reappraisal as a powerful tool to use in specific…
Page 114 reappraisal as a powerful tool to use in specific situation to allow you to start to break down your anxiety, triggers, one by one and deal with them in a different way. Reappraisal can help you see a situation in a different way. Much like a coat of paint can transform the atmosphere of a familiar room.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · Good anxiety by Dr Wendy Suzuki
In the book
Change the definition and you change the feeling. Psychologists call this reappraisal, and it works like a fresh coat of paint transforming a familiar room. The first tool of reappraisal is to name the feeling. Putting a word on an emotion — this is anger, this is fear — quiets the brain and lowers its arousal; watch your feelings as they rise and name them in the moment, and you slip a sliver of space between the feeling and whatever you might do about it. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)