Why feelings shape every single choice we make
We’ve been taught to see emotions as a flare-up. As something that “happens to us” every now and then. But that’s not what they are.
Emotions are constant.
They are always there, underneath every decision:
- You eat because your body feels hunger
- You stop working because you feel tired
- You call someone because you feel connected—or because you feel lonely
- You avoid someone because you feel unsafe, or resentful
- You take a risk because you feel ready—or stuck
Even logic is shaped by emotion. Because what you value determines what makes sense.
Emotions are not interruptions. They are the signals that guide us—whether we’re aware of them or not.
What Happens When Our Emotional Compass is miscalibrated?
Because if your emotional compass is miscalibrated—
if fear is overriding trust,
if shame is guiding your goals,
if pressure has replaced choice—
then every decision you make is being shaped by a map that isn’t yours.
You can’t just “make better choices”
if the signals underneath them are distorted.
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