Episode description

JAM chats with therapist and author of “Crazy & Functional” and “Functional & Crazy” Michelle L. Manning about healthy ways to interact with one’s own emotions.

Manning teaches Joe about “CPR,” the process of coping with emotions first before being in a space where they can be processed and eventually reflected upon. But this process can’t be forced, and they agree that sometimes coping with an emotion is ignoring it while you get responsibilities out of the way or waiting to access them when the situation is lower-pressure.

This episode also features the Feelings Wheel, a tool therapy patients use to help articulate their feelings to make them more manageable.

Visit MichelleManning.com to check out her books.