Feelings are messengers…

• Your anger? It’s telling you where you feel powerless.
• Your anxiety? It’s telling you that something in your life is off balance.
• Your fear? It’s telling you what you care about.
• Your apathy? It’s telling you where you’re overextended and burnt out.

Your feelings aren’t random, they are messengers. And if you want to get anywhere, you need to be able to let them speak to you, and tell you what you really need.

— Brianna Weist (Author with an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from Elizabeth College. After working as a journalist, writing for publications such as Forbes and Teen Vogue, Weist began sharing her personal reflections, gained from years of self-inquiry and meditation)

My favourite therapist diagnosed me with a “broken compass” because I didn’t like/was afraid of the “negative” emotions, particularly anger. He observed that in wanting everything to be “sunny and sunnier”, I was missing information that was critical in making sound and healthy decisions. We had to go back to my family of origin, and my terrifying, and somethings violent father, to reclaim and stabilize my emotional world. I then had to learn how to properly identify and communicate about my feelings. My perfect relationship was on the other side of this education and healing. Just sayin’ :) Hugs and good luck. XO

Blessings,

Chatgirl