compassion”.
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12 min
July 28, 2021 Mom, Dad, I'm bored!
It’s noticing or hearing that our children are bored. It’s almost a fatal feeling because when we finally start working or take a break from it, we feel a dagger in our chest because we perceive or hear that our children don’t know what to do with their free time. How do you deal with these situations?
15 min
July 21, 2021 Addicted to worrying
Today we‘re going to focus on the addiction to worrying that we usually experience.
We aren’t going to refer to the excessive worrying that turns into anxiety and panic but to all those obsessive thoughts around one thing or another that make us suffer on a daily basis and that take our power away.
Bills we have to pay, deadlines, jobs which in the summer drop a little, and even comments that we made or that others made to us that left us thinking and feeling uneasy.
You can listen to the podcast with this player, or if you prefer reading you have a written version in my webpage. Enjoy it!
13 min
July 15, 2021 The pain of grieving
Today we are going to talk about stages that come to an end and how to peacefully step into the ones that open up. We sometimes suffer when a stage of our life ends, right? From a son who has become a teenager, to a job that was lost or that you quit, to a relationship that has finished, to moving places, to somebody who’s passed away.
14 min
July 07, 2021 Loving oneself radically
If there is something that is very clear to me from the interactions with my clients and from my own experience, it is that the fear of not being enough and the fear of not being accepted prevents us from loving ourselves. It doesn’t allow us to honor our deepest being and to recover our worth.
15 min