Thanks for sharing, Louise! There was a recent episode of a favorite podcast of mine, The Gray Area with Sean Illing, in which the host interviewed Mariana Alessandri, who wrote a whole book (called Night Vision) about dealing with "dark" or "negative" emotions. Basically, feeling sad or angry is just as normal as feeling happy or hopeful, and we shouldn't try to force ourselves to feel only "positive" emotions when things get us down. It was a very interesting conversation and her book sounds fascinating. (The episode is called "What to do with your sadness, pain, and grief") Like you, I also usually like to focus on the good things, but sometimes you just need to sit with sadness or anger. (Still working on that!)
Thank you so much for sharing about the podcast episode, Elise! I really like the name of the book you mentioned: "Night Vision." I reminded me of this phrase I recently came across - "you have to learn to walk in the dark" (= operate without external guidance, just relying on your own inner guidance) and night vision would be very helpful if you have to walk in the dark! :)
Thanks for sharing, Louise! There was a recent episode of a favorite podcast of mine, The Gray Area with Sean Illing, in which the host interviewed Mariana Alessandri, who wrote a whole book (called Night Vision) about dealing with "dark" or "negative" emotions. Basically, feeling sad or angry is just as normal as feeling happy or hopeful, and we shouldn't try to force ourselves to feel only "positive" emotions when things get us down. It was a very interesting conversation and her book sounds fascinating. (The episode is called "What to do with your sadness, pain, and grief") Like you, I also usually like to focus on the good things, but sometimes you just need to sit with sadness or anger. (Still working on that!)
Thank you so much for sharing about the podcast episode, Elise! I really like the name of the book you mentioned: "Night Vision." I reminded me of this phrase I recently came across - "you have to learn to walk in the dark" (= operate without external guidance, just relying on your own inner guidance) and night vision would be very helpful if you have to walk in the dark! :)