Understanding Emotions with Susan David

<p>Susan David is a psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School. She’s also the co-founder and co-director of The Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital and is CEO of Evidence-Based Psychology. Along with speaking and consulting, Susan is also the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/30rjeoT" target="_blank"><em>Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life</em></a>.</p><p>In this episode, Susan David and Eric examine how we can experience, interpret, talk about, and relate to our emotions so that we live a life that is more intentional&nbsp;and deeply rooted in what we value.&nbsp;</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" 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><strong>In This Interview, Susan David and I Discuss Understanding Emotions and…</strong></p><ul><li>Her book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/30rjeoT" target="_blank"><em>Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and Life</em></a></li><li>The problem of going on autopilot through our habitual actions</li><li>The problem of going on autopilot through the habits of our internal world</li><li>The benefits of taking time to think about what we value and then examining our habitual patterns to find ways they might be out of alignment</li><li>That we own our emotions, they don’t own us</li><li>Values as qualities of action</li><li>Engaging with choice points in life&nbsp;Actions as votes towards the person we want to be</li><li>The mistaken view of emotions as good or bad</li><li>Emotions as signposts for the things we care about</li><li>That emotions are data, not directives</li><li>How to decipher whether emotions are old habitual patterns or present-day valuable signals</li><li>Asking, “Is my believing t