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Podcast: It's Not About the Alcohol
Episode: Ep91: How to heal (instead of cope with) emotional triggers (Part 2) with Ruth Fearnow
Description: How do you cope with panic attacks, mood swings, eruptions of rage or other illogical reactions that feel out of proportion to the situation? Â Many of us think the antidote to emotional reactivity is to distract ourselves with positivity. We take a breath, try to walk it off or visualize a basket of puppies on the beach at sunset. Â We tell ourselves to just let it go and to stop letting it bother us. Which sounds great. But HOW do you actually do that? Especially when it keeps happening? Â ...