266: Managing Your Emotions + Better Decision Making - Dr. Kinga Mnich

Ella
Jun 15, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Jul 30, 2024

On Air with Ella - podcast episode 266

WE ARE EMOTIONAL BEINGS. BUT WE ARE NOT OUR EMOTIONS.

Are your emotions defining who you are? Is fear limiting your ability to live your fullest life? Your emotions are important, but they are not your identity.

Social Psychologist Dr. Kinga Mnich says that emotional alignment means learning to understand that emotions are guidelines for interacting with others and how we want others to interact with us. It is an internal compass of who we want to be, how we want to be understood, and how we impact the world. It is not a determination of how good of a person we are.

It is not possible to be unemotional - emotions are part of your human experience. But you are not your emotions. - Dr. Kinga Mnich

In this episode, we discuss:

The critical differences between emotions (chemical) and feelings (environmental), and thoughts (mental)
The "3 layers of fear"
Emotions do not equal our IDENTITY
“Energy in motion” - how we are doing emotion
How to interrupt your thoughts
Why she committed to a "Year of Non-Judgment"
How to make rational decisions when we're experiencing emotions
7 Pillars of Decision Making:
1. Emotion
2. Logic
3. Intuition
4. Creativity
5. Motivation
6. Inspiration
7. Physical

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The key to understanding yourself is understanding the difference between emotions and feelings - Dr. Kinga Mnich
Emotional Intelligence or Effective Emotionality? - Dr. Kinga Mnich
Are your emotions defining who you are? - Dr. Kinga Mnich
Complementary access to Kinga's Ziva Voice Bookazine (pictured below)

Books:

Susan Jeffers' Feel the Fear, and Do It Anyway
The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain - Dr. Tara Swart
The Women’s History of the Modern World - Rosalind Miles

ABOUT KINGA MNICH

Dr. Kinga Mnich is an award-winning international social psychologist, educator, and speaker, specializing in emotions, positive psychology, bio-hacking, and gender. Her work solves the myths of emotions by breaking down the complexity of social & cultural concepts tied up inside emotions. Through her extraordinary research, she brings new ways of understanding how we can use emotions to be who we want to be, create impact and flourish in life (and business).

Kinga founded Ziva Voices, a non-profit devoted to amplifying women's voices globally.

In her private practice, Dr. Mnich helps women high-achievers and leaders transform their minds and surroundings by leveraging the power of emotion through neuroscience & positive psychology.