Dr. Marc Brackett
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that we have is that we're gonna get lost in all these feelings, but no one's asking you to get lost in their feelings. What they're asking for is support. They're asking you to just listen and to maybe ask me a few questions to help me clarify my experience and then help me on a path towards feeling better.
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Questions to yourself. Say things like, Mark. I mean, I travel a lot and, you know, I was just in Washington state for some presentations before this flight delays and my flight got canceled. I missed a dinner and I used to get really worked up about it. And I would just, and I just, take a seat at the airport, take a nice long inhale.
Questions to yourself. Say things like, Mark. I mean, I travel a lot and, you know, I was just in Washington state for some presentations before this flight delays and my flight got canceled. I missed a dinner and I used to get really worked up about it. And I would just, and I just, take a seat at the airport, take a nice long inhale.
Questions to yourself. Say things like, Mark. I mean, I travel a lot and, you know, I was just in Washington state for some presentations before this flight delays and my flight got canceled. I missed a dinner and I used to get really worked up about it. And I would just, and I just, take a seat at the airport, take a nice long inhale.
I'm like, Mark, is this really going to be something that's going to bother you next week? I'm working on a book. I'm like, I got another night in hotel to work. I actually reframed it as an opportunity to like have some space and write. And so you can use these techniques a lot going back to my dad.
I'm like, Mark, is this really going to be something that's going to bother you next week? I'm working on a book. I'm like, I got another night in hotel to work. I actually reframed it as an opportunity to like have some space and write. And so you can use these techniques a lot going back to my dad.
I'm like, Mark, is this really going to be something that's going to bother you next week? I'm working on a book. I'm like, I got another night in hotel to work. I actually reframed it as an opportunity to like have some space and write. And so you can use these techniques a lot going back to my dad.
So my dad, as he got older, his anger did come back and he was kind of, there were, I remember this one, you know, time where we're at a family dinner and And I had already been in my position for a while. And there was a little bit of resentment with my father because he was a a blue collar worker and a very, very talented air conditioning repairman and had a good career.
So my dad, as he got older, his anger did come back and he was kind of, there were, I remember this one, you know, time where we're at a family dinner and And I had already been in my position for a while. And there was a little bit of resentment with my father because he was a a blue collar worker and a very, very talented air conditioning repairman and had a good career.
So my dad, as he got older, his anger did come back and he was kind of, there were, I remember this one, you know, time where we're at a family dinner and And I had already been in my position for a while. And there was a little bit of resentment with my father because he was a a blue collar worker and a very, very talented air conditioning repairman and had a good career.
And, but all of a sudden, you know, went to graduate school and got PhDs. And that was, you know, it was a little bit difficult for my father at some time. And so when I got a job at Yale in particular, you know, he got a little, there was some emotions about that.
And, but all of a sudden, you know, went to graduate school and got PhDs. And that was, you know, it was a little bit difficult for my father at some time. And so when I got a job at Yale in particular, you know, he got a little, there was some emotions about that.
And, but all of a sudden, you know, went to graduate school and got PhDs. And that was, you know, it was a little bit difficult for my father at some time. And so when I got a job at Yale in particular, you know, he got a little, there was some emotions about that.
And I remember we were at this one dinner and basically he, I'm not going to repeat what he said because it's really gross, but he said something like, you know, Mark, you think your blank doesn't stink anymore. And I was like, eesh. And then he just kind of went on and on and on. And I had to make a choice.