August 2011

Deeply feel your feelings

Positive thinking will not think away your emotions.

That’s not what it is for.
Deeply feel your feelings.
Experience your grief, sadness, anger, fear.
Feel it in your body and in your heart. Emotions have a job to do.
Tears have an important function – let them do their job.
Suppressing emotions is dangerous.
Very!
Express your emotions safely and appropriately: cry, punch a pillow, pour your emotions in to your journal, your music, art, dance … whatever works for you.
In just the same way that you are willing to express and share your happiness and joy, experience and express your sorrow.
But – do not wallow, do not hold tight, gently move through your emotions and gently move on.
Then it is time for positive thinking – positive thinking is looking for the resourceful, useful, helpful next step. It’s not about pretending everything is sunshine when its not – it’s about knowing that if things are hard right now, they won’t always be and it’s about being willing to look for that resourceful, useful, helpful next step.

 PS did you know that tears carry toxins away – perhaps the longer life expectancy for women is related to the fact that women report crying more often than men – perhaps women are releasing toxins that would otherwise slowly poison them! I don’t know – but it’s an interesting thought isn’t it.

Product review

Organize Your Life 

At a recent Hay House writer’s workshop, in a room of 600 people, I was blessed to ‘happen’ to sit next to Claire McFee of Organize Your Life.

Claire is a talented and energetic mother, wife and business woman. With the arrival of her first child, she perceived the need for more organization in her life. And so was conceived Organise Your Life. http://www.organizeyourlife.com.au/

If you are a busy, multifaceted, multifunctioning modern person (find me one who isn’t) the Organize Your Life system may well be a real support for you. Claire has thought of everything: Organizers include Self, Home, Money and Family. Each of these Organizers creates a space for you to consider and record everything from your bank account details and tax records, your holiday plans and sports commitments, to your dream diary and personal goals! Each is a digital document that you can write in and leave in electronic format, or print out for a folder or to stick on the fridge. Claire’s organizers include lots of tips for getting your life together, and there is also a newsletter you can sign up to for more great ideas.

The Organizers will take you a little effort to get set up as you’ll be entering a lot of detail to get started. But once it’s done, it’s done! And like anything – the beauty is in the using – once you are using the Organizers you’ll have all your information and plans and obligations, responsibilities, ideas, dreams, goals … all together and readily accessible. So rather than search through 20 different books and folders and documents and bits of paper with important dates and notes, you’ll have it all together. And rather than losing sight of your treasured goals, ideas and projects, you’ll have a reminder right here. There is even a Gratitude Journal, Affirmations page and a page to note down compliments you have been given!

I encourage you to take a close look at Claire’s Organizers at http://www.organizeyourlife.com.au

 And I point out –I get no ‘affiliate reward’ for reviewing Claire’s product here. I have met Claire and have the Organizers and write this review as you too may find these Organizers a support in your busy world.

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elke emerald

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