Emotions: Your Built-In GPS

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Why Do We Have Emotions?

Because they are how we experience the world. 

They also have a key relevance in memory. If you remember something long term, more likely than not, it's because you felt something. You attached an emotion to that event. 

Emotions, the so called "negative" and "positive" ones, function as our road map to health and well being, if we let them.

If you allow them to come up. If you don't repress them, deny them or bottle them. If you acknowledge them. 

They will pass eventually, but before they do they'll leave you a precious gift.

Information.

Information about what you enjoy, what makes you suffer, what makes you feel proud, optimistic, and what makes you mad, distant or depressed. 

This gift opens up possibilities of change. 

The question is, what will you do with the information?

I say listen to your emotions, talk to your therapist, evaluate possibilities.  Make changes, explore. To quote Adriene  "find what feels good."

In today's video (English & Spanish) find the necessary steps to process emotions. I also give a personal example of how I dealt with some feelings of anxiety this past week!