Recalling a past positive emotion can anchor an emotional state and help identify potential action steps when struggling with unpleasant emotions.

“she does have this interesting practice whereby it's it's a bit like a meditation where if you're struggling with something like maybe you're struggling with boredom or not knowing where to go with your life or you're not happy or you just feel some underlying anxiety to think back to a time when you felt particularly blank like a time when you felt particularly empowered or particularly curious um it could be very specific particularly um amused”