Appreciation Celebration

Life can be hard. Life can be complicated. Life can be. How do you take what life brings in a way that doesn’t feel toxicly positive or skating over your real feelings. Ah that’s a secret sauce. 

Step 1:

Acknowledge the situation by identifying the facts. Facts are things that can be proven via our 5 senses. 

Step 2:

Notice any other “facts” that come up – are they really facts or are they story. If story, great, you are human – mankind has been telling stories since the beginning of time. Now you get to channel your inner librarian and file your story under fact or fiction. 

Step 3:

As you are categorizing your story take a deep breath and do a body scan. What emotions are present in your body, what sensations do you notice. You’re scared? Cool. Let’s play with that. What story surrounds your scare – is that fact or story? Why does it make sense for you to be scared – what is your fear trying to tell you? Call them forward – do they have an age, perhaps an outfit or a cute (but somewhat outdated) haircut? Ask them to sit next to you. Perhaps you put your arm around them. Look them gently in the eyes and say “ok, I’m listening. What would you like to tell me?” and see what they want to say. Then notice what happens. Thank them for their attention to you and their desire to love and protect you.

When we appreciate and celebrate that which in us we may normally push down or avoid, we get to truly feel our feelings. We get to learn from multiple wisdom centers in our body. We get to celebrate being scared. By celebrating and appreciating our emotions we are allowing ourselves to tap into more of our full human experience. Not to mention we get out of the habit of recycling our emotions – anxious nervous thoughts, anyone? How will you celebrate your emotions today. How might you appreciate that which you have been trying to avoid? What can be available through celebration and appreciation vs avoidance

Let me know in the comments below.