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Feelings Are Transient: The Good News And The Bad

Feelings Are Transient: The Good News And The Bad

By Carol Grannick on April 6, 2010

When you welcome or tolerate them as natural responses, negative feelings pass. That’s the good news.
The bad news? Positive feelings pass, too! And since positive emotions are “lighter” than negative, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson’s research has shown, so far, that a 3:1 ratio of positive emotions to negative emotions is helpful in maintaining an Upward Spiral.
Which [...]

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