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Don't Be Afraid of Your Emotions
What if the most profound act of self-care isn't another wellness trend, but something far more fundamental?
Learning to accept and manage your emotions is a gift you give yourself and everyone around you.
True transformation begins with a counterintuitive truth: self-discipline creates freedom. By developing simple practices—pausing before reactions, transitioning mindfully between activities, and regularly checking in with yourself—you can prevent emotional spillover and cultivate inner stability.
In our increasingly chaotic world, the ability to maintain inner calm isn't optional—it's essential.
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A deep change in the way that we live requires a deep change in the way that we think. I'm Carla Reeves and this is Differently. I've been thinking about something lately. There's been so much buzz in teaching about mindset over the last years. So much right, but are we getting better? Are we getting mentally healthier? I feel that the gap is in between knowing the path and walking the path. We know more about our minds than we ever have. We've probably read the books and tried the things, but are we doing the work of managing our minds?
Speaker 1:I felt a nudge to do a podcast on this because I've been really noticing the rush, rush, go, go and even people feeling like this inability or even desire to slow down, which you might go back to last week's episode, which is slow down to speed up. Also noticing the resistance and the reluctance to do the things that we know we need to do to feel better, to be better, to show up more fully in our lives. This might be journaling or slowing down to do the important healing work, the inside work. It might mean coaching, whatever that means Noticing resistance and reluctance around that and also noticing people just not having the time, not feeling like they have the time, or they just stay so busy to avoid actually dealing with what is or what's been stirring inside of them for years. That's getting in their way, but we're just moving on to the next thing and the next thing. And lastly, and I think most importantly, I've been feeling like there is a fear of experiencing our emotions in me too, and I think it's a fear that they're going to take over or they're going to consume us, or they're going to take us somewhere we don't want to go.
Speaker 1:Where did we learn to be afraid of our emotions? Should we be afraid? These emotions are part of our humanity. They're innate in our design. The cost of unmanaged emotions is so big, right, it's our own mental health, it's our relationships and our marriages, it's our health in general, and unmanaged emotions wreak havoc on the parts of our lives that matter the most. When we don't manage our emotions, we react, we say things we later regret. We spill it all out onto those around us. We tear things down instead of building things up. We bring separation where we really wanted connection.
Speaker 1:True self-care, my friend, is self-discipline, and it begins with managing our mind. Maybe the reason we feel afraid of our emotions is because we've never been taught how to handle them, how to manage them, and what I've seen. The truth, I feel, is that when we are comfortable with our emotional climate inside, we actually have more control, we have more peace, we have more clarity, we know what to do next. It can be incredibly stabilizing to know where you're at, to know your own emotions and to know how to return to a state of calm. This is my life's work helping people take this important journey and guide them in how to do it until this practice can become your own.
Speaker 1:The cost of unmanaged emotions is too high. Think about it for a minute. Think about the last time your emotions got the best of you. What happened and what was the impact? My emotions and my feelings ran my life for years, running me ragged all over the place. Friend, get them buckled up in the backseat. You will never regret this. It may not be a once and done. It's a practice. I practice it too. Yes, it's work, but it will produce goodness in your life for years to come.
Speaker 1:People sometimes cringe at the idea of discipline, or they feel like, oh, I'm not a disciplined person. Or you know, yada, yada, yada. I want to reframe this for you that self-discipline actually leads to freedom and choice and peace of mind. So how do we start? Managing our emotions begins with managing your mind as a practice, your thoughts and a simple check-in with yourself on a regular basis is a great place to start and that can begin to shift everything Interrupting the pace of your life. To pay more attention to the more subtle things and again go back to last week's episode on slow down to speed up, but a simple pause before reacting to something or a situation in your life, or taking a beat and a breath to transition from a long day at work to dinner with your family. These small micro movements can prevent you from dumping your day onto your family. It can prevent you from reacting in a way that creates damage in a place that matters most to you. There's so much possibility here.
Speaker 1:It makes me think of the quote peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. Let's get good at this, friend. We are in unprecedented times. The world is chaotic, life isn't slowing around us. In fact, I think the pace of change and technology is getting faster, and I've never felt more strongly that we need to get good at managing our own state of mind. A renewed mind leads to a renewed life. It requires us to be different so that we're not at the mercy of the chaos around us Again.
Speaker 1:True self-care is self-discipline and it begins with managing your mind. Come learn how. There are simple tools and this can become part of your lifestyle. It's not something else to add to the list. Join me on August 15th. I'm doing a free virtual class. It's called slow down to speed up, and we're going to explore this counterintuitive idea. Get you writing and reflecting so that you can make the most of this new season. You can save your spot in the show notes or head to Carla Reevescom. That's all I have today. I'll see you next week. Thank you for making it all the way to the end and thank you for listening to differently. If you enjoyed this episode, will you please go leave a five star review and share it with someone you love. Goodbye for now. I'll see you next week.