Have you ever felt guilty and assumed it meant you had done something wrong? Or felt someone else’s disappointment and decided you must have failed them?

That’s emotional reasoning—when we take the way we feel and turn it into evidence about what is true.

In this episode, we’ll talk about why your teenager’s anger doesn’t necessarily mean your boundary is wrong, why being empathetic doesn’t mean you can read someone else’s mind, and how worry can feel like proof that something terrible is about to happen.

Your emotions are real, and they deserve your attention. But you don’t have to make them mean something about who you are—or react simply to make them go away.

Feelings are information. They are not always proof.