17d • 🌻Thoughtful Blooms
Tending To - Over Avoidance
Many of us have learned to respond to our feelings and emotions with criticism.
Have you ever felt one of these?
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🌻"I shouldn't feel this way."
🌻"What's wrong with me?"
🌻"I need to get over it." or you've been told "To get over it"
Notice - how does it make you feel when you hear or say those things to yourself?
Does it evoke tenderness and compassion?
we avoid, and avoidance always shows up somewhere else.
Far too often we try to push the feelings down ... we don't like how we feel or what we feel so we push it down, avoid it, and pretend were okay - or only to have it resurface with more force and maybe even intense shame.
Notice when you want to push something away or stuff it down...
And instead of avoiding it, just stop and notice... ask yourself, "What needs tended to right now?"
What am I afraid to feel? Why do I want to avoid this?
Your emotions are not the enemy.
They are information.
✨ What feeling or emotion have you been judging lately that you might be willing to approach with curiosity instead?
If you're brave - share below!!
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Tending To - Over Avoidance
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