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THE WISDOM

OF EMOTIONS

NADINE MOUSSA

JUNE 2025

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Bringing more than 20 years experience.

Purpose is to inspire others to reach

their potential and spread peace and hope.

Storyteller, Author, Facilitator, Speaker,

Happiness Coach & Trainer, Enneagram Practitioner.

Formerly marketing and business development in corporate.

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Flemming Christensen

My Five Inputs:

Happiness Coaching, Enneagram, Kundalini Yoga, U theory and SEA

Dr. Khaled ElSherbini

Shama Kaur

Karan Behl

Ginger Lapid-Bogda

Steve Goch

Marwa Saleh

Otto Scharmer

Sarah Tarek

Jay Lamb

Michael Virardi

Marion Gilbert

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THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY …

2 minutes

In some aspects of life we are progressing rapidly ahead like AI and in others we are regressing backward with far too many war-torn countries. We are living in polarities. We are living an ongoing crisis. Others believe we are living in the best of times. We have a global mental health pandemic with increasing challenging, disruptive times, leaving many stuck somehow or other. Common copying mechanism is to disconnect with our emotions.

How can we connect with others if we are disconnected to ourself? Pause…

How can the world know peace if we struggle with our inner peace? Pause…

In today’s workshop I will share my personal learnings with my relationship with emotions that can resonate with others or ring new bells for others. We will delve into the world of emotions with the what if emotions can guide us in navigating these troubling times we live in today.

What if by realizing the wisdom of emotions we can transform/evolve into our future self with more grace. What if when we become better versions of ourselves, we can transform our families, friends and communities and the world can know peace.

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AGENDA

THE WISDOM OF EMOTIONS DEEP DIVE

Check in

Icebreaker

The Wisdom of Emotions

Technique and exercise

Sharing and feedback

Check out

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WHAT WILL YOU GET?

Revisiting your relationship with emotions.

Increasing emotional self awareness and vocabulary

Simple technique to aid you in navigating emotions

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CHECK IN

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MY PHILOSOPHY

LET’S ENTERTAIN THEM…

You are whole and complete as you are…
You are perfectly imperfect…
Everything will happen in its good time…
There are no issues, it’s all in my head….
Nothing is permanent…this too shall pass…impermanence of everything
Everything is energy…
Comparison is the thief of all joy

Everything is connected and there are no coincidences
Be kind and gentle with yourself, pat yourself and say you are doing well!
It all begins to shift when you love and approve of yourself…everything begins and ends with love
“Forgivess is the answer to almost everything” Louise Hay
What you resist persists
“What you put your attention on grows” Louise Hay

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ICE BREAKER

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WHAT TRIGGERS ME

IS MY GROWTH…

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The Guest House

Jalaluddin Rumi

“This being human is a guest house.�Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,�some momentary awareness comes�as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!�Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,�who violently sweep your house�empty of its furniture,�still, treat each guest honorably.

from Rumi: Selected Poems, trans Coleman Barks with John Moynce,

A. J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson (Penguin Books, 2004)

He may be clearing you out�for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,�meet them at the door laughing,�and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,�because each has been sent�as a guide from beyond.”

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�EMOTIONAL WHEEL

Feel it, heal it, let it go

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FEAL TECHNIQUE

F

Feel

E

Embrace

A

Accept

L

Let it go

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgFdSuEgPg

4 minutes meditation: 3 minutes of meditation 1 minute of silence or journaling

Play meditation music

I will invite participants into the world of emotions.

Invite you to close your eyes, feet on the ground, hands relax, let us connect with your emotion…

Breathing: inhale 4 exhale 6

Feel:

How are you feeling in your body now?

Are you comfortable with your emotions? Do you feel you want to feel your emotion or not?

Are you feeling any discomfort in your body now? Where? Why do you think it is aching or agitated?Can you see a certain image or color? Can you sense a smell? Can you feel a texture? Can you share your emotions at work, public, family, spouse/partner? If not, think about why? What is holding you back to express your feeling?

Accept:

Can you now accept how you feel? Can you not judge yourself, as good or bad because of how you feel now? Can you place your hand on where you feel your body needs to be felt? Can you tell your body I feel you and I accept this feeling.

Embrace:

Can you tell your body that I embrace you, all of you…I love you…can you hug yourself…are you hugging yourself tightly, or loosely or not at all…notice…

Let it go:

With every embrace you need to let it go

Can you let go of this feeling if it’s not serving you? When you let it go how are you now feeling in your body? Are you feeling more comfortable? More discomfortable? Why? Are you not able to let you? Why? What do you need to be able to let go?

What are you learning about yourself? Any revelation? A-ha moment?

Come back slowly…

1 minute of silence or journaling

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ?

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MYTHS

OF EMOTIONS

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IDENTIFICATION

YOU ARE NOT YOUR EMOTION

I am feeling angry

I am angry

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LABELING

EMOTION IS JUST AN EMOTION

DON’T LABEL THEM AS GOOD

OR BAD EMOTION

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FOREVER

I WILL ALWAYS FEEL THIS WAY

EMOTIONS ARE TEMPORARY

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ADJECTIVE

FALLING IN THE TRAP OF THINKING OF EMOTION

I am feeling anxious

I think I feel anxious

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BIAS

MEN DON’T CRY

WOMEN DON’T BE BOSSY

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VULNERABLITY MEANS WEAKENESS

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RATIONAL MORE IMPORTANT THAN EMOTIONS

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EMOTIONS ARE STUPID AND USELESS

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THE GIFT OF EMOTIONS

Emotion	Where	Action	Gift
Anger	All over the body	Need to set boundaries/restore integrity	Power/Being alive/ Honor/Energy/�Assertiveness
Fear	Stomach/Upper Chest	Needs action/clarity	Protection/survival intuition/Insights/ focus
Guilt and Shame	Stomach/Uterus	Grounding and Focusing/Defining your boundary/Burning contacts	Integrity/Self-respect Behavioral change

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“Emotions are neither the enemy nor a luxury but

a source of wisdom”

Lisa Feldman Barrett

How Emotions are Made

Wisdom in the Irrational…

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MY NAME IS JOY

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

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“Your emotions are slaves to your thoughts, and

Your are slave to your emotions”

Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love

Everything is Connected…

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BOOKS

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BOOKS

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FEEDBACK

Nadine.moussa@yahoo.com

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QUESTIONS?

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SOURCES

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HOMEWORK

BACKGROUND MUSIC

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