How I'm Doing (Trying to Work With My Emotions More, and IFS)

Since May 2026 – so about four months now, approaching five – things have been really, really hard. I've been struggling a lot with work. It's led me to trying: a shit ton of books on procrastination, depression, executive functioning, ADHD, burnout, REBT, IFS; an REBT therapist; a peer support group for depression; Recovery Dharma (even though I'm not addicted to any substance); a Wisdom Circle; and many many more. Last week, I booked consultations with five different therapists and burnout coaches.Recently, two concepts are resonating with me the most:Brene Brown, somewhere, said something like: we think of ourselves as thinking beings who occasionally feel, when really we're feeling beings who occasionally thinkOne of the therapists I talked to told me that if the solution to my problem were cognitive or logical, I probably would've found it by now, so she'd rather explore emotional oneBased on this, I started reading Self-Therapy by Jay Earley (an IFS book) and did an exercise to…