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Compassion is sympathetic pity and concern fro the sufferings or misfortunes of others.

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Comfort is a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint. Comfort is also the easing or alleviation of a person's feeling of grief or distress.

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Cheerfulness is the quality or state of being noticeably happy and optimistic.

When do you find cheerfulness in your life? 

How do you look at things in your life?

This and other topics will be discussed in this podcast with the Rev. with questions for reflection at the end.

How do we show caring? By displaying kindness and concern for others. We show kindness to the elderly, our parents, our children, our patients. 

Find out more by listening to the Rev. talk about ways to show caring and reflection questions.

Carefreeness is being free from anxiety and responsibility such as the carefree days of summer.

There are positive and negative aspects to being carefree. Listen to find out more.

Calmness is the state or quality of being free from agitation or strong emotion; the state or condition of being free from disturbance or violent activity.

How, in these times, can we achieve a state of calmness? Listen and find out.

Boredom is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is not interested in his or her surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious.

Find out some ways in which to move from boredom to fulfillment.

Bliss is defined as perfect happiness; great joy.

Where are we finding bliss in this global pandemic?

Through married and children, they can be our bliss - or not.

Come find out where you can move toward bliss today!

Bitterness is anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment.

Find out how to finally move past your bitterness; once and for all. Listen to this episode, now!

Bewilderment is a subconscious desire to frustrate ourselves, preventing us from pursuing our goals or achieving the success we crave.

Why would we frustrate ourselves? What is the motivation? Come and listen to this episode, now!

Bemusement is defined as the fact or condition of being bemused; puzzlement.

We are puzzled and bemused all the time. Different times in the day, the things we hear or the things we think are bemusing.

Find out what else is bemusing in these times. We need to know what these emotions are so we can feel them, define them, and then let them go, once and for all!

Befuddlement is a state of being confused or dazed.

In the learning process, befuddlement is actually healthy. When we are in school and getting an education, those who are befuddled will ask questions to clear their befuddlement state.

Bafflement means "to confuse, bewilder, or perplex". With our current global pandemic, we are confused, bewildered and perplexed. Listen to this episode and find out more about what baffles us and how ew can move out of bafflement.

Awe is a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder. We see signs of God's work all the time if we look closely. Listen and find out more about living in awe!

Being aware means being concerned and well-informed about a particular situation or development.

We all have things we are interested in that we are well aware of. What are we not aware of? Learn some new things that you can be more aware of.

Aversion is defined as a strong dislike or disinclination. We will talk about different things we are averse to and how to move past our aversion to a healthy response.

Attraction is the action or power of evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something.

Who do you like? Who do you dislike? We talk about why you would like or dislike someone or something.

Attachment is an enduring and deep emotional bond that connects one person to another across space and time. 

Children are attached to their parents. When they are growing up, it is healthy. It is not healthy when the children are still depending on their parents when they have grown up and become an adult.

Astonishing means extremely surprising or impressive; amazing. Think about special Olympics. The regular Olympians, how this COVID-19 pandemic has hit the whole world. Find out more about what astonishing is and how you can appreciate being astonished!

Apprehension is anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen. We are there right now with the global pandemic. Learn more about apprehension and what you can do to move past this challenging emotion.

Apathy is a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. A state of indifference. What are we less enthused about? What are we feeling indifference about? Listen and find out more about what apathy is and how you can move out of this emotion triumphantly.

Anxiety is defined as a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Ecclesiastes says that everything is meaningless. What does that mean? Listen and find out more.

The alarm reaction is the first stage of stress response. From our present danger of COVID-19 to those who have needed to leave their home due to warm, unrest, famine or a host of other situations live in a state of alarm. 

Family moves to another country. Many families don't have the opportunity to see their family anymore unless they can access technology.

This and other things that alarm us will be discussed.

Anticipating is about having to wait. We are having to wait to go back to work because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We have never experienced anything like this before and we want everyone to stay well. Those of us who are well, want to go back no-matter-what.

Please realize that we are all "sitting on the edge of our seats" waiting for the word that this pandemic has been controlled and we can get back to business-as-usual.

