Two Quick Alerts: (1) Carol Look will be offering her Project Gratitude for 3 weeks starting February 6th! Details and sign-up at the link. I’ll be there! It’ll be such hearty good emotional food.
(2) Also, next Sunday Cathy and I will host Stop Suppressing Yourself… which fits perfectly with challenges in feeling gratitude and other nourishing emotions. Keep reading for more.
Replay is below
Hi!
Do you find it hard to feel gratitude? I have! It’s easier now than it used to be… and it still takes mindful effort.
Why is that?!? By so many measures we have so much to be grateful for compared to people hundreds of years ago.
Well, a lot of us have learned the hard way that it was “best” to suppress certain emotions, particularly positive ones, as a coping mechanism.
And when there are significant challenges for us and those we love, feeling gratitude might feel “out of step” with the suffering around us.
It’s even more challenging when people around us are reactive about gratitude, appreciation, and feeling blessed. “Easy for YOU to say!” or “You just wait… the other shoe will drop!”
We suppress ourselves. It’s part of our conditioning.
Indeed, thriving for me has been learning the skill of FREEING MYSELF and finding savvy ways to feel all the good feels and not just stay as stressed and anxious and worried all the time – like almost everyone else.
To Stop Suppressing Ourselves is a skill. It can be taught. If you’re willing to explore this, we invite you to join us for the workshop this Sunday. It’s Step #2 in our Be What Matters series… and it’s crucial for thriving.
We look forward to engaging with you!
With smiles and love,
Rick & Cathy
Your Emotional Freedom Coaches
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P.S. Gratitude and its cuddle-buddy Appreciation are emotional states that appear essential for thriving. Even if your focus right now isn’t on gratitude, the process Carol goes through in her 6-session series applies to all emotions you want more of. It’s why I recommend Project Gratitude to our community and will be participating myself. Learn more here.
P.P.S. Adira says, “I’m grateful for a house warm enough for bare feet in winter… and homemade chocolates!!”
