In Chapter 3 we looked at the importance of positive emotions and the effect that feeling good has on our physical and mental well-being. We saw how this works as a feedback loop that is essential to our ability to grow and develop in all areas of our lives. This chapter, although concerned with the subject of our emotional well-being, is all about how we think, with and about, our emotions. Emotions inform and drive us in every area of our lives; the more we understand ourselves emotionally, the more able we are to understand other people and respond and act with our emotions and desires rather than at their mercy. We can ‘think’ better when ...
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