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Mastering Your Emotions with Oluwadara Olowolayemo
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Mastering Your Emotions with Oluwadara Olowolayemo

We all experience emotions every day—but for many of us, they can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even out of control. What if instead of being ruled by our emotions, we could learn to understand, navigate, and harness them in ways that bring clarity, peace, and purpose?

In this episode, I sat down with Oluwadara Olowolayemo, the author of Managing Your Emotions, to explore what it really means to achieve emotional mastery. From practical tools to deep insights, this conversation will help you see your emotions not as enemies, but as powerful allies for growth and connection.

Here’s what we cover in this conversation:

  • The personal journey and defining moment that inspired the author to write Managing Your Emotions

  • What “emotional mastery” really means—and why it’s attainable for everyone

  • A simple yet powerful tool you can use daily to navigate difficult emotions

  • The difference between suppressing emotions and managing them in a healthy way

  • How to build intentional self-awareness and why it’s the foundation of emotional resilience

  • Practical strategies for handling emotional triggers in relationships when people or circumstances feel out of your control

  • One life-changing truth about emotions—and how it can reshape the way you live

Whether you’re struggling with overwhelming feelings, navigating conflict in relationships, or simply looking to better understand yourself, this episode offers both wisdom and practical strategies to help you take control of your inner world.

Tune in and discover how mastering your emotions can transform not only the way you feel—but the way you live.


Useful Links

  • Follow Oluwadara Olowolayemo on Instagram

  • Buy Managing Your Emotions here

  • Take my writing course here

  • Take the reading course

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