{"id":3834,"date":"2014-04-15T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T05:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehappiempire.com\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2014-04-15T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T05:46:49","slug":"5-ways-to-access-your-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappiempire.com\/5-ways-to-access-your-emotions","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Access Your Emotions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been on a bit of a journey over the last year. I had unexpectedly taken on the role of full time carer for my Mum, which brought with it an intense and confusing mixture of emotions.<\/strong><\/p>\n In one moment I was overcome with waves of compassion, then all of a sudden, red hot anger would take a-hold.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I tried some journalling and some crying, but in the throws of facing the daily dread, it was so much easier and more peaceful to lock it all away. Thing is, these energies we call\u00a0emotions don’t just vanish. If you choose to not deal with stuff now, it will wait there until it can be acknowledged.<\/p>\n Some emotions will stew away, and if they’re strong & continually ignored, they can manifest as mental and physical illnesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n These strong emotions that I didn’t acknowledge at the time, were starting to manifest as vertigo & anxiety.\u00a0After getting some advice from one of my awesome mentors, I created a list of 10 questions that would unlock my emotions. I answered these everyday, and sure enough, started to feel more free and healthy.<\/p>\n Everyone deals with emotions in different ways, but 2 things are for sure: we ALL have them, and we all need to release them. Here are 5 ideas to help you access your emotions. If one resonates with you, give yourself 5 minutes to give it a go.<\/p>\nThese emotions were effecting my work, my relationship, my health and my social life, so I decided to lock them up as best I could. I didn’t know what else to do with them, not really.<\/h3>\n
And that’s what they did to me.<\/h3>\n