What to do when emotions get in the way of good business
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Ha! I’m feeling this right now! A whole bunch of crazy emotions coming all at once (doesn’t help that there’s also been quite a bit of external drama). I’m working on feeling it, but then it just changes to something just as nauseating, and it goes on and on. The more I feel it the deeper I get stuck in it.
I looked inside me trying to reconnect with my inner peace (or as you met her, the little girl with the balloon) - and what I saw was a lot of mess and filth and gore. Yikes!
I’m hoping I feel better, and I likely will, but *right now* I feel like total crap. I’m kinda submerged in this bogeyman actually - i don’t wanna drown!
I really enjoyed this article Yollana. Your eloquence obviously comes from a depth of experience that most people don’t have the courage to explore.
I have recently started to ride my emotional rollercoaster instead of resisting it and have found that it can actually be enjoyable, in an unlikely way. The unpleasant emotions sometimes become laughable when I look upon them as an observer, rather than becoming ‘bogged’. And I have come to expect the ups and downs, rather than expecting to stay ‘on top’ of things all the time. I have found this to be really quite liberating!
Thanks again for your insight. I hope many people benefit from your wisdom and perseverence.
Thank you for this beautiful article; full of life as you live life to the full. It served me as a timly reminder to be present with what is, whatever it may feel like.
It’s time to sit with the ‘Emotional Bogeyman’ and have a chat, listen carefully and open fully to the qualities evoked in me.
Blessings, James
wow Tiara, I hope you’re okay. I also hope that you’re eating well and getting some sleep. You know what, it’s interesting but I’ve also just been on a rollercoaster during the past couple of days. I desparately phoned person after person until I managed to find someone to listen. He’s a pretty wise old bloke. He said to me you know it’s the winter solstice, everything is in the depths of winter, not to mention the state of the planet right now. Mother earth is sick and tired, we’re a part of the web of life, there are a great deal of people experiencing these really dark feelings at the moment. A very very close friend of mine is in hospital as we speak for fear the she might harm herself if she’s not being watched.
We must love ourselves, gently, nurturing our small, tiny selves with quiet and small steps. In a world that is constantly shouting us to be, achieve, have more we need to block our ears and wiggle our toes in the earth and lie on the ground and let ourselves sink into the ocean of love and wisdom that flows through this divine and precious planet. Tiara, get in contact with her….she is in need of love and attention and will reward you for you attention.
@Tiara and @Fiona, Thank you both for your comments.
It’s such a pleasure to see how a simple blog really can reflect community in action, and how naturally we reach out to support each other when we can.
I think, as I wrote in the post, the key to dealing with the big emotions - the really scary ones - is to get support. Even after 10 years of working with my own emotions in more or less the way I described above, I still prefer to have a friend be present with me when I’ve got some big stuff coming up.
The other benefit of this is that, for the courageous friend (or professional counsellor, coach or healer) they don’t just get to meet the muck with you, but they get to experience the peace and joy on the other side with you too.
I’ve found that, sometimes, the best thing to do when I feel like total crap is… to feel like total crap. And if I can find a kind friend, counsellor or even support line to be with me while I do that fully - all the better. Emotions trick us into thinking they are a ton of bricks about to crush us, or a tidal wave about to drown us. In fact, they are just emotions - natural human emotions - asking to be felt, so they can be free.
Oh and one more thing, if it’s any consolation… another thing Brandon Bays often says is “Freedom drives to the surface anything that is not yet free.” What this means is that often, as we start to open to new possibilities and experience more Freedom in ourselves, we feel even ‘darker’ emotions, and even more strongly. I guess no one ever told you enlightenment would feel like that… eh?
@James and @Nathalie, thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It warms my heart to see your posts here.