You don’t have to prove your strength to anyone!
If you’re like me, something just doesn’t feel right. Emotions are showing up like whack a moles. Honestly, we don’t know what to do with them.
The problem is, we can’t whack them over the head and make them disappear! But that’s pretty much what we’re trying to do if we ignore or minimize them, proclaiming, “I’m okay.”
In fact, trying to whack them over the head can cause further injury, mind, body and soul.
I’m fascinated by what I’m learning about how much emotional healing is like physical healing, in fact, they go hand in hand.
First, the injury and pain must be acknowledged. The losses, the pain – both emotional and physical are real!
I’ve paid close attention in recent months to how I respond to physical pain. For instance, I hit my knee on the corner of the coffee table, wrenched in pain, then got mad at myself and quickly dismissed the incident.
Then, one day, I noticed a large bruise on my upper thigh. How the heck did that happen? Yes, tiny bruises we don’t know we have happen, but this was huge and purple. For the life of me, I have no clue how it got there. It obviously did happen, so the question is, what prompted me to ignore it? Did I pretend it didn’t happen because I didn’t want to think about my clumsiness? Was this a knee-jerk tough-it-out moment?
I think so.
And then there was this strange pain in my sides, the ones that result in too many side bends, only I’d done no side bends. I felt it in my body, but realized I was feeling the results of my bending and twisting to avoid or try to whack down some experiences that are both uncomfortable, frustrating and confusing.
I decided to pay attention because no matter what’s happening, injuries, heartbreak and loss unattended or ignored can have unintended and even life-long consequences.
Even more so, in this environment where all of us are enduring emotional injury and pain on another level. I want to encourage you to pay attention and acknowledge what you’re feeling and how your body is reacting to it.
Sometimes, we just need a little extra support and maybe pivot inward, not toward isolation or dismissal of what is – quite the opposite – acknowledge all of it, reach out, connect, heal.
I want to offer ways to make that possible with an opportunity of a free clarity call. All you have to do is email me. RuthieLewis@cox.net
May I also offer you my FREE “My Crisis Affirmations”?
With, hugs, love, connection and support,
