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Episode Synopsis
It’s not easy to reflect on our emotions without judging them or running away from them. It’s difficult to stay with challenging or frightening feelings and thoughts. But to cultivate awareness means taking an open, curious, and non-judgmental approach to observing our minds.
More than simple or immediate observation (like Attunement), awareness asks us to get curious and reflect on our feelings, emotions, thoughts, and the landscape of experience we discovered in step one of attunement. What emotions are coming up for us? What thoughts keep coming into our consciousness?
In this second step of the 5 A’s of Agility for Spiritual Health, Pam King explains how we can become more emotionally aware and open-minded about our psychological reality. The key to observing our thoughts and feelings is to simply look, and not judge yourself. Let the emotions come and go, and learn from they provide information to us.
ANNOUNCEMENT: With & For Season 2 launches on January 6, 2025!
Show Notes
Jill Westbrook introduces the episode
For the most enriching and helpful listening experience, make sure to start with the beginning of this series!
More than immediate observation: we must reflect non-judgmentally
Just observe, don’t judge yourself.
Examining the meaning of our feelings, thoughts, and sensations
Attach reflective thoughts to our embodied and psychological experience
Journaling is a powerful exercise to connect kinetically with emotional realities.
Narration and storytelling helps with processing non-judgmentally.
Cultivating curiosity and open-mindedness
“So be curious, welcome the dust, welcome the muck, hold it, consider what it means and what it's pointing you towards.”
“Avenues for growth. Avenues for loving yourself.”
Uncover the values that fuel our life.
Understanding anger, sadness, disappointment, joy, delight—all as emotional signposts to meaning and purpose
Emotions that direct us to what matters.
Practical Example: Anger
Practical Example: Sorrow or Sadness
“Linger, but don’t loiter.”
“You’re not in this alone.”
About the Thrive Center
Learn more at thethrivecenter.org.
Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenter
Follow us on X @thrivecenter
Follow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter
About Dr. Pam King
Dr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy. Follow her @drpamking.
About With & For
Host: Pam King
Senior Director and Producer: Jill Westbrook
Operations Manager: Lauren Kim
Social Media Graphic Designer: Wren Juergensen
Special thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.
More than simple or immediate observation (like Attunement), awareness asks us to get curious and reflect on our feelings, emotions, thoughts, and the landscape of experience we discovered in step one of attunement. What emotions are coming up for us? What thoughts keep coming into our consciousness?
In this second step of the 5 A’s of Agility for Spiritual Health, Pam King explains how we can become more emotionally aware and open-minded about our psychological reality. The key to observing our thoughts and feelings is to simply look, and not judge yourself. Let the emotions come and go, and learn from they provide information to us.
ANNOUNCEMENT: With & For Season 2 launches on January 6, 2025!
Show Notes
Jill Westbrook introduces the episode
For the most enriching and helpful listening experience, make sure to start with the beginning of this series!
More than immediate observation: we must reflect non-judgmentally
Just observe, don’t judge yourself.
Examining the meaning of our feelings, thoughts, and sensations
Attach reflective thoughts to our embodied and psychological experience
Journaling is a powerful exercise to connect kinetically with emotional realities.
Narration and storytelling helps with processing non-judgmentally.
Cultivating curiosity and open-mindedness
“So be curious, welcome the dust, welcome the muck, hold it, consider what it means and what it's pointing you towards.”
“Avenues for growth. Avenues for loving yourself.”
Uncover the values that fuel our life.
Understanding anger, sadness, disappointment, joy, delight—all as emotional signposts to meaning and purpose
Emotions that direct us to what matters.
Practical Example: Anger
Practical Example: Sorrow or Sadness
“Linger, but don’t loiter.”
“You’re not in this alone.”
About the Thrive Center
Learn more at thethrivecenter.org.
Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenter
Follow us on X @thrivecenter
Follow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter
About Dr. Pam King
Dr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy. Follow her @drpamking.
About With & For
Host: Pam King
Senior Director and Producer: Jill Westbrook
Operations Manager: Lauren Kim
Social Media Graphic Designer: Wren Juergensen
Special thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.
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