Daily Opportunities to Learn to Accept Emotions

Some emotions aren’t easy to manage, while others aren’t easy to accept. Examples of this could include: loving someone who hurt you, resenting someone who cares for you, or feeling sad after reaching a goal. In fact, learning to accept emotions is one of the goals of therapy. This can often be a difficult task. In a study conducted by the University of Virginia and Harvard University, the experts found that a third of the participants who’d been asked to spend twenty minutes alone with their own thoughts cheated by picking up their cell phones or listening to music. In…