Mindfulness Expert: How to Decode Your Emotions and Regain Self-Control

#casekenny #internalfamilysystems #newmindsetwhodis Watch my FULL conversation with Case Kenny here: https://youtu.be/4tfxZJwqTY8 Follow Nina Dixon & CTND on Instagram for BTS + Daily Takeaways https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/ Follow Case Kenny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/case.kenny/ "A part of me feels... and then you fill in the blank." When Case said this, I had to stop and say it back to him. I say "I feel anxious" all the time. I never once thought of it as just one part of me. Case hosts New Mindset, Who Dis? and wrote The Language of Optimism, and his whole idea is that optimism isn't a mood, it's a method. Not "everything's gonna be fine." Just believing things can change. And half of that work, he says, is naming the negative, and naming it as specifically as you can. He walks me through why "anxious" is a forest word when your brain needs a tree word, why he writes everything in red, and what Internal Family Systems teaches about the different parts of us that react, some from old hurts and some worried about the future. Then he gets honest about the thing he's still working on himself: not reacting, and giving things 24 hours. The way you talk to yourself is something you choose every single day. It can start with one small sentence. 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts Timestamps: 0:00 Optimism Isn't a Mood, It's a Method 0:49 Optimism Is Believing Things Can Change 1:39 Half the Work Is Naming the Negative 2:08 Why Case Writes in Red 3:03 Mindfulness Comes Before Optimism 4:06 Forest Words vs. Tree Words 6:04 "I Am Anxious" Makes You the Emotion 6:39 IFS: The Many Parts of You 7:18 Say "A Part of Me Feels..." 8:24 Non-Negotiables: The Power of Pausing