Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) is a research validated educational program designed to increase happiness within yourself and in relationship to others. CEB integrates modern psychology, emotion science and evidence based contemplative practices into an educational program for both learning and practice. CEB can help you manage emotional distress, build healthy emotional boundaries and support living a more a compassionate and balanced life.
Emotions are complex psychological and physical phenomena that influence our behavior, cognition, and social interactions.. Most researchers agree that human beings experience these five Universal Emotions, regardless of age, culture or life circumstances, In CEB we explore these emotions in depth, learning their evolutionary purpose and the difficulties that arise in the modern world when powerful emotions are triggered plus evidence based tools for working with difficult emotions in ourselves and those around us without suppressing or repressing the motional experience.
Emotional balance is defined as having awareness of one’s own and others’ emotional behaviors, emotional experiences and emotional triggers as they arise. And from this awareness, making wise choices, while engaging with the emotional experience. The contemplative practices and psychological tools used in CEB will help you develop balance in your emotional experiences and emotional responses.
Our emotions unfold on a timeline. The timeline begins with a trigger that initiates an emotional experience and ultimately results in a response. In the CEB training we will explore each aspect of the Emotional Episode Timeline both conceptually and experientially. You will gain an understanding of your own unique connection to emotional episodes and build awareness and better ways to engage with your own an other peoples emotional experiences.
CEB integrates mindfulness and other research-supported contemplative practices into our training program. Mindfulness practice helps us develop Interoception, which is our ability to sense the internal signals from the body. Improving Interoception is a fundamental skill needed for emotional awareness and emotional balance.
CEB History
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Most emotion researchers agree on these five Universal Emotions: emotions that all humans have in common, no matter where or how we were raised.
Our emotions unfold on a timeline. The timeline begins with a trigger that initiates an emotional experience and ultimately results in a response.
Fear contains both anxiety and terror. Our fear of danger lets us anticipate threats to our safety.
Sadness is a response to loss,. Feeling sad can allow us to take timeout and show others that we need support.
We get angry when something blocks us or when we think we're being treated unfairly.
Feeling disgusted by what is toxic helps us to avoid being poisoned, physically or socially.
Enjoyment describes the many good feelings that arise from experiences both new and familiar.