Greetings! In today's podcast, we continue our theme of nurture our inner strength when the external world seems very stressful. This topic is the gift that keeps on giving, since we have approached it from many different angles in the seven episodes of this season!

Today, we explore mindfulness of emotional intensity - how many of our thoughts and emotions are at the red hot end of the spectrum--rage, anger, frustration? How much time do we spend steeping in this toxic tea? If an honest looks finds us there more often than not, then: not only is this unhealthy, but it is inaccurate. If we are not living in an active war zone, then we've been hoodwinked by ideology, media etc to respond as though we are. While this makes big media companies lots of money by capturing our attention, it rewires our minds to respond without emotional regulati ...