What Would It Be Like To Welcome Your Emotions?

I used to be really scared of my emotions.

I would run away from them as soon as they showed up.

The problem was they were still there when I was done running from them.

After I got home from the social event the sadness came back.

A few (or more) hot, gooey, homemade chocolate chip cookies were a great distraction for a few minutes, but that grief would still find me.

Pretending everything was just fine when it wasn't became very exhausting.

Emotions can be really scary... but they don't need to be.

When we learn what to do with our emotions we don't have to wear ourselves out avoiding, resisting or reacting to them.

I like to think of my emotions as visitors and I am the host.
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Here are three steps that can help you next time a negative emotion comes to visit:
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1. Welcome the emotion: Hello ________ (anger, resentment, disappointment, jealousy, etc)! Name the emotion. Validate to yourself what you are feeling. Notice where you feel it in your body.
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2. Get curious with the emotion. Describe the emotion in detail and how it feels. Is it hard, soft, dark, light, squishy, hard or prickly...you get the idea.
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3. Don't try to hurry it along. By being open to the experience you'll discover there's nothing to be fearful of, and much to learn. Your body knows what to do with emotions if you give it a chance to be there. It will pass through your body after awhile. It has no power to hurt you--you are equipped to manage it much better than you might think.
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Get your power back over your emotions with these tips and if you are still feeling stuck then schedule a free mini session below and see how I can help you.