Mastering Emotions as Tools – The Emotions Doctor

The Emotions as Tools Model March 2016
Master Your Emotions as Strategic Tools: Why bother? May 2016
Anger Mastery: Respond, do not react when using your emotions as tools August 2016
Anger Mastery – Using Your Anger As a “Tool” Allows You to Take Control of Your Life October 2016
The 3M approach to feelings Part 1 October 2016
The 3M approach to feelings. Part 2 October 2016
Why you might dislike having emotions. December 2016
It’s 2 AM and you are wide awake. What you might be feeling and what you can do about it. November 2016
How do you deal with bad moods? January 2017
Your emotional toolkit. April 2017
Facts about emotions you probably didn’t know. Part 1: Some emotions have a “flipside”. August 2017
Facts about emotions you probably didn’t know. Part 2: The Functions of emotions 1 through 5. August 2017
Facts about emotions you probably didn’t know. Part 3: Functions of emotions 6 through 10. August 2017
Facts about emotions you didn’t know. Part 4: You create your emotions (and this has implications). August 2017
Yoda quotes and emotions as tools. April 2018
Happy Independence Day. Let’s Talk about Emotional Preparedness and Your Emotional Independence. July 2018
Using metaphor: Ready, Aim, Fire or Ready, Fire, Aim? July 2018
Understanding Feelings: Sunglasses, The Spotlight Effect, and Your World Model (Part 1) August 2018
Understanding Feelings: Sunglasses, The Spotlight Effect, and Your World Model (Part 2) August 2018
Getting to “Done”: Master Your Procrastination as a Strategic Tool August 2018
Emotions and Logic…Mutually Exclusive or Mutually Reinforcing? P 1: Mutually Exclusive So Less Emotion. September 2018
Emotions and Logic…Mutually Exclusive or Mutually Reinforcing? P 2: Mutually Inclusive So More Emotions September 2018
“Shoulds” are like a bad book cover. We might avoid “content” that could benefit us. October 2018
Physical and Emotional “pain”—The same to the brain. October 2018
Mastering Holiday Feelings 2018 November 2018
Catastrophising: How you make a mountain out of a molehill! December 2018
5 Facts About Emotions to Help You Take Back Control of Your Life. January 2019
Five Steps to Mastering Emotions. January 2019
Why labelling an emotion (correctly) is important. June 2019
An object lesson in Emotional Mastery from an incredible American athlete. July 2019
How to express your emotions. August 2019
Emotions and Productivity August 2019
Can you please motivate me (to finish what I started)? September 2019
Seven Top Conflict Resolution Tips Using Emotions As Tools November 2019
Covid-19 and Panic from an Emotions as Tools Perspective April 2020
Being Rational is good. But…Emotion (pain, anger and others) informs intellect. June 2020
A Self-Help “Secret” You Can Use to Make Your Life Better. July 2020
Emotions – The Meaning of Life. July 2020
Becoming aware of (so that you can master) Your Emotions: Three options. September 2020
Mindfulness-The Overlooked Key to Emotional Mastery October 2020
5 Steps to Master Any Emotion as a Strategic Tool April 2021
July 4, 2021 – Celebrate Your Three “Independences” and 7 Steps to Emotional Independence June 2021
Is There Any Advantage to Having Feelings (Emotions)? October 2021
Can a person be intellectually strong, yet emotionally weak? October 2021
How do you physically experience and manifest emotions? Step 1 of the Emotional Mastery Cycle (EMC). January 2022
Step #2 of the Emotional Mastery Cycle: Manage Your Emotional Readiness January 2022
Steps #3 and #4 of the Emotional Mastery Cycle (EMC) February 2022
Mastering Emotions for Entrepreneurs and others – A recent Podcast February 2022
What You Can Do in the Next 48 hours to Begin Mastering Your Emotions as Strategic Tools. March 2022
Mastering Emotions for Entrepreneurs and others – My second interview. March 2022
What You Can Do in the Next 48 hours to Begin Mastering Your Emotions as Strategic Tools. March 2022
This is a link to a recent podcast I did on emotions with time stamps. May 2022
A New Podcast-Different Topics. May 2022
Mastering Grief as a Strategic Emotion. June 2022
Regret: An emotion I misunderstood. Until Now. July 2022
Is it a good idea to hide negative emotions from your children? Part #1 July 2022
Is it a good idea to hide negative emotions from your children? Part #2 August 2022
Emotional Empowerment. Your Emotions are always Valid. But, They May Not be Appropriate! Anger as an example. August 2022
Your Brain VERSES Your Feelings? Nope! Your Brain AND Your Feelings. September 2022
Mastering emotions as tools: Anger, and your car’s “smart cruise control”. September 2022
Hidden Emotional Traps including: “As-if”, Castastrophising, and others. October 2022
Using Your Emotions as Motivators to Changing Your Life: A new Approach to the Upcoming Holiday Season. N0vember 2022
2023 and the Changes You Have Chosen to Make. January 2023
Four Benefits You Get When You Master Your Emotions as Strategic Tools. January 2023
Mastering the (So-called) Negative Emotion of Anxiety. February 2023
The Power of Words 1: “Why do I get mad when people say “ok” to me?” February 2023
The Power of Words 2: “Divorced” or “Single”? Psychologically, It Makes a Big Difference! March 2023
The Power of Words 3: “Feeling Stuck”? March 2023
A quick note on guilt. March 2023
Rationalize vs Rational Lies. April. 2023
Emotional Authenticity. April 2023
The potential bind of situational authenticity – A follow-up comment. May 2023
What are your “emotional” prejudices? May 2023
Blaming Your Emotions (Person or Situation) for Your Behavior is Always Inappropriate. June 2023
July 4, 2023— Celebrate TWO “Independences” and the 7 Steps to Emotional Independence. June 2023
Criticism as gotten a bad rap. Learn to strategically deploy it using Emotions as Tools Model and the Basic Relationship Rule July 2023
Let’s take a look at “hate” and why you might want to avoid it. July 2023
How to effectively understand and deal with other people in their relationships with you.–A Quick Guide. August 2023
2 Problematic Processes which Activate and Energize Emotional Threats and How To Neutralize Them. August 2023
Mastering the Emotions of “missed opportunities”. September 2023
The Emotional Mastery Cycle and Asking questions Part 1 September 2023
The Emotional Mastery Cycle and Asking Questions: Anger. Part 2 October 2023
Do your emotions “work” for you or do they “control” you? October 2023
What is the best way to stay calm in the situation when you are going to burst out your anger? November 2023