We all experience it – the dizzying highs of helpful emotions, and the crushing lows of the unhelpful ones. In this episode, Jacqui explains exactly what is emotion regulation – and how, if you develop some simple skills, you’ll be able to identify and navigate your thoughts and feelings in a far healthier way.

You’ll hear heaps of tips and tricks as to how to actually label what the emotion your feeling is – did you know that anger is a secondary emotion, and you’re probably feeling something else underneath?

Jacqui also talks through how there are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ emotions – rather, it’s about identifying ‘helpful’ and ‘unhelpful’ emotions, and then figuring out how to either up-regulate the helpful emotions – happiness, joy, success – and down-regulate the unhelpful ones, such as sadness, disappointment or hurt.

Jacqui and Antonia also go through how to help and teach your kids on emotional regulation (or “superpowers, as Jacqui calls them – she’s even written a book about her daughter, When the Wind Blew, on the subject!) and offer some super-easy and practical tips for adults, ranging from thought strategies through to pure physiological ways of managing unhelpful emotions (cold shower, anyone?!)

We’d also like to say a big warm thank you to our wonderful sponsors of this episode: The fantastic folks at Woop, who keep our bellies deliciously full and warm, and the lovely team at Emma who ensure we get a good night’s sleep!

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