It’s that time of year again when we get sooooo busy DO-ing and never BE-ing. I have had numerous conversations with clients this week all along the same lines; we are all rushing around shopping, organising, list-making, attending do’s, writing cards, wrapping presents, hanging decorations, menu planning – the list goes on.
The sad thing is that everyone is stressed by all this increased activity; people are tired, feeling the pressure of lots of events, having money worries, stressing about who is coming on Christmas Day and who isn’t coming on Christmas Day, the planning seems endless and we are in a constant state of DO-ing…… Now, we know from my previous post that too much DO-ing and not enough BE-ing makes us unable to FEEL the joy in our lives 🙁
So, my invitation to you is a simple one. Take time – literally one or two minutes – to stop and breathe. Breathe deeply right down into your belly, breathe deeply in and out for one minute and allow your system to calm down and start to recharge.
After just one minute of deep breathing just notice how you FEEL, really sense your emotions and what they are trying to tell you.
I’m convinced we really only have 2 emotions, LOVE and FEAR, every other emotion stems from either Love or Fear. So, take time to notice what your emotion is: is it Fear based or Love based?
If it is Fear based, then ask yourself is it based on a truth or could it be that it is simply a story that you are telling yourself and if it is just a story, then surely you don’t have to believe it?
We spend so little time actually FEELING anything, we spend most of our time suppressing our emotions, especially those based on Fear. Fear that something might happen, something might go wrong, that whatever we are doing isn’t perfect, that we aren’t perfect, that if we do this then that might happen etc etc………
So, instead of acknowledging our Fear and facing it, we suppress it and busy ourselves DO-ing – no wonder we struggle with happiness!
One interesting Brain fact for you to think about is…… You cannot suppress only one emotion.
That means that if you are suppressing Fear, then you must also be suppressing Love – that’s just how our brain works.
If we are not allowing ourselves to FEEL Fear then we cannot FEEL love.
Makes you think doesn’t it?
Over these next few weeks, why not just take 2 minutes to Stop, Breathe & FEEL?
Don’t underestimate the power of this, it really will bring more Joy into your life 🙂
Be the very Best Version of You that You can be!