Episode 7: Triggers and the layers below an emotion with Elizabeth Hardesty

Something happens and you begin to feel a particular way. This is a trigger and what you feel is an emotion. But what do you do next to respond from a place of emotional well-being? 

In this episode, mental health counselor Elizabeth Hardesty shares the techniques she uses to help her clients dig deeper into an emotion. Learn about the iceberg technique, where you investigate what meanings, beliefs, and needs you may have around an emotion. Through this technique, you can learn to work through a strong emotion and share about it with others in a healthy way. 

So, let’s dive in to see the iceberg (pun intended).

Key takeaways

What she does specifically in the emotional well-being spaceWhat causes emotionsWhy people can act differently to the same situationHer definition of triggersWhy people have triggersSome of the triggers people experience with the pandemic and the current political situationHow to work through your feelings and triggersWhat coping isHow to differentiate coping from self-careWhat your feelings tell youHow to go about interrogating your feelingsWhat the iceberg technique is all aboutWhat the different layers areWhat to do after your needs are metThe seven deep desires of the heartWhy different desires resonate with different people

Books

Seven Desires: Looking Past What Separates Us to Learn What Connects Us by Mark and Debra Laaser - https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Desires-Looking-Separates-Connects/dp/0310318238

Elizabeth Hardesty Bio

Elizabeth Hardesty is a mental health counselor in the Twin Cities area. She received her graduate degree from Denver Seminary. She is passionate about emotional health and finds it such a humbling experience to walk alongside her clients as they move from a place of surviving to thriving. Her own experience of walking that same path with her therapist is what brought her into this career.