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Feelings and Emotions: How To Connect To People You Love

Feelings and Emotions: How To Connect To People You Love by Tobias Foster. Photograph of two pigeons cuddling next to the Eiffel Tower by Fabrizio Verrecchi
Photograph by Fabrizio Verrecchi

We are emotional beings… but that doesn’t mean we know how to express our emotions, especially to the ones we love. Here’s how we can do better…

For some of us, the hardest challenge we face isn’t rocket science or fighting with our deepest fears; it’s expressing our feelings and emotions, especially with the people we love. 

This is perfectly normal, despite the fact that everywhere we look (especially in the movies), it seems like this is a piece of cake. 

But in real life, we keep wondering if it’s healthy or wrong to feel a certain way because we don’t hear people talking about their feelings unless they feel

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