To get unhooked, we first have to acknowledge the hook-in other words, to be mindful and accepting of our feelings, David explains.
The point of identifying these feelings is not to beat ourselves up, though.
David recounts a time when she was traveling for work and, alone in a fancy hotel room, began to feel guilty for leaving her family.
Rather than getting hooked by the guilt and smothering her feelings with five-star room service, she instead chose to pause and learn from it: to remind herself how much she values time with her loved ones, and to recommit to prioritizing them.