In this week's episode, I talk about 2 ways that we deal with our emotions (from Brene Brown's work): 1) processing and 2) perseverating. Basically, processing is when we acknowledge and address our emotions constructively, either by working to resolve an issue or accepting something that has happened to us. Perseverating is when we find ourselves in what I like to call a "feelings loop" where we are just going around and around in circles witout actually resolving anything. Perseverating also often makes us feel worse/makes our emotions stronger without fixing anything. I give some examples of these from my own life, and the action item for this week is to pay attention to whether your emotions are in the processing or perseverating camp. If you notice that you are perseverating (also called ruminating), maybe set yourself up with a "worry" time (or just time to feel that feeling and ideally write it down) once a day and then if you start to think about the thing at other times, remind yourself about your one time a day and try to let it go until then.