443: Guy Winch on Emotional First Aid

<p>Guy Winch, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist,&nbsp;keynote and&nbsp;TED Talk speaker,&nbsp;and&nbsp;author whose books have been translated into twenty languages. In this episode, Eric and Guy discuss his book&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780142181072" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts</a>.</p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>In This Interview, Guy Winch and I Discuss Emotional First Aid and …</p><ul><li>His book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780142181072" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts</a></li><li>Understanding that we need to tend to our emotional wounds just as we would physical wounds</li><li>Building emotional resiliency&nbsp;by addressing these small wounds</li><li>How to treat the emotional wound of rejection</li><li>Identifying exactly what the hurt feelings are</li><li>How the brain registers physical and emotional pain in the same way</li><li>Learning to improve low self-esteem</li><li>Writing exercises to help deal with rejection and failure</li><li>How ruminating can easily become a habit and lead to depression</li><li>The dangers of rumination: stewing vs. doing</li><li>How rumination is vulnerable to distraction, engage your mind somewhere else</li><li>What works and doesn’t work in building self-esteem</li><li>Building self-compassion</li><li>The detective mindset vs. a harmful and self-critical mindset</li></ul><p>Guy Winch Links:</p><p><a href="https://www.guywinch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Guy’