Do you remember that Daniel Powter song? "Bad Day?" They played it at the end of "American Idol" when the contestants got voted off the show. And when I think about it, I get the song choice - but I can't help but feel that song may have made people feel even crappier as they bid everyone farewell.

OK - that's not what this episode is about. This episode is about all these weird things I was feeling the other day. I was really sad and upset for a few different reasons, but nothing that I felt I should have been super upset about.

I had a lot of different emotions swirling within me as I sat down to record, and I didn't know what was going to come out of my mouth once I pushed that button.

What ended up happening was that the podcast became almost like an audio journal entry - capturing how I felt about a number of things at a particular point in time. And although I second and triple guessed myself about publishing, I decided to do it because we all have not-so-great-days.

I know so many of us distract ourselves from what we're truly feeling because a lot of the time, sitting with our feelings doesn't feel good. But that's what I did here.

I remembered what Sven says in Frozen 2: "You feel what you feel, and your feelings are real." And so I took his advice. I mean, he's adorable - how could I not?

If you're avoiding feeling something, I implore you to not. Avoiding our feelings manifests itself in so many unhealthy ways. And when we give ourselves permission to work THROUGH what we're feeling instead of stuffing it under the couch cushion like a toddler with forbidden candy...we experience true freedom.

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