EMOTIONAL ENTITLEMENT
When emotion moves from an internal feeling to an external mode of manipulation or justification, paired with a rant, therein lies the obstacle. Emotion is either rich with connection, or ripe with expulsion. As it goes, let me draw attention to three terms and/or concepts that show up for us as complex organisms thriving and jiving in imperfection: Counterfeit Emotional Language Rational-Emotive Approach Emotional Intelligence IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I talk about EMOTIONAL ENTITLEMENT. When it comes to our emotional state, our physiology, perceptions, and social experiences all come into play. In a self serving state, we become less effective when we express our emotions in generalities, without ownership and from a state of counterfeit. In this new paradigm, might we challenge ourselves to consider that while we are fully entitled to our own emotions, we are never entitled to the emotions associated with dismissive behavior and criticisms of another, particularly when the behavior is one we’ve too been guilty of in our own times of imperfection. Let's do this!