Recent content by carola

Thank you. I spent two decades in talk therapy, diving into painful emotions. And I recognize the necessity of this. But painful emotions alone will keep us trapped. All studies on neuroplasticity over the past two decades have demonstrated this. We need both: to study our full complement...

Thank you so much for this response. Yes; I do believe that we are wired for a negative bias -- which is the reason I am stopping the program. I am on the seventh day and really surprised at the focus on anger, pain, sadness, and writing for 15-20 minutes about every painful and traumatic...

I find myself wondering throughout this protocol: what about repressed positive emotions? At first glance, it may seem ridiculous. Who would repress a positive emotion? It's almost universal, in fact. And particularly prevalent for those of us who suffered abuse in childhood/had a narcissistic...