Zen Life Balance: Become the Master of Your Emotional Thermostat

At a young age, we’re taught, that conditions in life decide how we should feel: satisfied or unsatisfied, happy or sad, or even angry. We’re conditioned to meet the expectations of others regarding how things should be or what we should do, think, and feel. When others are happy with us or do things that are pleasing, our emotional thermostat rises, and we feel good. When life doesn’t go according to expectations or someone is displeased with us, our emotional thermostat goes down. Th roug...