Humans are never without feelings, even if that may be hard to believe. There is no physical and mental state without physical sensations, emotions and feelings. Depending on how strong the ‘arousal’ caused by external or internal stimuli is, they even have a profound behaviour-controlling function and can block thinking or empathy if intense. Dealing skilfully with emotions, especially in stressful or crisis situations, is the aim of active emotion regulation. Many people tend to avoid unpleasant emotions, try to ignore them, run away from them, fight them, suppress them with all their might or simply ignore them. This usually leads to emotional blockages as well as avoidance and protective behaviour.

As a result, emotions only come knocking at the door even more, as they are carriers of important messages that point us to deeper inner processes. They also influence our perception and make our world sometimes lighter, sometimes darker. We often don't even realise when we identify strongly with our feelings, we are then angry, we are then afraid or angry. This creates a vicious circle of drama and excessive demands from which we need to escape. Feelings and stress triggers can weigh life down if we don't understand their message and instead get stuck in a carousel of thoughts and ruminations.

The consequences: We don't achieve our goals, remain trapped in unpleasant states and, in the worst case, give up. This is where emotion coaching comes in to help you get close to your real challenges and start with the emotions that stress or tempt you the most.