2014
Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam.
126 min
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In McLaren’s view, we typically perceive emotions as problems, which we then thoughtlessly express or repress. She advocates a more mindful approach, where we step back and see our emotions as sources of information.
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I don’t know what happened to emotions in this society. They are the least understood, most maligned, and most ridiculously over-analyzed aspects of human life.
Fear is a wonderful and necessary emotion that is connected to your instincts, your intuition, and your ability to be present in the moment. Strangely, most of us have been taught to hate and avoid fear, but that's silly.
Emotions―especially the dark and dishonored ones―hold a tremendous amount of energy. We’ve all seen what happens when we repress or blindly express them.
Are you struggling with anxiety? If so, you’ve probably tried the usual options—distraction, repression, medication, exercise, or just trying to ignore it. But anxiety evolved to help us.