Emotional eating is a problem for many people, especially during the holiday season. Studies show that weight gain is modest, only 1 ½ pounds on average, but this adds up over time.
Have you ever wondered why the holiday season causes so many of us to feel sad and causes us to overeat? There are so many tasty treats around, we eat, hoping that we will feel better.
We are going to look deeper into holiday overeating.
People don’t want to change. I write a blog that helps people change, so why am I writing this post?
So, often, I see people who want and deserve a better life, but they are not taking the steps to make it happen. They may even know the steps, but they don’t take them. They don’t want to change.
Do you hate change? Is this holding you back from the life you dream about?
Do you believe that your emotional wounds only affect you? Do you realize how much your wounds can hurt your relationships?
Your past affects every relationship you have. You learn how to relate to others as you grow up in your family, go to school, and interact with your childhood friends. Anytime you were wounded as a child you bring that with you into your adult relationships.
Many times we blame others when we feel hurt. Are you ready to try a different approach?
Many of us have painful emotions and we believe that we must live with them. Sometimes these painful emotions have been with us for so long that we don’t realize we have a choice.
I took a class recently that reminded me how easy it is to forget that change is possible. Do you believe change is possible?
Do you have a painful emotion that you are living with?
Many people are not aware of how emotional wounds affect them. They are also unaware of what creates chaos in their life.
What do I mean by chaos? Chaos is something in your life that keeps you upset, unbalanced, and pulls you away from your true purpose.
Do you have chaos in your life?
Feeling not good enough is a common worry.
Many people don’t feel good enough to have the relationship they deserve; they settle for less. People don’t feel good enough to be a success and reach for their dreams. Some folks don’t even feel good enough to be themselves.
Feeling not good enough can affect every area of your life. Where do all these negative feelings come from? Are they real? What can you do?
Many people want to release their emotional wounds. They think, “If I could just get rid of my emotional pain, my life would be so much better.” There are a number of self-help methods that focus on releasing unwanted or painful emotions.
I believe that emotional healing is a two-step process. First, you release the problem emotion. Then, you reclaim the emotion or quality you desire. Do you need to reclaim your creativity, your adventure, your peace of mind, your power, etc.
Have you lost touch with your positive emotions?
Many of us have lost touch with our emotions. In my last post I wrote about one client who lost touch with his emotions, yet realized the importance of working with emotions.
Losing touch with our emotions starts at a really young age before we even realize what is happening. We don’t even notice it.
By the time we become adults, we think being out of touch with our emotions is normal. We don’t realize we have lost an important part of being our true selves.
Are you out of touch with your emotions?
Recently I had a client who was out of touch with his emotions, yet he wanted to work with his emotions. He told me that everything he tried recently was too rational. He felt like he needed something different.
I explained the poetry of emotion process to him and he was eager to try it. He said, “This sounds like what I need.”
When we got started, we ran into some problems. He was out of touch with his emotions and his body.
Are you out of touch with your emotions?
Sometimes it seems like we have lost all the joy in living. We might think this is a natural part of life and is normal – part of being an adult.
It is not only joy that we are missing. We may have lost our curiosity, creativity, adventure, or the wonder at being alive. As children we had many wonderful qualities, but somewhere along the way we lost them.
It is not normal to lose all of your wonderful qualities. What have you lost? What would you like to reclaim in your life?
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