<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Emotional steadiness is built through many small... > Emotional steadiness is built through many small returns: breathe, name the feeling, contact a trusted person, keep the promise, finish the task, rest, and discover that the wave can pass without carrying the whole identity away. **Source:** [[livestreams/Aloneness, Emotional Resilience, and Becoming Your Own Light - Workbook|Aloneness, Emotional Resilience, and Becoming Your Own Light]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Emotional steadiness is built through many small returns: breathe, name the feeling, contact a trusted person, keep the promise, finish the task, rest, and discover that the wave can pass without carrying the whole identity away.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-emotional-steadiness-built-whole-identity-away ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->