What is the name of the Coach that gave examples of trigger identification?
Coach Mark Lesser
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How many chapters are there in the book "Search Inside Yourself"?
9
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What does Chade-Meng Tan compare our distressing emotions to
monsters
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What is the first and most important step in the SBNRR?
ToStop (aka the sacred pause). It is the moment when you pause and do not react to the presented trigger.
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Should you treat your emotions like a boss or treat them like an enemy?
Niether. You should make friends with your enemies.
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Name one example how a trigger is manifested in he body
Shallow Breathing, Rapid Heartbeat and Feeling Sick to the Stomach
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How many years has Chade-Meng Tan worked as an engineer?
8 years
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How many steps are there to Dealing with Distress?
4 steps
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What is the purpose of the B(breathing) step of the SBNRR?
To calm the body and mind. And Reinforce the sacred pause
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If you make friends with a negative emotion, will it go away?
Yes. For example, if you live in harmony with fear, after a while, you won't be afraid anymore.
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Fill in the Blank: Having an outburst or going into "____-or-_____" mode where adrenaline is high.
"fight-or-flight"
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What Stanford scientist wrote a book on emotional intelligence?
Daniel Goleman
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True or False: We need to realize when we are in pain. However long we aren't in pain is irrelevant.
False. We need to realize and notice that moment or "space" of happiness.
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True or False: In the N(notice) step of the SBNRR, You must experience the emotional difficulty as a physiological phenomenon.
True
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Do you have to know where your emotions come from in order to make friends with them?
Yes. It goes with the Reflecting aspect of the Siberian North Railroad.
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Name another example of an emotional outburst other than fight-or-flight mode
(Example: includes a part of the brain)
Amygdala Hijack
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Name one of the ways in which meditation can become accessible to all humanity.
-Align Meditation with real life
-Make meditation a field of science
-Start with me (be the change you want to see in the world)
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What term does Chade-Meng Tan use to describe the concept of "feeling bad about feeling bad"?
Meta-distress
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True or False: In the R(respond) step, you do not actually have to respond to the emotion and/or trigger.
True. "You do not actually have to do it-just imagine the kindest, most positive response. What would it be like?" (Chade-Meng Tan, 118)
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Is it true that you must completely control your emotions?
No. Allow them to come and go at will.
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True or False: Triggers typically have short histories
False
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True or False: We can train the mind to create inner peace, happiness, and compassion without mediation
False. Meditation is paramount for creating the conditions possible for peace, happiness and compassion.
500
In Meng's illustration of brushing your skin roughly until it inflames, what will prevent you from continuing to "brush."
(Hint: Distress is to the brushing as _____ is to the healing)
Outward Kindness
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Fill in the blank: When searching for the the history of an emotion, you must first search for any ______-________ ______ involved.
[Hint: The R (reflect) step]
Self-Perceived Inadequacies
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True or False: In order to truly make friends with your emotions you must first overcome those emotions.
False."...I do not overcome them, they do not overcome me. And we live together in harmony" (129).