In our every day lives, in pop culture, and in the self-help industry, people are expected to come across as happy, beaming, and sunny at all times. We're programmed into this lie that only some emotions are safe to show. Then, we carry that back home. We all become actors. What do you think that does to your mind? To your GROWTH? To your relationships? We refer to the movie 'Inside Out', where they discover the little girl NEEDS all of her emotions to function. In fact, having her sadness AND her joy is what balances her. To be true to herself and to her parents. She's told my her parents that they need their "happy girl" during their hard times, which is a VIVID example of how we're expected to ACT for the sake of others. But as it's portrayed in the movie and the world around us, it just doesn't work. So, what does? How can we be balanced? When we think about animals that were given anger to SURVIVE, and we feel sadness to CONNECT with ourselves and the people we value, where did that disconnect happen?
In this podcast, we share how we understand what it's like to become an actor in our culture; to have to bite back our sadness, and believe that getting 'angry' isn't appropriate. We hear you. And we want to help you understand that it can be safe to be authentic, and how you can start sooner than we did. For your freedom and for your healing, we understand.
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