You know that moment where your chest gets tight, or your throat closes, or something isn't feeling right…
And someone asks, “What’s wrong?”
And you say… “Umm… I don’t know?”
Sometimes we genuinely don’t know.
But more often, we do - deep down.
We’ve just learned to disconnect from it.
Because our culture doesn’t teach us to listen to our feelings.
It teaches us to override them.
To fix them.
To explain them away.
To be considerate and polite.
To be ‘rational’.
To be productive.
To be fine.
But here’s something I want you to remember:
Feelings are information. And needs are wisdom.
They may not always be convenient, but they are always real.
And they are always trying to help you find your way home to self-love.
So when you next feel overwhelmed, angry, anxious, numb, flat…
Try asking:
You don’t have to act on it yet.
You don’t have to fix it.
But just letting yourself know you see that feeling…
That’s a loving act.
That’s self-connection.
That’s the beginning of change.
If you loved yourself, how would you let yourself acknowledge your feelings today?
PS. This month in The Portal of Permission, we’re exploring how to meet our needs and honour our feelings with love - and I wanted to share a little piece of that with you too. If you’d like to go deeper when the doors open again, you can join the waiting list HERE and I’ll let you know.
