In this episode I talk about how I used to be scared of my feelings. I'd avoid them, numb them, distract myself from them. And in doing so, I was so disconnected from myself, my desires, my needs, etc. 

Over the last 7ish years I've been slowly but surely learning to allow my feelings. I've learned how to turn inward and meet whatever's there with love and compassion. How to validate myself. How to connect to different parts of myself. To try to understand my feelings rather than judging them and wishing they just weren't there at all. I used to want them to go away and never come back. And I'd take action to try to make that happen. And so the action I was taking was rooted in fear. Fear of what was going on internally and fear that it would keep going on.

Now I understand more and more that the key is just... allowing. Allowing it all. Loving it all. Because we're emotional beings and we're always going to be experiencing emotions until the day we die. So learning to have an empowered relationship to your emotions is life-changing. And the ripple effect it has in the world is a pretty inspiring thing to consider as well. Imagine if more and more humans learned to respond wisely to their emotions rather than.. you know.. being very reactive, lashing out, hurting others, doubling down on defensiveness, etc. So many things in our world will transform the more we learn to lead ourselves with love and respond lovingly to life around us. And I think that's where we're heading.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

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