Life Uninhibited - The Enneagram 6 Podcast

Episode #176 - Why Would I Do This To Myself?


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If we create our own emotional experience... 

Why would we ever create emotions that feel so awful?

It's such a good question.

And one I hear—both from myself and from my clients—all the time.

In this episode, we continue our conversation about feelings and explore why difficult emotions aren't mistakes to fix or signs that something has gone wrong.

They're part of being human.

As Sixes, we often assume that if we feel fear, sadness, anger, or grief, there must be a problem to solve. We immediately begin looking for who caused it, what went wrong, or how to make it stop.

But what if those emotions aren't the enemy?

What if they're actually revealing what matters most?

In this episode, we explore:

  • Why difficult emotions aren't evidence that something is wrong
  • The Six belief that negative emotions always require fixing
  • What sadness, grief, and anger are actually trying to show us
  • Why our brains confuse emotional discomfort with danger
  • The difference between feeling an emotion and acting from it
  • How curiosity creates more freedom than judgment
  • Why learning to let emotions rise and fall builds self-trust
  • This episode isn't about liking uncomfortable feelings.

    It's about changing your relationship with them.

    A question to take with you:

    What if this emotion isn't a problem to solve… but something to understand?

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      Life Uninhibited - The Enneagram 6 PodcastBy Kristin Messegee

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