Mark Youngblood - Dear Human: Master Your Emotions

Dear Human:

Master Your Emotions

Volume 1 of The Inner Mastery Series

Mark Youngblood

Inspire On Purpose Publishing

Irving, Texas

Dear Human: Master Your Emotions

Volume 1 of The Inner Mastery Series

Copyright 2017 Mark Youngblood

All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form without prior written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Inspire On Purpose Publishing

Irving, Texas

(888) 403-2727

http://inspireonpurpose.com

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Cover design by Rick Rodriguez of Art Republic of Texas

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014958492

eBook ISBN-13: 978-1-941782-10-1

Dear Human, Master Your Emotions is full of practical insights for understanding the positive role of emotions in your life and harnessing them for your benefit. Youngblood provides innovative strategies for processing your emotions quickly, gently, and easily that are helpful both at work and at home.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, #1 Leadership Thinker, Exec Coach, New York Times bestselling author, Dartmouth Tuck Professor of Management Practice

Learning to awaken the ability to reduce reactivity in this hyper-stimulating world is a foundational skill for living that Mark teaches better than anyone I've met.

Dylan Ratigan, New York Times bestselling author and former host of MSNBCs highest-rated daytime TV show, The Ratigan Show

Mark Youngblood takes his readers on an enlightened journey of the human experience. Dear Human: Master Your Emotions not only looks at the power of emotions to drive behavior, but how what we focus on engages the Inner State that drives that behavior consciously or unconsciously. Mark points raise awareness of what it means to live as a Creator and to be at choice, even in the face of the inevitable challenge that comes with the journey.

David Emerald, Author of The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic)

If you purchase one book this year, I recommend Dear Human, Master Your Emotions. Mark Youngblood provides clear insights with simple yet powerful strategies for transforming your life by shifting from suppressing to addressing your emotions.

Joe Duran, CEO, United Capital Financial Advisers and New York Times bestselling author of The Money Code

Mark Youngblood is a modern day spiritual guru who goes right to the root of any issue and works to release, mend or restore your being. I have worked with him for many years and feel he has help to propel my personal relationships as well as helped me achieve my professional goals and beyond. In Dear Human, Master Your Emotions, Mark shares his wisdom and many of his strategies for transforming your life. Read it, follow the guidance, and open the door to a great life!

Brenda Boone, President & CEO, Human Solutions Inc.

Dear Human, Master Your Emotions, intertwines direct guidance with personal anecdotes. Author Mark Youngblood brings humor and real world strategies to even the most enlightened and self-aware individual. Experience your own personal development journey with this unique book. From new moms to seasoned executives, anyone with a growth mindset can benefit from Marks guidance. I look forward to the next book in the Dear Human series!

Kristin Horler, Founder and CEO of Baby Boot Camp

Marks advice is simply presented but profound and life-changing. Ive personally experienced how transformative following the courses of action he lays out can be. Everything Mark offers in Dear Human, Meet Your Emotions is actionable and tested by Mark not only by decades of work with his clients but, perhaps more importantly, by practicing himself.

Jonah Sachs, Founder of Free Range Studios, author of Winning the Story Wars

What I really enjoyed about Master Your Emotions is Mark Youngbloods authenticity and very transparent personal candor, which makes this a vibrant read all while creating a human connection and a space for change. As I read through it, I saw my own struggles and those of my clients come to light around hiding, repressing and denying emotions and striving to create a social facade that is inauthentic and serves no one. Mark helps us get behind the faade to expose the old and un-useful conditioning that runs many of us. So, as in any change process, awareness is the first step, which Mark masterfully reviews in the early chapters. Then the real value comes in the solution phase with powerful processes like Pivot To Power and Max The Moment that allows us to self-manage the stress and internal stories that can keep us on an unnecessary emotional roller coaster. Mark has been a real teacher for me over the years and with this new work, Master Your Emotions , the learning continues.

CEO of SpectraComm and co-author of Power Shift: The New Rules of Engagement

When Mark first asked me to review his book, I made the arrogant assumption that my perspective was that of Marks, i.e. I know this stuff and Ill bet it helps a lot of folks who really need it. By chapter 2, I was convinced that Mark wrote this book specifically to help me and you and you and you. And his gift is spot on when he urges us to remember that I cant change the world, but I can change my world. Heres to my gloriously changing world. This book refuses to let you and me - off the hook from any assumption that we came into this life for any reason other than to play big and succeed.

Dottie Gandy, Co-founder of the National Association of Women Business Owners, author of 30 Days to a Happy Employee, and co-author of Choose! The Role That Choice Plays In Shaping Womens Lives

To all my Teachers who showed me the path
to an awakened life!

I want to acknowledge with deep gratitude the many people and influences that made this book possible. First and foremost, I want to thank Source for the inspiration, wisdom, and resources that enabled me to produce this book. To my beloved wife Rachel, whose encouragement, support, insights, and partnership contributed significantly to this book and to my sheer joy in life. Thank you to my publisher, Michelle Morse, and her team at Inspire On Purpose Publishing. Michelle is a beautiful person and the best partner a writer could ask for in a publisher. I want to acknowledge my dear friend Rand Stagen for his wisdom, guidance, and insights, which helped shape the focus of the book and evolve my thinking. To the innumerable people who have contributed to my evolution over the years and more recently to the crafting and production of this book, thank you! And finally to my readers, thank you for your commitment to making life better for yourself and others and for bringing more Light and Love into the world!

Sometimes it feels like Ive spent my whole life trying to figure it all out. In fact, Ive often felt like an alien whos learning how to be a human being, and then learning how to cope with other human beings who also seem to be trying to figure it all out. At times, its been pretty difficult!

Ive dedicated decades trying to understand what it takes to lead a successful and fulfilling life. One of my greatest lessons learned has been this: the power to change our worldto make it what we wantexists within each of us.