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Emotions

A collection of 9 posts

How EBT Changes Biochemistry
Optimal Health

How EBT Changes Biochemistry

By processing our emotions, we can change our biochemistry. The new medicine is emotional resilience, as by feeling better, we get better. EBT is foundational to optimal health.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
#1 Addiction: Suppressing Emotions
Emotions

#1 Addiction: Suppressing Emotions

Suppressing emotions often starts with not having the skills to turn gnarly, stuck emotions into positive, flowing feelings, and continues as a Survival Circuit . . . a drive to suppress rather than express.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The Age of the Emotional Brain
Emotional Brain

The Age of the Emotional Brain

The thinking brain in stress is not effective in delivering effective self-regulation, and most health and social problems follow. A shift to gaining control of the emotional brain offers a natural, drug-free solution.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Boundless JOY! It's a skill
Adversity

Boundless JOY! It's a skill

It's not until we dig so deep into the mysterious wires in our emotional brain that the self-torture that follows a loss goes "poof" and brings boundless joy.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Fear of Feelings?
Allostatic Emotions

Fear of Feelings?

Chronic stress, aka toxic emotions, kill us, so getting past fearing our feelings and learning how to use them to clear stress is foundational to healthcare.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
EBT . . . A Solution for Life
Resilience

EBT . . . A Solution for Life

What is the gift of life? A brain that solves any problem if we allow ourselves to move through the emotional flow that we call EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
COVID-19 Emotional Release
COVID-19

COVID-19 Emotional Release

How to stop the numbness and overwhelm caused by the pandemic? Do EBT Cycles. Why does that work? It releases emotions, and helps us know ourselves, and knowing ourselves brings calm.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
COVID-19? Enter "The Age of the Emotional Brain"
the Age of the Emotional Brain

COVID-19? Enter "The Age of the Emotional Brain"

The Age of the Emotional Brain has arrived, as thinking and isolation are not enough. Processing intense emotions effectively and sticking together is what we need.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Trust the Process
The Emotional Brain

Trust the Process

What if we trusted the process? That would be starting with emotional activations and circling around to thoughts and actions. Ohhhh, how wonderful life would be . . .

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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