Dr. Ethan Kross

Yeah. We better get started.

The first thing that I've learned over the past 25 or so years doing research in this space is if you ever find yourself going down that vortex of doom and despair or anxiety or even overcome with other negative emotions that don't really feel good in the moment, welcome to the human condition. We all do at times.

The first thing that I've learned over the past 25 or so years doing research in this space is if you ever find yourself going down that vortex of doom and despair or anxiety or even overcome with other negative emotions that don't really feel good in the moment, welcome to the human condition. We all do at times.

The first thing that I've learned over the past 25 or so years doing research in this space is if you ever find yourself going down that vortex of doom and despair or anxiety or even overcome with other negative emotions that don't really feel good in the moment, welcome to the human condition. We all do at times.

And I think that's a really important point for people to take home because I can't tell you how many people I meet who really feel bad about themselves when they find themselves slipping into one of those emotional states. We evolve the capacity to experience negative emotions for a reason. And we'll talk more about that today when they're experienced in the right proportions, they can be useful.

And I think that's a really important point for people to take home because I can't tell you how many people I meet who really feel bad about themselves when they find themselves slipping into one of those emotional states. We evolve the capacity to experience negative emotions for a reason. And we'll talk more about that today when they're experienced in the right proportions, they can be useful.

And I think that's a really important point for people to take home because I can't tell you how many people I meet who really feel bad about themselves when they find themselves slipping into one of those emotional states. We evolve the capacity to experience negative emotions for a reason. And we'll talk more about that today when they're experienced in the right proportions, they can be useful.

So number one, if you experience worry, rumination, if you find your inner critic activating at times, there's nothing wrong with you. To the contrary, I would argue there's everything right with you. Number two, there are no one size fits all solutions for managing these states that we want to bring more under our control. We have evolved to possess lots and lots of different tools. And

So number one, if you experience worry, rumination, if you find your inner critic activating at times, there's nothing wrong with you. To the contrary, I would argue there's everything right with you. Number two, there are no one size fits all solutions for managing these states that we want to bring more under our control. We have evolved to possess lots and lots of different tools. And

So number one, if you experience worry, rumination, if you find your inner critic activating at times, there's nothing wrong with you. To the contrary, I would argue there's everything right with you. Number two, there are no one size fits all solutions for managing these states that we want to bring more under our control. We have evolved to possess lots and lots of different tools. And

I think the key to managing our emotional lives more effectively involves learning about what all those tools are and then figuring out what are the unique combinations that work for you based on who you are as a unique individual. It's a lot like in my mind's physical fitness.

I think the key to managing our emotional lives more effectively involves learning about what all those tools are and then figuring out what are the unique combinations that work for you based on who you are as a unique individual. It's a lot like in my mind's physical fitness.

I think the key to managing our emotional lives more effectively involves learning about what all those tools are and then figuring out what are the unique combinations that work for you based on who you are as a unique individual. It's a lot like in my mind's physical fitness.

Lots of people have the goal to be physically fit, but the way they get there can be radically different compared to other people. And the same is true when it comes to, if we want to call it emotional fitness, you got to learn about all the different machines in the gym. And then you got to figure out what are the exercises that work for me based on who I am and what my goals are.

Lots of people have the goal to be physically fit, but the way they get there can be radically different compared to other people. And the same is true when it comes to, if we want to call it emotional fitness, you got to learn about all the different machines in the gym. And then you got to figure out what are the exercises that work for me based on who I am and what my goals are.

Lots of people have the goal to be physically fit, but the way they get there can be radically different compared to other people. And the same is true when it comes to, if we want to call it emotional fitness, you got to learn about all the different machines in the gym. And then you got to figure out what are the exercises that work for me based on who I am and what my goals are.

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Probably maybe a couple of months ago. And it was linked with one of my daughter's.