S4 EP9: Accepting Your Emotions

Emotions are a big part of our day-to-day life. They affect our happiness, health, and productivity; accepting our emotions is a key component of our happiness and well-being.

In this wonderful and power-packed episode, Kristel shares her insight on the laws of the universe. There will always be low moments and high, exciting moments in life. Accepting the existence of both moments enables one to have a serene calm life without giving energy to things you have no control over. Kristel shares a story about her current situation in marriage and what she is learning from the situation.

Understanding how to handle our different emotions and recognizing why they occur is paramount to enhancing a healthy, calm life. Meditation plays a significant role in helping us manage our emotions by helping us focus on the present moment. Additionally, finding gratitude in all life situations enables one to live life in abundance.

Tune in!

KEY POINTS:

[00:24] Episode introduction 

[02:33] Kristel’s Instagram page

[04:50] The interview series on ‘what do men want’ that she is currently working on 

[04:57] Why she prefers working with women before they get into relationships 

[08:00] Her monthly overnight getaway

[11:31] The laws of the universe

[12:09] Quote #1 The problem is not people being educated; the problem is that they are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, but not educated enough to question what they have been taught

[13:36] Quote #2 Trying to control what is outside of your control will control you 

[16:26] Kristel’s current situation in marriage 

[23:00] The ‘life lessons to pass onto your children’ interview series 

[29:27] How to handle emotions

[36:19] Quote #3 I am washing my face before bed while a country is on fire. It feels dumb to wash my face and dumb not to, it has never been this way, and it has always been this way. Someone has always clinked a cocktail glass in one hemisphere as someone loses a home in another. While someone falls in love in the same apartment building where someone grieves. The fact that suffering, mundanity, and beauty coincide is unbearable and remarkable

[37:55] Quote #4 One day, you will wake up, and there won’t be any more time to do the things you have always wanted to do. Do it now

[40:41] Finding gratitude in everything 

[42:41] One of the most underrated relationship skills is the ability to sit with our uncomfortable feelings instead of reacting by controlling or withdrawing

[46:05] Episode summary

QUOTABLES:

“Just because you are married to someone, and you have kids with them does not mean that you were meant to be with them.” [06:04]