There is a major movement to stay in a positive place right now. Teachers like Abraham-hicks and Old School teachers like Catherine Ponder and Florence Shinn teach the power of affirmations and staying in a positive place. But here is the deal, we are human and we are all going to have times when life gets challenging and negative emotions arise. This is part of life and to beat up on ourselves for having negative emotions is really a double whammy. Like oh I feel bad and now I thing I should not feel bad, which just makes us feel worse. So what do we do with this negative emotion. Stuffing it leads to alot of problems I believe, like unwanted physical conditions. So after a period where I could not stay positive no matter how hard I tried I figured out some ways to handle these “human emotions”
First and foremost remind yourself that “this too shall pass”. When we are going through a depressed feeling it feels dark. There are no other words to describe it. It feels dark and like it will never end. A very important thing to understand is that right before things get better they get worse. There are many that teach about this phenomenon. Catherine Ponder calls it chemicalization. She says that when a person starts “right thought” by using affirmations and more positive thinking many times all hell will break loose. This is the magic and the wonder taking place. When you know this it helps to soften and soothe the stressful feelings.
Also lighten up on yourself and remember that you are human and that negative human emotions are part of the package. So to expect ourselves to be perfect and always happy is not possible. A great tool to help you feel better are the Angel Cards by Doreen Virtue. I use them and it never ceases to amaze me how the same cards will come up over and over like my angels are saying we are here and everything is going to be alright, just hang in there.
Another great technique is to write out all these heavy feeling and get it all out of your body. When you are through rip the paper up and just let it go. Cry if you need to. Tears can be as healing as laughter.
Here is a Think Fit Radio interview for you with the lovely Dr. Susan Jones talking with me about how to handle negative emotions and stress. She gives some really helpful ideas and her voice is wonderfully soothing. She is a Hay House author of over 20 books. I know you will get some great ideas from it.
When you have released all this pent up emotion you will feel a wonderful release and you can get back to looking for things to make you feel good again.
love
kim
