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The Key to Understanding and Healing
Discover the power of embracing negative emotions and allowing yourself to feel and process them. In this heartfelt blog post, Ligia, a Soul guide, shares her personal experience of navigating through moments of sadness and frustration. Learn why trying to be positive all the time isn't the solution and how tools like meditation, mindfulness, and journaling can help you understand and heal negative emotions more effectively. Embrace the present moment, welcome your emotions, and find compassion for yourself on the journey of healing and growth.
Ligia Costa
11/12/2020
Even the most knowledgeable experts in mindset and coping with negative emotions go through moments of sadness and frustration. It's part of our human nature, and trying to fight or suppress these emotions only leads to a cycle of negativity. Contrary to popular belief, mastering emotions isn't about being positive all the time; it's about acknowledging and understanding what we feel. In this blog post, I share my personal experience of embracing negative emotions and how it has contributed to my growth and healing. Discover the importance of allowing yourself to feel and how tools like meditation, mindfulness, and journaling can help you navigate through difficult emotions more effectively.
Embracing Negative Emotions
In our quest for happiness and positivity, we often overlook the significance of negative emotions. Many people believe that mastering emotions means being positive at all costs, dismissing pain, and ignoring the challenges we face. However, suppressing or avoiding negative emotions doesn't lead to true mastery; it only creates a disconnect between our mind, body, and soul.
There are countless situations in life that are beyond our control and can cause immense pain and frustration. It's important to recognize that dwelling on these circumstances won't make them better, but acknowledging and allowing ourselves to feel these emotions is crucial. We shouldn't perceive tears or moments of despair as failures in mastering our emotions; instead, they are opportunities to release pain, connect with our inner selves, and embrace the depth of our human experience.
Yesterday was a breaking point for me. Over the past two weeks, I faced overwhelming challenges in my personal life, which culminated in the loss of a family member due to COVID-19. At that moment, I sat at my desk and cried. I cried until there were no more tears left. Did I feel like a failure? Absolutely not. I embraced my humanity and allowed myself to experience and release the pain.
As a Soul Guide, this experience didn't undermine my credibility or control over my emotions. In fact, it reinforced the importance of honouring our feelings rather than suppressing them with positive affirmations during times of pain. The tools I teach, such as meditation, mindfulness, and journaling, are not meant to prevent us from feeling pain or eradicate negativity. Instead, they serve as means to understand and navigate our negative emotions more effectively, facilitating healing and growth.
The Healing Power of Embracing Negative Emotions
Suppressing negative emotions only prolongs the healing process. By allowing ourselves to fully experience and acknowledge our pain, we create space for healing and growth. My recent experience of crying served as a profound release, cleansing my soul and providing an opportunity to pause, go inward, and employ the tools I teach to heal and align my energy.
It's important to understand that we can't prevent triggering memories or avoid pain altogether. However, we can choose to be present in the moment, embrace our emotions, and show compassion to ourselves. Through this process, we gain a deeper understanding of ourselves, our triggers, and our needs. Negative emotions become opportunities for self-reflection and self-compassion, leading to personal transformation and resilience.
Utilizing Meditation, Mindfulness, and Journaling
Meditation, mindfulness, and journaling are powerful tools that complement the process of embracing negative emotions. They help us cultivate self-awareness, understand the root causes of our emotions, and facilitate healing.
Meditation allows us to observe our thoughts and emotions without judgment, creating a space for self-reflection and emotional processing. Mindfulness helps us stay present in the moment, acknowledging our feelings with compassion and without trying to change them. Journaling provides an outlet for self-expression, allowing us to explore our emotions, identify patterns, and gain insights into our experiences.
Embracing negative emotions is an essential part of our journey toward healing and personal growth. By allowing ourselves to feel, we break free from the cycle of suppression and create space for understanding and transformation. My personal experience serves as a testament to the power of embracing emotions, even in the face of adversity. Through tools like meditation, mindfulness, and journaling, we can navigate our negative emotions with greater ease and compassion. So, let us welcome our emotions, honour our humanity, and embark on a path of healing and growth.
Love and healing,
Ligia
Olá! I’m a Ligia, a Trauma Informed Self-Healing Teacher, Journaling Therapist and Soul Calling Reader.
As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) myself, I understand the profound depth at which you experience life. My sensitivity has been both a gift and a challenge, intensifying the impact of childhood trauma and shaping my journey of self-discovery and healing.
I work with Highly Sensitive Souls who desire to heal past wounds and embark on their own self-healing journey. Together, we will rediscover who you are at a soul level, remember your truth, and reconnect with your sensitivity and soul’s calling.
I am the Founder and creator of the T.R.U.S.T™ Pathway, a transformative methodology designed to help you move from being wounded to becoming a cycle breaker. Through this pathway, you will heal imprinted ancestral, societal, and childhood conditioning, live an abundantly aligned life, and break the lineage cycle of pain, trauma, and abuse for future generations.
My unique approach combines my life experience, clairvoyance ability, inherent sensitivity and trauma-informed healing. I believe that true healing happens by befriending your shadows, not disowning them. This trauma-informed perspective ensures that we address the root causes of your pain with compassion and understanding, creating a safe space for your healing journey.
As a survivor of childhood abuse, bullying, depression, and anxiety, I know firsthand the struggles of feeling lost, lonely, and disconnected from life. My sensitivity made these experiences even more intense, but it also equipped me with a deep understanding of the healing process. I also understand the fear of the unhealthy footprints that our experiences can leave on our children.
It is my life's mission to heal myself and to help inspire others to end the cycle of trauma and pain with them. By sharing my journey and guiding you through yours, I hope to create a ripple effect of healing and transformation.
Know that I believe you. I hear you. I see you. And I'm here to help you find your own power to self-heal and embrace your sensitivity.
My podcast, The Soulcery Podcast, supports and inspires people to be their own healers and connect with their souls.