Coaching practices for Emotional Agility During a Big Change
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- There’s a conversation I know I need to have
- I keep waiting until I feel ready or motivated before I move on the thing that matters, and that feeling never quite arrives, so weeks pass with me planning some big change instead of just taking one small step today.
- Something big happened and I feel two opposite things at once
- My mood keeps making my decisions for me
- The moment a hard feeling shows up I’m already busy escaping it
Practices that may help
- Emotional Agility, Made Practical
Emotional agility, developed by psychologist Susan David, is the ability to engage with your emotions — including the difficult ones — with curiosity and without being controlled by them. Unlike toxic positivity, it does not suppress or reframe negative feelings away; it asks you to see them clearly and choose your response from values rather than from reflex. The framework draws heavily on ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), which has a well-established research base. - Develop emotional courage
Choose discomfort deliberately when the values-aligned path is harder — courage is a practice, not a trait.
Emotional Agility, Made Practical - Make tiny tweaks, not heroic leaps
Change behavior by adjusting the smallest action in the direction of your values — not by waiting until you feel ready.
Emotional Agility, Made Practical - Notice and name mixed or contradictory emotions simultaneously
When something significant happens, look for two or more emotions that coexist — even contradictory ones.
The Feeling Wheel: Building Emotional Vocabulary - Walk your why — act from values, not from mood
Choose your response based on what matters to you, not on what the emotion is demanding.
Emotional Agility, Made Practical - Show up — turn toward difficult emotions
Face difficult feelings with curiosity rather than suppressing, avoiding, or being swept into them.
Emotional Agility, Made Practical - Update your love map after major life changes
When life shifts, assume your map is outdated and ask new questions.
Love Maps: Knowing Your Partner's Inner World - Name the emotions the situation will likely produce
Predict which feelings will show up and at what intensity — so they are not surprises when they arrive.
Cope Ahead: DBT’s Method for Preparing for Difficult Situations - Name the loss the adaptive challenge requires
Explicitly acknowledge what people must give up — not just what they will gain.
Adaptive Leadership, Made Practical - Modify situations before entering them
When you must enter a difficult situation, shape it in advance to reduce its emotional cost.
Situation Selection, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Emotional Intelligence During A Big Change
When something significant happens, look for two or more emotions that coexist — even contradictory ones.
Notice and name mixed or contradictory emotions simultaneously
- Emotional Agility After A Setback
Change how you interpret a stressor — its meaning, scope, and permanence — to change its emotional impact.
Reframe through cognitive reappraisal
- Emotional Agility When Overwhelmed
Emotional agility, developed by psychologist Susan David, is the ability to engage with your emotions — including the difficult ones — with curiosity and without being controlled by them. Unlike toxic positivity, it does not suppress or reframe negative feelings away; it asks you to see them clearly and choose your response from values rather than from reflex. The framework draws heavily on ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), which has a well-established research base.
- Emotional Agility When Starting Out
Emotional agility, developed by psychologist Susan David, is the ability to engage with your emotions — including the difficult ones — with curiosity and without being controlled by them. Unlike toxic positivity, it does not suppress or reframe negative feelings away; it asks you to see them clearly and choose your response from values rather than from reflex. The framework draws heavily on ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), which has a well-established research base.
- What Is Emotional Agility
Emotional agility, developed by psychologist Susan David, is the ability to engage with your emotions — including the difficult ones — with curiosity and without being controlled by them. Unlike toxic positivity, it does not suppress or reframe negative feelings away; it asks you to see them clearly and choose your response from values rather than from reflex. The framework draws heavily on ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), which has a well-established research base.
- Emotional Agility
Emotional agility, developed by psychologist Susan David, is the ability to engage with your emotions — including the difficult ones — with curiosity and without being controlled by them. Unlike toxic positivity, it does not suppress or reframe negative feelings away; it asks you to see them clearly and choose your response from values rather than from reflex. The framework draws heavily on ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), which has a well-established research base.
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