Principlev1
Build emotional strength through demonstrated capacity to
Build emotional strength through demonstrated capacity to feel pain fully while continuing values-driven action, not through hardening against feeling.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Psychological flexibility (the ability to adapt behavior to (psychological flexibility predicts functioning) and Action that springs from autonomous volition satisfies basic (autonomous action satisfies needs). The lesson's 'paradox of emotional strength' section describes flexibility vs rigidity. Hayes's ACT framework cited shows that flexibility (feeling + acting) outperforms suppression. The principle prescribes developing capacity for coexistence of pain and purpose.