Connect with your emotions.
In this first step we will help you process common negative emotions learning how to connect with yourself and your emotions .
This path begins with mindfully focusing on our body and observing the emotion, which helps stop the rumination by giving our brain something new and objective to focus on.
The goal is to learn how to to focus to a new objective when we are feeling negative emotions.
Relax and take a few calming breaths. Closing your eyes, “connect” by mindfully and calmly observing a negative emotion you are feeling or have felt in the past, that you feel safe exploring at this time. Notice all aspects of the emotion without judging it, shaming it, or avoiding it. Just let yourself observe it objectively, while being gentle and compassionate with yourself. Name the emotion without blaming anyone or anything, for example, “I feel anxious and fearful.” Where in your body do you feel the emotion most (your stomach, shoulders, heart, back, lungs, etc.)?