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Do you ever wake up feeling miserable? Maybe life happens, and you sink into a miserable abyss without realizing it. When miserable pays you a visit, are you aware? Do you notice and pay attention to what’s going on?
When I feel miserable, I often get a healthy dose of despair to accompany my experiences. Misery loves company, right? I’ve learned something about it, though. Misery can mean that something important is out of alignment. Perhaps a personal value or boundary is screaming for attention. Maybe it’s an emotion that wants us to pay attention to something we care about. Did you ever push something to the bottom of your list so many times it felt like a monster instead of something you can whip out in a short block of time?
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Do you feel shame?
Emotions can be teachers for us to stay true to who we are or who we want to be. Think for a moment about the last time you felt shame. Where does that feeling come from? Did you think or believe that if you hid, your shame would disappear and no one would notice? Maybe you felt like you were flawed.
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What does Fear look like? To me, it looks like someone hiding from something or someone. It looks like a bird that takes flight when I walk too close or an animal that jumps upon hearing something startling. I sometimes do things because I am afraid of a certain outcome and choose to do something different so as not to elicit the feared conclusion or consequence.
Fear feels like running away or intentionally avoiding something. I feel it in my muscles because they tense up to somehow try to protect me. Sometimes I feel it in my gut, like a warning message. I feel fear when I’m outdoors, or camping in stormy weather. My fear comes from a place of wanting to feel safe.
What is the function of Fear? Oh, this is a big one! It functions in some circumstances to warn me of impending danger. Other times, it functions to keep me hidden from sight for one reason or another. Sometimes fear functions from a position of perspective, because I got a certain unwanted response as a result of something I said or how I said it.
I think, ultimately, fear is looking out for my best interests, and it wants me to feel safe and loved. Perhaps when I feel it, I can determine if it is protecting me, or if it is helping me to avoid or run away from something. If I’m avoiding, then I can acknowledge it and allow my fear to give me a big ol’ teddy bear hug. Then maybe I can listen to it with different ears and act accordingly.
Here is a permission slip for you to explore fear. It’s okay to do this in small incremental steps. Try a little short step. What does fear look like to you? How does it feel to you? What is fear’s function? How might you tweak it to work on your behalf?
Part of being human is being aware of all of our feelings…
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Give yourself permission to feel angry when you need to.
Morning light spills across my journal as I sit with a fresh wave of heat rising in my chest. Moreover, noticing this spark without immediate judgment feels like a tender act of self-respect. Furthermore, anger often arrives as a messenger carrying important truths I might otherwise overlook. Consequently, welcoming it gently allows the energy to move through rather than stay stuck inside.
I used to push anger away quickly, believing it made me less spiritual or kind. Additionally, that resistance only built pressure until it spilled out sideways. Therefore, I now create safe space for the feeling to exist fully. Meanwhile, my body softens once I stop fighting what is already present.
Give yourself permission to feel anger when needed
Yet even in the midst of strong emotion, I breathe and remember I am safe. However, anger reveals boundaries I need to honor or values I hold dear. Thus, it becomes fuel for clear communication instead of destruction. Besides, releasing the shame around this natural response brings surprising freedom.
- Practice good emotional permission with healthy anger release techniques
- Explore good self-compassion tools during intense good feeling moments
- Discover good ways to transform anger into empowered action and clarity
Nevertheless, the real gift appears when I listen closely to what anger protects. Instead, I ask what needs defending or what truth wants expression. Additionally, this honest dialogue deepens my connection with myself. Therefore, I emerge stronger, clearer, and more authentic in my relationships.
Ultimately, giving myself full permission to feel angry when I need to honors the complete range of my human experience. So today I celebrate this courageous allowance because it opens the door to genuine peace afterward. What situation in your life might benefit from this same gentle permission? I invite you to try offering it to yourself and notice the quiet healing that follows. Learn more about healthy anger expression here.
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“What on earth is Xenia?” you ask. In my search for emotions, beginning with the letter X, I found the list to be rather limited. Good ol’ letter X and its interesting words! Let’s learn a new one, shall we?
From a standpoint of emotions, the meaning of xenia I’m working with here relates to the concept of hospitality to strangers. You’re being xenial when you extend kindness or hospitable gestures to strangers. Did you know that? This was a new one for me!
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Life Gifts
- I send you a cuddly blanket of appreciation for the beautiful person you are in this world.
- Sending you pillows of prosperity to share with yourself and others.
- I send you showers of confetti filled with sparkling, renewing energy to keep you fresh and succulent.
- I send you buckets of bubbling, juicy kindness.
- Sending you joy.
- I send you comfort, joy and sustenance through your retirement.
- I send you chortles, giggles, and warm hugs.
- I send you healing energy as you mend your heart and body.
- Sending you bright colored paint for your life canvas.
- I send you music to make your insides dance.
- I send you peaces.
- Sending you rain to nourish the earth so that the earth can nourish you.
- I send you over-flowing cups of love to restore your heart and soul.
- Sending you joy and glee in celebration of your accomplishment.
- I send you love.
- I send you good thoughts for successful surgery, for doctors and nurses to care for you with love and honor, and for healing comfort.
- Sending you a perfect worry doll to manage your worries.
- I send you flexibility to allow your writing dream to come to life as you live it.
- I send you warm blankets to snuggle with as you sip warm tea and warm up your cold body.
- I send you moments of pause so that you can remember you are loved and cared for.
- I send you relaxing moments filled with love and caring.
- I send you contagious child-like giggles and unstoppable smiles.
- Sending you calm to scatter around the chaos.
- Sending you magical lenses to sharpen your focus.
- I send you patience to allow new things to unfold positively for your life.
- Sending you peace and beauty, like the glassy stillness of a lake before the breeze’s caress stirs things up.
- I send you fireworks of inspiration.
- Sending you music to fill your heart with warmth and comfort.
- Sending you giggles.
- Sending you buckets of patience to spill in all the places that need some—be sure to douse yourself with some.
- I send you delicious caring and big love.
- Sending you giant pails of peace to spill or splash in.
- I send you a warm, snuggly kitty to comfort your soul and remind you about the power of love.
- Sending you nourishing soup for your soul.
- Sending you perfect laser focus to follow your warm heart.
- I send you wide open spaces big enough for all your dreams to materialize.
- I send you showers of grace and peace.
- I send you succulent sweet chocolate kisses and delightfully warm hugs.
- I send you different flavored lollipops to quench your craving.
- Sending you flashlights for exploring your dark places.
- I send you energetic bursts of joy.
- I send you calm and gentle breezes wafting love and joy around you.
- Sending you tasty inspiration.
- I send you moments to fill your year with acknowledgment of how truly special you are in this world.
- I send you delightful whimsey, goodness over flowing, and creative deliciousness today.
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