College Football & The Root of all Suffering
Several weeks ago, my alma mater, The University of Alabama, played a nail biter of a football game against the University of Texas. It was intense, and there were times I yelled at the TV and got more upset than I care to admit. It's pretty rare that I get worked up over Alabama football these days, and while this was a doozy of a game that game that came down to the wire (we won by the way, Roll Tide, and please don't stop reading here for the 75% of you who hate Bama), I was way more calm than I used to be in close Alabama football games. So what changed? How do I stay so cool, calm and collected (relatively) now versus a decade ago when I would lose my marbles when Alabama lost or almost lost? Is it because I've become more zen? Well, sort of, but that is only scratching the surface. When I'm doing feeling work with a client, exploring the feelings that cause them pain and suffering, I encourage them to examine...