Your Built-In GPS: How Feelings Guide Your Life and Well-Being

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Key Points:

1. Purpose of Feelings: Feelings are internal GPS systems that guide us through our lives and our environments, letting us know what is working and what is not in our goal to survive and thrive based on our needs.
2. Emotional Resilience: If we honor our feelings, we can be more resilient to life's roller coasters because we can have a relationship with our feelings as allies to our day, noting that our feelings alert us to the fact that something needs to be done or attended to.
3. Pleasure and Pain: Feelings let us know when we are in pleasure and in pain, ideally motivating us to keep moving towards pleasure and away from pain as a path to a content life.
4. Risk of Fallout: If we suppress our feelings, we may be at risk of depression, anxiety, and unhappiness, as we're missing out on our best path towards survival and thriving.
5. Tips and Tricks: I encourage others to remember their feelings throughout the day, checking in with themselves without judgment, practicing self-compassion and attending to feelings in an appropriate way, getting plenty of support, creating a safe internal environment, and practicing mindfulness throughout the day to stay aware. 

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