Comments on: Once More with Feeling: Emotions at Work http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/ The Glass Hammer is an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life. Get a new job right here! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Grace Judson http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 Grace Judson Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:26:35 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/#comment-2315 Such a great point! When we can be our full selves at work, there is a tremendous wisdom and power that we can tap into. Conversely, suppressing parts of ourselves, whether that's emotions or aspects of our personality or anything else, is not just painful, but often creates long-term physical problems as well. I'd add that the ability to act from wholeness allows a greater sense of peacefulness and stability to arise. The "small" mind's need to create drama tends to collapse and disappear. The drama, of course, is created just as much by the men who stomp off in a huff over their perception of women's emotions as it is by women who express their emotions in a business setting. Such a great point! When we can be our full selves at work, there is a tremendous wisdom and power that we can tap into. Conversely, suppressing parts of ourselves, whether that’s emotions or aspects of our personality or anything else, is not just painful, but often creates long-term physical problems as well.

I’d add that the ability to act from wholeness allows a greater sense of peacefulness and stability to arise. The “small” mind’s need to create drama tends to collapse and disappear. The drama, of course, is created just as much by the men who stomp off in a huff over their perception of women’s emotions as it is by women who express their emotions in a business setting.

]]> By: watercooler » Word around the Web, for the ladiessss edition http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 watercooler » Word around the Web, for the ladiessss edition Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:42:11 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/#comment-2296 [...] Women executives, mid-level females, entry-level girls unite: emotion will not kill the workplace, men dumb enough to think they aren’t playing with the same feelings-driven cards are. Here’s a mantra to practice at the next team-building retreat: regardless of how you pee, you think and feel the same, see? (if the men still think women cry and men are rational, remind them that guys with SuperBowl rings don’t cry under the helmets when they win or lose because they’re so rational) – The GlassHammer [...] [...] Women executives, mid-level females, entry-level girls unite: emotion will not kill the workplace, men dumb enough to think they aren’t playing with the same feelings-driven cards are. Here’s a mantra to practice at the next team-building retreat: regardless of how you pee, you think and feel the same, see? (if the men still think women cry and men are rational, remind them that guys with SuperBowl rings don’t cry under the helmets when they win or lose because they’re so rational) – The GlassHammer [...]

]]> By: Denise K. Shull M.A. http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Denise K. Shull M.A. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:42:06 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/#comment-2291 Paige, Not surprisingly, your article captured the point better than many others I have been interviewed for. Even when I get out of the interview or off the phone and think they "got it", when I see it in print... alas, no they didn't. Ask a man what the value of momentum is in a football game - or any sports contest. Then ask them how much of momentum is intellectual... that usually helps them understand. :) DKS Paige,
Not surprisingly, your article captured the point better than many others I have been interviewed for. Even when I get out of the interview or off the phone and think they “got it”, when I see it in print… alas, no they didn’t.

Ask a man what the value of momentum is in a football game – or any sports contest. Then ask them how much of momentum is intellectual… that usually helps them understand. :)

DKS

]]> By: Kathleen Burns Kingsbury http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Kathleen Burns Kingsbury Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:52 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2009/01/06/once-more-with-feeling-emotions-at-work/#comment-2289 Paige, I enjoyed reading the article and especially hearing of Betty-Anne's transformation. It is no accident that she lost weight when she started to feel and express her emotions. In the work I do with women and money, many report increased self care such as learning to say no, better nutrition, better relationships, etc, when they start to live from their wise mind. It is healthy to be in balance and the professional women I see as mentors do just that. Kathleen Paige,

I enjoyed reading the article and especially hearing of Betty-Anne’s transformation. It is no accident that she lost weight when she started to feel and express her emotions. In the work I do with women and money, many report increased self care such as learning to say no, better nutrition, better relationships, etc, when they start to live from their wise mind. It is healthy to be in balance and the professional women I see as mentors do just that.

Kathleen

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