743: SHIFT Your Mindset: Dr. Ethan Kross on Managing Emotions and Breaking Patterns

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Rachel Hollis

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode of the Rachel Hollis podcast, Rachel welcomes Ethan Kross, a professor at the University of Michigan and a leading expert in emotional management. They delve into the complexities of emotions, discussing how emotions like anxiety, sadness, and anger serve essential functions when experienced in the right proportions. Get your copy of Rachel's New Book Here: Audible, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Bookshop.org, or wherever books are sold! Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis 00:00 Introduction to Emotional Well-being 01:31 Meet Ethan Cross: Expert on Emotions 03:02 Understanding Emotions: Tools for Navigating Life 05:08 The Role of Anxiety and Anger 13:47 The Power of Sadness and Emotional Triggers 19:56 Managing Emotions: Practical Tools and Strategies 34:36 The Power of Touch 37:18 The Role of Attention 43:34 Managing Emotional Swings 53:05 Harnessing External Shifters 01:02:45 Conclusion and Book Information To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	I love being happy.
0:03.2	I, you know, it's part of who I am is a pretty positive guy.
0:07.5	But I recognize that being sad and anxious and envious and those serve me well at times too,
0:14.3	as long as they don't get too extreme.
0:16.5	But why is it so effortful?
0:18.2	Why does it feel so draining?
0:19.9	That's typically because these emotional experiences
0:22.9	when we have them, it's like an army mobilizing you for war, right?
0:28.2	So there's this coordinated response
0:30.9	that is getting triggered.
0:32.3	Your mind is pushing you to focus carefully on certain things.
0:37.3	It's activating your physiology in particular ways
0:41.6	to help you meet these demands of the situation.
0:43.9	All of that consumes energy.
0:46.6	And so it can get exhausting if you're doing it for too long.
0:50.2	And if you find yourself in that position,
0:52.2	that's when you want to take some efforts to shift.
0:58.3	Hi, I'm Rachel.
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