Correction on yesterday’s “the power of jackaling”: jackaling is a process embracing our disconnected emotions, including journaling and verbal venting in a private setting with self or your empathy partner.
We can’t reason our way out of the emotional stuck.
This is the most counterintuitive part in processing our disconnected emotions. When you notice yourself using your head to process emotions, take a pause. And know that it doesn’t work.
Instead of using our heads, we feel our emotions.
Identifying our feelings is just a start. By doing that, we are feeling the feelings in the body. Notice the tension inside and identify which part of your body carries it.
Feeling the anger, the frustration, the sadness, the stress, and sitting with them. Feel it in your gut, your stomach, your shoulders, your neck, your chest, your leg, your arm…
Do not judge them.
Feeling all the emotions. Then make a gentle request to find out your unmet needs.
List all your needs (longings) at this moment and sit with them.
Do not judge, just allow yourself to be with them.
When we can accept who we truly are, we can start to process and heal.
Thrive comes not from our head, but the alignment between our body, heart, and mind.
