Can negative emotions be good for you?

When working with difficulties, we need to draw on our inner resources. But when we let our emotions overwhelm us, they outmatch our ability to manage them, and thereby we diminish our willpower to face & overcome those challenges. This podcast moves you through a short exercise that can help you deal with challenging feelings without getting absorbed in them. By listening to this episode, you will learn an easy tool that you can use to regulate your emotions better. Once you build your emotional resilience, you will have more courage & willpower to cope with both internal and external challenges. Happy practicing!

Emotional strength is not about having ZERO negative emotions. We all tend to devalue negative emotions. But once you listen to this episode, you will understand why it is wrong to stigmatize negative emotions altogether as bad or undesirable, and you will also have a better idea about how you can use negative emotions to your advantage. Of course, if the experience of negative emotions are intense and enduring we need to seek help, however the occasional and inevitable experience of negative emotions should not be regarded as dysfunctional or not good for mental health. Listen to learn why!

Listen this if you are busy, overwhelmed and living in a state of time scarcity, constantly trying to achieve more in less time. When productivity becomes an addiction, it makes us tired, stressed, anxious and prone to being irritable. In this video, you will learn a quick and effective way to slow down and come back to present moment. As a result you will settle your mind and feel calmer. This exercise can make a profound impact on the quality of your day, of course, if you practice it regularly. Practice it as many times, until it becomes continuous at all times!

Welcome to The Good Life Kit. This show is hosted by Dr Irem Gunay. In this episode, I will talk about who the heck I am and why you should bother listening to me!If you want to hear the first episode, then be sure to subscribe on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The episodes will also be available to watch on my YouTube channel, The Good Life Kit.