Thinkvsfeeling

“Manage your reactions, but do not suppress your emotions .” - Yung Pueblo

Thinking your feelings

If you start on a journey of self discovery, you eventually start recognizing your emotions. You might even be able to identify where they came from, what part of childhood is impacting the way you react in your relationships. The reason you feel wounded when you see a photo of your friends hanging out, but you weren’t invited. You might notice the rage you feel when your parent triggers you by calling out a part of your personality that you think you’ve accepted, but they’ve unearthed that insecurity again.

It is an amazing ability to create awareness around our emotions. It allows you the space to pause before reaction. You may even have more empathy for others because you can see yourself in them. You can watch and analyze the people in yourself and even see the way their emotions impact them. All of this is great. I’m huge fan of awareness! But the awareness has to go a step further to really be effective.

Intellectualizing your emotions does not free you from them.

Feeling your feelings.

The emotions that bubble up don’t always need us to know exactly what is happening and why. What they do need is a way to release from the body. It’s not enough to know that you are sad, you need feel it and possibly (most likely) release tears. If you’re angry and not in a place where you can express that anger, you need to find sometime later to scream in a pillow or punch the air.

Expressing emotions is large part of the human experience. Watch children and how they react. Before they learn social cues, they cry when their sad, yell when their mad and jump up and down when they’re happy. If you live in a society, went to school, or participated in any group activity, chances are you were told to not express your emotions in some way. This creates a subconscious belief that emotions are bad, too much or make you weak. Also that other people don’t feel their emotions as big as you.

Emotions hold truth. Behind them there is a freedom. The freedom of release is magic. When you release emotion, it also creates space in your body. Your body holds onto stored/unexpressed emotion which turns into aches and chronic pain. By expressing your emotions you allow yourself to experience life more fully.

Next time you feel something, notice where it lives in your body. See what bubbles up when you start to bring awareness to this space. If the body wants to move let it, if tears well, allow them to come out, if you find your arms outstretching and a smile on your face, enjoy it.

Be in your body and emotions without needing to explain them or understand them.

5 Minute Meditation Practice to get out of your head

Thanks for being you and bringing your uniqueness into the world.

Hugs,

Kristin

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