In today's episode, Colleen walks us through a deceptively simple question that came up on a recent coaching call: How do I actually feel my feelings? The answer isn’t mindset. It isn’t a technique. It’s presence. She explores the difference between thinking about emotions and physically experiencing them—without adding a story, a solution, or a label.

With grounded metaphors and everyday honesty, she invites you to see emotions as temporary energy—not identity. You’ll hear what happens when we resist that energy, and how easily it creates stagnation, self-protection, and shame loops that can shape entire patterns of behavior.

If you’ve been trying to “work on yourself” without shifting how you relate to your emotional state, this episode may open a quieter, more embodied door.

 

 

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Feeling your feelings means staying present with physical sensation—not interpreting it.

• Resistance to emotion creates stagnation and keeps old stories alive.

• Emotions aren’t problems to fix; they’re energy to allow.

• Identity forms when we attach meaning to temporary emotional states.

• You don’t need to change your story—just stop holding onto it.

 

 

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