I Am Not My Emotion
Today I share some amazing insights I received from Lindsay Law (Youth Rising Life Coaching for Teens) at her recent Mother/Daughter retreat I was able to attend with my daughter Eliza last week!
Even though you weren't able to join us on the beaches of Prince Edward Island, you can still benefit from the awesomeness that is Lindsay and connect with her online or checking out her helpful videos on YouTube.
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Lindsay's warm, fun-loving personality will help you and your teen feel at ease and in good hands for helping handle all of life's curve balls!
So one of the things she talked about was this notion of "sitting with your emotion"...we've heard the expression-but what does it mean how does one do it?
And really why would we want to take the time to put ourselves through such discomfort willingly?!
It's all about developing our Emotional Intelligence (something I feel so strongly about!) and boosting emotional resilience.
Lindsay taught us about N.O.W. and I share the steps with you in today's podcast!
N stands for Name it…just as I ask people to notice where they are feeling tightness, soreness or resistance in their body in a yoga class, Lindsay asked us to acknowledge the emotion that we were feeling. What name do you give it? Be specific…don’t just say SAD or MAD…is it disappointment? Frustration? Annoyance? Resentment? Jealousy?
Being specific helps you get to the root cause of the emotion.
O stands for Open to it or Own it…
-I see you anxiety.
-It’s OK to feel fear.
-I notice I am feeling angry.
-Interesting, why am I feeling so heavy and depressed?
When we own what we are feeling, we are open and curious about why we feel it and wonder where it stemmed from without judgment or criticism.
Leaning into the discomfort emotionally leads us to the W in NOW.
W stands for Watch it. Describe it. And this is the step that I found most fascinating and new during out sessions with Lindsay at the retreat.
She would ask…”Where do you feel this emotion in your body?
-Imagine you are looking at the emotion…what does it look like? What color is it? What shape is it? How big is it? Does it have a texture? What is the consistency?"
I know this sounds so strange, you guys, but what this does is it helps make the emotion we are feeling more tangible AND it helps us separate ourselves from the emotion and look at it objectively instead of letting it define us.
I am not my emotions. This emotion is just something I am feeling right now.
Practicing N.O.W. helps us develop a relationship with our emotions instead of hate, ignore, avoid or resisting them. It helps us allow the emotion to ride in the car without dictating the destination of our journey.
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