Well Sh*t. It really is that simple - Episode 124 - "Emotions Mini-Series: How to begin connecting with your emotions" is now LIVE!

Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide

Many of us have been raised in a culture that has taught us to repress, suppress and all together avoid the emotions that are hard or uncomfortable (for ourselves or for others). Join us in the first episode of our emotions mini-series where we're talking about these emotions, their importance in the meeting our needs and ways we can start to better connect with them.

In this episode we cover:

- The societal conditioning that can repress and/or suppress the fulfillment of our need to show emotion

- The emotional dam

- Our experiences with emotions throughout life

- Wearing the "I'm Fine" mask

- How to begin connecting with your emotions

- Why we recommend to proceed with caution if processing on your own

- The tools we can use to tap into our emotions

- What is holding space

- What happened when Claire returned to Key West and stopped coping

- How you can begin accessing and externalizing your emotional experiences

- Embracing the multifaceted nature of emotions

- The key to fully processing emotion

- Why we need to normalize doing what works for each individual (in Selfirst ways)

Episode References:

- The episode where we talk about the big 3 compromised needs - 122 - We are all human

- The episode where we talk about clearing niggles - Episode 61 - Friendship Series: Clearing Niggles

- The coping episode - Episode 119 - When things don’t go to plan mini-series - "How to cope when things don’t go to plan"

- The episode where we talk about somatic processing - Episode 118 - I feel like I want to be angry but I don't know why