Coaching practices for Brief Mindfulness for Emotions

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• When a big feeling crashes over me it’s like I become it
• The instant a feeling hits I’m already inside it, reacting before I’ve had a single second to choose
• When a big emotion hits, it becomes the whole world
• I can tell I’m off — short with people, tight, reactive — but if you asked me what I’m actually feeling I couldn’t say, and I want to slow down enough to even know what’s going on in me.
• When a wave of anger or panic hits, it feels like it’ll swallow me whole if I don’t do something right now

Practices that may help

1. Mindfulness of the current emotion
   Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
   DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical
2. Mindfulness and Wise Mind
   Observe and describe your experience without judgment, finding the balance between emotion mind and reason mind.
   Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills, Made Practical
3. Recognize aware presence within strong emotion
   When a strong emotion arises, shift to noticing the awareness in which the emotion appears rather than being swept by it.
   Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical
4. R — Recognize what is happening
   Pause and name what is actually present: "Fear is here," "Anger is here," "Shame is here."
   RAIN Meditation: Tara Brach’s Four-Step Practice
5. Riding the emotion wave with anicca awareness
   When a strong emotion hits, track it through its full arc — notice it peak and fall without fleeing or amplifying.
   Anicca: Working Practically with Impermanence
6. O — Observe: Notice What Is Actually Happening
   After the stop, observe the situation, your emotions, and your urges — without judgment and without acting on them.
   The STOP Skill: A DBT Technique for Crisis Moments
7. Noting emotional states — "agitation," "fear," "joy," "boredom"
   Label the emotional tone present during meditation — "boredom," "agitation," "restlessness," "sadness" — before returning attention.
   Noting Practice, Made Practical
8. Mindful awareness of suffering
   Hold painful feelings in balanced awareness — neither suppressing them nor being swept away by them.
   Self-Compassion, Made Practical
9. Arrive: openly notice what is happening right now
   Pause and acknowledge thoughts, feelings, and body sensations without editing.
   The Three-Minute Breathing Space
10. Observe the emotion without feeding it
    When a strong emotion hits, watch it without adding the story that keeps it going.
    The 90-Second Rule, Made Practical

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