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Navigating The World of Emotions

09 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by creatingahealthylifestyle in Healthy Mind

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Anger, Depression, EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Emotions, Energy medicine, Express your emotions, Fear, Happiness, Journal, Joy, Sadness

Navigating The World of EmotionsHonor and embrace your sadness, fear and anger.  Feel your feelings and let them pass through.  They won’t last long if you allow yourself to feel them fully, to discharge the energy they hold.  Unexpressed sadness and anger, turned inward, leads to depression, and left too long can lead to rage.  It’s important to find safe ways to express your feelings.

1. Talk to a trusted friend or therapist about how you feel.

2. Write letters expressing your feelings to people or entities, but DO NOT send them.

3. Use a journal to write about your feelings.

4. Express your emotions through art: paint, draw, color, use clay or playdough, or other forms of artistic expression.

5. Sit quietly and just allow the feelings to pass through you.  Be the observer watching you experience your emotions, knowing that they are not you and this will soon pass.

6. Use EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) tapping. Go to YouTube and search for EFT Tapping.  You will see videos with introductions to tapping as well as for specific feelings and situations. EFT can easily provide relief from emotions quickly by discharging the energy of the feeling.

The more you allow yourself to feel emotions as they occur, the freer you will be to feel happiness and joy.

Love, Health & Happiness,

Phyllis

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Sweet Dreams

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by creatingahealthylifestyle in Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

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Anxiety, Elizabeth Gilberg, Happiness, Happiness Journal, Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Journal, Present Moment, restful night, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Surrender, Sweet Dreams, visual person, Visualization, Worries

Sweet DreamsSleep deprivation seems to be the latest chronic condition.  Yes, there are a lot of things that may keep us up at night, and when you think about it, we can only tend to things in the present moment of our waking life.  With that said, here are some suggestions that may help you get a better night sleep.

1.  To put your thoughts and worries to rest, take a few minutes before bed and write them down.  While you are at it, write down what ever is on your mind.  I’d also suggest you write a “to do” list for the next day.  All those things will be waiting for you when you wake up, so no need to visit them during the night.

2.  Next, just before turning off the light, write 3 -5 of your happiest moments of the day in a journal or notebook.  This shifts your mind to pleasant things prior to drifting off to sleep.

3. Turn out the light and surrender to a restful night sleep.  Know that there is nowhere you need to go and nothing you need to do.  The next, roughly 6-8 hours, are yours to sleep and allow your body to rest and rejuvenate.  If you are a visual person, you can visualize yourself sleeping peacefully, like the puppy above holding a favorite stuffed animal, or as Elizabeth Gilbert, in Eat, Pray, Love experienced, “being in the palm of God’s hand.”

May you have sweet dreams tonight!

Love, Health & Happiness,

Phyllis

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