July 22nd, 2020

What if we can learn that the undesirable or bad emotions are something that we can feel?  That they do not need to be medicated away.  What if we learned that mental health is not the absence of mental pain?  What if we can learn to have a meaningful, bumpy life. 
Please understand that some people do need help with debilitating emotional states of anxiety, depression, etc.
Anxiety is our perception that bad stuff will happen, but how are we going to handle it?
Brene Brown praises vulnerability, struggle and adversity.  She teaches that hope is what we learn from struggle.
Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that the lotus flower cannot bloom without the mud.
Kelly Mcgonigal a Health Psychologist at Stanford studies how we can learn that the stress response is good.  Oh, my heart rate is going up, that means that I am ready for this challenge.
This is stuff that gives me the good juice.

LENS helps with the reactive process.  It calms the brain down.  It helps with taking a step back.