The Mindset Model 3 of 5-FEELINGS

In today's episode, I talk about FEELINGS. Feelings drive all human action (or prevent action). Feelings give us vital information. They are our internal barometer and help protect us and lets us engage with others.A feeling is simply a sensation in your body or a frequency/vibration that passes through us in 90 seconds or less. But we must commit to choosing to be aware, feel, and tune into our bodies. If you are willing to feel discomfort and pain now temporarily, in order to prevent much more discomfort, pain, and suffering later that is long-term. Your thoughts create your feelings, but also a bodily sensation/feelings can arise from your body and then we can give the sensation meaning with our thoughts and interpretations of the sensations. It's tricky to find a balance when it comes to emotional regulation. It's common to shut down, disconnect, or push away feelings through distractions, avoidance, numbing, or buffering. It's also common to let emotions take the drivers seat, overwhelm you, hijack your brain and body, and act out from the emotion. This has us behaving in ways we aren't typically proud of and it doesn't feel good either. The goal is to allow, embrace, and feel your feelings all the way through, but then let the sensation/emotion pass without attaching to it or continually reactivating the circuit so that you can't be logical or function. I talk about the 3 step process you can use now to help you better manage your uncomfortable bodily sensations and feelings so that you can live your life with more freedom, more joy, and with more confidence. The only way through is inward.