Giving Yourself Permission to All the Feels
Can you give yourself permission to feel?
I’m not talking about just the pleasurable emotions and sensations, I’m referring to ALL of the feels…
Specifically, I’ve been exploring the duality of my human being in each experience moment to moment. Lately, the spectrum of emotions and feelings associated with the anger and joy have been insightful journal prompts for me.
I share an example of some of these introspective prompts with you below:
Write out what you consider bad and good emotions
Perception: What memories or experiences do you feel cause anger for you? Are there people that come to mind?
Output: How do you express (or repress) anger? How do you experience it in your body?
Beliefs: Do you believe what you’ve judged of your perception, outputs and overall emotions/feelings are aligned with your intentions? Does this speak to self-acceptance or self-restriction?
The Affirmation - Inviting Compassion, Curiosity and Contemplation:
Acceptance doesn't mean you take no ownership or accountability of how your learned behaviors can be hurtful and destructive to yourself and others. It's about exploring with curiosity and compassion what anger may mean for you. To contemplate, it can look like the above questions and all with the intention to accept whatever answers come up for you (equanimity).
Again, this is for you to explore in your way, giving yourself the space you need - there is no right or wrong way to do this and my guidance is subjective.
May you be filled with peace, joy and true happiness.
Xo Megs