Emotional Empowerment: Taking Control of Your Feelings

August 21, 2024
6—9 pm at the Center for Belonging Folk School near Decorah, IA

You’d like to have less bad days and not worry so much when you have one. You want to let go of things that happened in the past and have more fun. You’d like to sleep well so you’re energized for the things you enjoy – your relationships, work and free time.

But the problem is that emotions like grief or resentment pull you into the past and prevent you from moving forward. You avoid people when you feel sad, embarrassed or frustrated. You binge watching, doom scroll or stress eat when you’re upset. And anxiety keeps you up at night, tossing and turning as you worry about work, family, finances or the future.

In Emotional Empowerment, you’ll get tools to connect with the emotion in your body, rather than getting lost in the story, going over what happened again and again, analyzing why you still feel upset, guilty or heartbroken, which you know doesn’t really help… You’ll learn how to take the steering wheel back from your emotions, putting you back in the driver’s seat and turning your emotions into allies who move you in the direction that you want to go, rather than sabotage you. We’ll explore how to navigate beyond the thing you still can’t get over from the past, whether it’s a break up, the passing of a loved one, or a past mistake. You’ll get tools that will help you with emotions like loneliness, anxiety or guilt. And you’ll learn techniques to move emotions through your body, freeing up your energy and allowing you to live from your values, passions and goals so you can enjoy your relationships more deeply and have more fun!

Workshop fee: sliding scale: $20, $29 or $39.

Thank you for finding the sweet spot that's both generous & affordable for you! If this range is not accessible, please reach out - no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

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Petrina Eger is passionate about nurturing relationships with presence, authenticity and compassion.  She combines mindfulness with psychology and neuroscience to help people live with more joy, vitality and connection. Her background includes embodiment coaching, brainspotting therapy, attachment style repatterning, and mindfulness. Petrina taught mindfulness and emotional intelligence at Taylor's University in Malaysia for five years prior to starting her own coaching and training company.