The older I get the more I realize… …that circumstantial anxiety, pain and/or intense emotions don’t last forever. Both beautiful and difficult moments only last for a period of time…not forever. Next time you’re having a moment of anxiety, pain or intense emotions, your brain will try to convince you it will always be this […]
Emotions
EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like…
EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like… …being honest with yourself and others…telling the truth, even when it’s painful. Being congruent with your values and behaviors. #emotionalmaturity #drrscottgornto
EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like…
EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like… Living in reality. Letting go of your expectations and attachments to how your day to day circumstances are “supposed” to go or how you envisioned it to go. Choosing to let the day go where it takes you and allowing yourself to adjust to the discomfort and internal anxiety that it […]
Healthy vs Unhealthy…
Not being able to tolerate someone having a different opinion than yours…so you emotionally cut them off or give up yourself and lose yourself in the relationship… …that’s the unhealthy part of you. Being able to tolerate someone having a different opinion…holding on to yourself while staying connected to the other at the same time. […]
(the highest form of) EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like
(the highest form of) EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like… …taking full, complete, 100% personal responsibility for how you react or respond, along with how you feel and think… …rather than saying, “you caused me or made me” or trying to justify behavior “I did that because you did…”, emotional mature individuals are fully conscious of their […]
EMOTIONAL MATURITY looks like…
#emotionalmaturity #drrscottgornto
About Dr. R. Scott Gornto
I offer private thera-coaching packages to clients worldwide on topics like: anxiety, addiction recovery, relationship coaching on conflict resolution and desire issues, peek performance/brain training, assertiveness training, divorce coaching, healthy self-talk and building a strong sense of self. If you’d like to work together, feel free to contact me. In the coming weeks, I will […]
Peace in our Internal World
Life has a way of not going the way that we want. For example, someone we love doesn’t behave the way we want. You’re running late to a meeting so you become frustrated and impatient. Your spouse told you they don’t like the meal you worked on for an hour. You’re trying to get some […]
What happens with our unprocessed trauma?
For most human beings, life is far from perfect. For many of us, something traumatic has occurred in our lives at some point in time – whether it was in our childhood, our teenage years, or in adulthood. Those traumatic experiences or chapters in our lives generate real emotions and feelings. Unless we process these […]
Facing Our Painful Feelings.
It truly takes tremendous courage to face our own painful feelings, rather than avoiding through numbing or escaping. Many us of choose to avoid painful emotions by ignoring, dismissing or escape them with a veil of “positivity.” Even more of us avoid painful feelings by numbing/escaping with drugs, alcohol, or self-harm. Whether it is a […]
