In this episode, part 2 of this series on how to heal and own your story, I am sharing some thoughts on how to own your emotions.  There is a big distinction here between the words of owning and controlling your emotions.  I never love the word controlling, we aren’t robots, we are feeling, moving, emotional human beings.  I think we can identify, break down and take responsibility for our emotions.  This process requires curiosity, listening, not judging, not resenting, acceptance, empathy, compassion and understanding.  Learning how to own our emotions, our responses, our triggers is one key way in how we can change how we respond instead of reacting towards different experiences that trigger these emotions. In this episode:1) Learning how to identify your emotions, what your triggers, patterns and responses are can teach you a lot about yourself.  Learning how to recognize your emotional patterns, what you are feeling and not focusing on controlling it, and Identifying these feelings, getting curious, journaling and unpacking them is how you can learn to heal and change these responses. 2) By approaching your emotions with curiosity, empathy, and acceptance, you can shift the focus from criticizing yourself or building a case against someone else to understanding yourself and taking actions that are more in line with what you want, thereby recognizing you have more power in your life than you think. 3) Own and take responsibility for your feelings, and when you are learning to speak or communicate them with others, learn to speak in the first person, not in a defensive manner of what others are doing wrong.  Blaming others is projecting responsibility on other people. This does not lead to change. 4) If you have been told to continuously bury your emotions, suck it up, throw it under the rug, and stop complaining, this can be a really difficult process for you to work through.  Suppression does not work, it is a band aid approach that does not lead to lasting change. Looking for professional help can be a huge source of support. Also the power of subconscious reprogramming can help to heal limiting thoughts, behaviours in order to change them moving forward. Join the Rising Leaders Collectivehttps://marshavanw.com/rlcmMarsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker and Life CoachMarsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.

Through her programs, coaching and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support and impact others