Pursuing Positive Emotions and Avoiding Negative Ones Can Hinder Growth With Mastin Kipp

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Mastin Kipp

• A reason to move away from categorizing emotions as good or bad
• Every emotional response we have makes sense from a safety perspective
• Why he doesn’t believe in self-sabotage, and why self-protection is different
• How shifting understanding of emotions can change our experience drastically
• We have to recognize and shift childhood conditioning around the nervous system to achieve the life that we want
• Personal development is going to create inner conflict, and inner conflict is a sign of growth
• The presence of inner conflict indicates a desire
• He looks at goal-setting as a therapeutic process
• How to not let the most traumatized parts of us be in the driver's seat
• When we're younger, there can be negative consequences to being our authentic self
• Your inner critic is how you parent yourself, and this voice can be a good indicator of how we feel about ourselves
• Why to ask “when was that true” in doing parts work
• No emotion is an enemy, and emotions are biochemistry
• There are 7 emotional pathways in our bodies
• If you have a fear of an emotion, you are afraid of yourself
• That which cannot be expressed to the mother cannot be expressed to the self
• Children are a place to contribute unconditional love but not extract it
• The greatest burden a child bears is the unlived life of the parent

Resources We Mention

• Reclaim Your Nervous System: A Guide to Positive Change, Mental Wellness, and Post-Traumatic Growth by Mastin Kipp
• Mastin Kipp - Instagram