How to flip the emotional switch

November 3, 4:29 PMHolistic Wellness ExaminerAlice Landry

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Although your emotional state involves many factors, including biological and external influences, negative conditioned responses can be switched to positive, conscious reactions.

In any given moment, your mind, body, heart, and soul are at work whether you are consciously aware of it or not.

When you experience a dramatic or chaotic event, you are more likely to notice and deliver a slew of negative mental, emotional, physical and spiritual effects generated by ingrained beliefs and patterns.

For example, if you are triggered emotionally or get your buttons pushed by someone who fails to call when he said he was going to, your automatic response may be anger and frustration. Then you may start to worry or doubt your own actions and ultimately feel rejected.

All of those negative reactions are created by ego thoughts, attitudes, and perceptions of what may or may not have caused the lack of phone call in the first place.

You may have experienced a similar situation in the past, such as with a previous relationship where an ex-boyfriend just decided not to call and that was his way of breaking up with you. So anytime someone misses a scheduled call, you cringe and subconsciously regress to the emotional state where you were initially rejected.

Incidents like this happen all the time in daily life. In order to avoid unhealthy, negative emotional burdens placed on yourself, you should work on staying fully present in the here and now.

If something triggers you in a detrimental way, follow these steps:

1. Take a couple of deep breaths.
2. Bring your attention to what is upsetting you.
3. Understand that this experience is completely different and separate from any past emotional difficulties and relationships.
4. Identify your role in the situation and claim any responsibility for your part.
5. Ask your higher self, God, or the angels to help you choose and experience peace.
6. Say an affirmation or intention to heal the challenging event in the highest and best way.
7. Visualize your heart and solar plexus area filling with light and love.
8. Hold on to your power by refusing to drain yourself because of someone else's mistake.
9. Listen to your gut instinct. If you intuitively sense you should just wait, then don't try to force something else to happen.
10. Detach from any preconceived expectations and give yourself time and patience for a purposeful resolution to occur.
11. Release the need or struggle to be right. Show forgiveness and compassion for any transgressions.
12. Accept the outcome as it is and discover any underlying blessings in disguise.
13. Feel good about yourself for choosing a different path - one that is healthy and positive instead of negative and stressful.

If you become angry or upset, don't bottle up the negative energy and stress. Process the perpetuating incident, gently let go of harmful emotions, and transform unhealthy responses into self-empowering ones.

In lieu of escalating anxiety in your mind, body, heart, and soul, show self-awareness and consciously choose another path to enhance the final outcome. Remember you can only control your own thoughts, feelings, and actions, not someone else's.

Flipping the emotional switch from self-defeating patterns and feelings to those that serve a higher purpose can take time, practice, and patience.

The results from a more insightful, present awareness response, however, can prove to be healing and beneficial for all involved.

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Affirmations: I am capable of maintaining present moment awareness and am self-aware of all that I think, feel, and do. If I am triggered by something that has upset me in the past, I take a deep breath, realize it is now the present, and choose a path of conscious healing and insight. I gently release unhealthy emotions and empower myself with love and light.

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