Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

What happens when we stop judging our emotions? #podcast #emotionalhealing #judgement

26 Jan 2024 · 0 min

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YouTube video (podcast-style) by Josh Trent discussing emotional healing and the effects of judging emotions. This excerpt emphasizes that emotions themselves are neither good nor bad — judgment causes harm — and that accepting the 'isness' of emotions (fear, anxiety, guilt, sadness, anger) allows them to serve as guideposts or fuel for growth. The piece is conversational and prescriptive, encouraging non-judgmental awareness and conscious engagement with feelings.

There's no bad emotions. There's no good emotions. There's only emotions.
That's right.
Fear, stress, anxiety, guilt, sadness, anger that we label as quote, unquote, bad. Yes, it's the label of bad. It's the assignment of the judgment of the emotion that causes more problems than the emotion itself. The second you accept the isness of the emotion, become aware of the emotion without judging it, without deeming it bad, and simply embrace the isness of it, then you can use any emotion as fuel to drive you into something better.
They're literally just guideposts.
Exactly.
They're just trying to get our attention.
And they all have value, all of them. Any emotion, when you consciously engage it, has value to help you, drive you forward.