Our high school and college seniors were anticipating a graduation ceremony  - all to no avail. 

These and other anticipating moments will be talked about here. If you want more information, go to www.amazon.com and type in search bar, "Naked&Real with the Rev." There you will find all of my e-books that go along with these podcasts.

Annoyance is irritation. To annoy means "To rouse to impatience or anger." All of us have experienced annoyance before. With the global pandemic going on, we are annoyed we aren't at work, we are annoyed that are children are home from school when they should be in a classroom learning from the teacher, hanging out with their friends and being involved in after school activities.

We will be talking about this and more in this episode. If you wish to have this in writing, go to Amazon.com and type in the search bar "Naked&Real with the Rev." All of my e-books will show up that you may purchase and download.

Animosity is a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action.

We may be experiencing animosity toward our government's leaders. We don't necessarily understand why those of us that are healthy need to stay at home.

This pandemic has hit the whole world.

We will be talking about these and other ways that we experience animosity.

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Anguish is often referred to as emotional distress and can encompass a number of different emotions, such as trauma, sorrow, grief, fear, and anxiety.

We are anguished because we have absolutely no control over the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is manifesting.

Many adult children are concerned about their elderly parents because of this pandemic. The worst part is not being able to see their parents to check in on their welfare. 

We may not only experience the loss of loved ones, but also our possessions depending on how long we are not working and not getting a regular paycheck.

Anger is a strong feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance.

There is danger in holding on to anger for a long period of time.

COVID-19 pandemic is angering to many people. We talk about some issues with that.

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Amusement is a feeling of delight at being entertained. From sporting events, to musical events to movies to playing cards and board games, we have many forms of amusement.

During this COVID-19 pandemic, we are having to be creative in our amusements. 

Listen for more information on this subject. 

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Alienation is defined as "the feeling of being alienated from other people. Social distancing makes us feel alienated. Our children feel alienated from their friends and school due to stay-at-home orders. 

Some of us feel as if we are in bondage.

We will explore this and other examples of alienation.

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Agony is defined as a state of severe, usually extended, physical, mental, or emotional suffering. 

Emotional agony is a type of severe psychological pain that some of us may experience at some point in our lives, for a short or extended time period.

There are causes for emotional agony which we will explore.

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Agitation refers to an abnormal mental state, often dangerous in which the brain is highly aroused for action but does not know why - something has prevented the brain rom linking its arousal to a meaningful goal.

COVID-19 pandemic has us agitated. We are agitated because we don't know when we can get back to work and earn a real paycheck.

The stronger the impetus, the more our fight or flight syndrome kicks in and the end result is adrenal fatigue.

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Affection is a feeling of like and caring for someone or something. We have an affection toward our children. We have affection for the high school classmates we have or had. We have affection toward our teachers. Those teachers who were actual classroom teachers and the teachers that come through in life to help you on your way to being successful in whatever endeavor you choose to be in.

You can have affection for someone without being romantic. Mother Teresa showed affection toward the poorest of the poor in Calcutta. 

When you care or honor someone you show affection. 

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Adoration is a feeling of profound love and admiration. We all have people in our lives that we profoundly love and admire. 

In this time of COVID-19 pandemic, we are adoring our front line people - our doctors and nurses who are working to keep our loved ones safe and well.

Those people who have helped make a pivotal change in our lives. These are people we admire.

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Admiration means "A feeling of delighted approval and liking." We admire people who have been or are currently successful. We talk about some famous people who are admirable, we talk about how you have been admirable, being authentic, being a good parent, disabled people. 

This series is about being true and genuine. Sorry, this is not about being physically naked, but I am naked&real. I believe in being genuine and telling the truth. This is a no-holds barred series.

This series is about emotions. I am going through all of the different emotions that we have. When I finish, I will have over 170 emotions to talk about. 

Even though these podcasts are going to be short, they are not meant to be glossed over. This series is meant to be thought-provoking. Each podcast has questions that are asked and my goal is to get you to think these questions through and answer them honestly. There is no grade at the end of this and no one is "looking over your shoulder" to make sure you do the work required.

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