Coaching practices for How to Deal with Emotions Biblically
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- When a big feeling crashes over me it’s like I become it
- When I’m upset I’m completely fused with the story
- The fear tells me to avoid and the hurt tells me to lash out, and every time I obey the urge it just feeds the feeling bigger
- It’s never the logistics that wreck me, it’s the feeling
- Whatever I’m feeling, I pile on top of it
Practices that may help
- 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 - 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 - Check the facts and opposite action
Test whether an emotion fits the facts; if it doesn’t, act opposite to its urge to change it.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills, Made Practical - 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 - N — Nurture with self-compassion
Offer the part that is suffering what it most needs — care, acknowledgment, reassurance — as you would a dear friend.
RAIN Meditation: Tara Brach’s Four-Step Practice - 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 - Give yourself permission to feel
Drop the judgment about whether you should or shouldn’t feel a certain way — the emotion is already there.
Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical - Understand the function of the emotion
Every emotion evolved because it does something useful — learn what yours is trying to do.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical - Bring feelings into the conversation deliberately
Name the emotions instead of leaking them — unspoken feelings don’t leave, they distort.
Difficult Conversations, Made Practical - Check the facts
Before acting on an emotion, ask whether your interpretation of the situation actually fits the evidence.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical
Related concerns
- How To Deal With Your Emotions Biblically
After the stop, observe the situation, your emotions, and your urges — without judgment and without acting on them.
O — Observe: Notice What Is Actually Happening
- How To Handle Emotions Biblically
After the stop, observe the situation, your emotions, and your urges — without judgment and without acting on them.
- How To Deal With Emotions
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
Mindfulness of the current emotion
- How To Deal With Emotions Book
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
- How To Deal With My Emotions Better
Name the emotions instead of leaking them — unspoken feelings don’t leave, they distort.
Bring feelings into the conversation deliberately
- How To Handle Emotions Better
Name the emotions instead of leaking them — unspoken feelings don’t leave, they distort.
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