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Practice: Managing emotional triggers

Practice: Managing emotional triggers

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Practice: Managing emotional triggers

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- This mindfulness practice is to help you become more aware of your emotional triggers and grow your emotional intelligence. Find a quiet space and shut off any distractions. Sit comfortably, spine straight, shoulders relaxed, feet on the floor. You can close your eyes or soften your gaze. Inhale through your nose and then exhale through the mouth. Now start to deepen your breath. Breathe in. (breath inhaling) Two, three, four. Breathe out. Two, three, four. Breathe in. (breath inhaling) Two, three, four. Breathe out. Two, three, four. Now bring to mind a situation where you felt triggered. Perhaps it's a situation you experienced recently or one you experience often. Your trigger is when something happens and your emotions are hijacked. For example, one trigger I'm working on is, when someone criticizes me, I tend to get really angry. See if you can remember your trigger situation in slow motion.…

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