TOPS Nashville members discuss emotional regulation

TOPS 1573 Nashville opened its May 13 meeting with pledges.

The best weekly loser was Mabel Leid. She encouraged members to eat healthy snacks, such as nuts. Lana Rush was the best weekly KOPS.

Rush presented a program from the January/February issue of TOPS Magazine titled “Emotional Regulation.” Members discussed a negative reaction cycle involving an event, interpretation, emotion, feeling, impulse to action, behavior and consequence. They then looked for opposite reactions to each step as a way to break a negative emotional cycle.

Members were reminded to be kind and hopeful toward themselves.

TOPS meets Wednesdays at Nashville Global Methodist Church. Weigh-in begins at 5 p.m., and the meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.