A short coaching monologue by Ashish Kothari about using other people as "emotion shifters" and an exercise to find "emotion advisors." A good emotion advisor is defined as someone who first listens empathetically and learns about your situation, then helps you reframe circumstances and develop a behavioral plan. The content emphasizes relationships as an "outside-in" tool for emotional regulation.
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Other people can be remarkable emotion shifters, but they can shift you for better or worse, which sometimes we take for granted. There are also outside in tools. These are tools that exist in the world around you. We've already mentioned one your relationships. Other people can be remarkable emotion shifters, but they can shift you for better or worse, which sometimes we take for granted. I often do an exercise with folks to help them find their emotion advisors. What makes a good emotion advisor? It's someone who does two things for you. They are skilled at listening, learning, and empathizing with you in step one of a conversation. But then after they've established those empathic connections like you really feel that they care and they've learned about your situation, now they start working with you to help help you reframe your circumstances and come up with a plan for how to behave. That's a really skilled emotion advisor.