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Introduction

The Collaboration of Mindfulness and Emotional
Awareness

“In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous
amount about the role that emotions play in our lives. Researchers
have found that even more than IQ, your emotional awareness and
abilities to handle feelings will determine your success and happiness
in all walks of life, including family relationships.”

John Gottman (b. 1942), Professor Emeritus in Psychology

Few of us, if any at all, will experience a lifetime of ongoing
contentment and blissful harmony, without any ups and
downs or life challenges. Indeed, we wouldn’t be human if we
did.

In truth, it is frequently our greatest challenges in life that
ultimately bring us our greatest moments of growth and
learning. It is often adversity that propels us to greater levels
of awareness and solidifies the formation of our core inner
values, supporting a true appreciation of who we are and of
what we have and who we may wish to be.

So what makes this possible? What makes it possible to
manage the tough times and come out on the other side not
only “intact” but feeling stronger because of it?

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