Reframe Your Emotions to Take Charge of Your Life

Daily Stretch #9: Turn emotions into a noun

Daily Stretch #9: Turn emotions into a noun

you are not what you suffer from stretch for change #9

What we suffer from can be either a noun or an adjective. The difference between one and the other is not just grammatical. Your success will depend on which is for you.

Words create chemical reactions in our brains, according to neuroscience.

Being exposed to negative words immediately releases stress-producing hormones and neurotransmitters. This chemical reaction affects your brain functioning: your thoughts, logic and communication.

When you turn an emotion into an adjective, you are labeling yourself. You become that negative emotion, releasing stress-producing hormones.

You get stuck.

Today’s Stretch: Turn Emotions Into A Noun

“You are not your emotions. You have emotions. And you can master them.” — John Lennon

The words we use shape our self-image: they can either liberate or limit our potential.

When you see emotions as a noun, they might affect you, but they are not part of whom you are.…