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In my own life, I have had some pretty challenging
experiences including childhood depression, domestic
violence in my adult life and the challenge of being a single
Mum.

During the most difficult times in my life, whilst I clearly
didn’t enjoy the way that I was feeling, I can say without
exception that every ‘uncomfortable, uneasy’ emotion that I
felt was a natural response to a situation in my life that wasn’t
ok. These challenging emotions were giving me “good
information” and I needed to learn listen to them.

Our emotions are a powerful, human commodity.
They can be our strongest and most supportive ally in life, or
they can disable us, leaving us feeling blocked or at worst, out
of control and in pieces.

In my experience, it is never the emotion itself that’s the
problem.

Our ability to listen to the information that our emotions bring
and to then choose what we do with that information, from a
position of mindful, considered thought will make the
difference between a challenging life experience becoming a
break through, rather than a break down.

I know that my deepening ability to listen to my emotions and
to consider every emotional state that I feel as ‘valuable
information’ has created a way of living that in itself, has been
completely life changing.

This is the second in my series of books about the
intelligence of our emotions.

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