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Good and Bad Feelings
Letting go of labels like ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when it comes to feelings lets us experience all feelings without judgement.
Now, some feelings can harder to feel than others BUT that doesn’t make them ‘bad’. Feelings are clues that something is going. Classifying some as ‘bad’ usually leads us to ignore, minimize, deny or stuff those deep down. We then fail to learn what they are trying to teach us.
So how do we start removing those labels? It is hard work especially since most of us have been taught since childhood to label our feelings as good or bad. A simple way to do so is, next time you have a feeling that is challenging, rather than saying ‘bad’, you can approach with curiosity by saying something like “I am feeling _____. I wonder what this is trying to tell me”.
Try it and let us know, how did it feel? Was it harder than you expected?