Coaching practices for Mindful Observation Emotions

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• 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 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
• Some restless, irritable mood washes over me while I’m sitting and I can feel it driving me, but I can’t even say what it is

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. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Notice the noticer: find the observing awareness
   Shift attention from what you are noticing to the awareness that is doing the noticing.
   The Witness Stance
7. Meeting emotion in open presence
   When a difficult emotion arises during open monitoring, stay in the witnessing position rather than contracting or escaping.
   Open Monitoring Meditation, Made Practical
8. Self-awareness
   Notice your emotions as they arise and recognize how they shape your judgment and behavior.
   Emotional Intelligence, Made Practical
9. 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
10. Return to the observer during difficult emotional moments
    When flooded by emotion, briefly step to the observing perspective before responding.
    Self-as-Context (Observing Self), Made Practical

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