Holistic wellness is about mind-body-community wellness. Explore our thought pieces on a number of important lifestyle topics that we hope may spark some inspiration on your journey.
Working through unpleasant feelings
I recently listened to a talk on the benefit of ‘riding out’ waves of unpleasant feelings by tapping into our neurobiological response whilst experiencing them. To put it simply, this technique allows you to release the ‘grip’ of unpleasant feelings that sometimes gets stuck within us and flattens us for hours or days on end when on the flipside by using awareness and release they can quite easily be loosened within minutes.
In honour of World Mental Health Day 10.10.20 I will be sharing a 2 part piece and a more specific blog post to help you identify these feelings and release them. This is part one, highlighting some of the feelings that can come up and lead us to use one or more forms of distraction to avoid or suppress them.
The feelings can at times also be difficult to identify so it is important to work slowly to feel them play out, using techniques like body scanning. Once they come up, if they do, allow them to be; sit with them and release them when you are ready to let go.
I will share the others tomorrow, and discuss in more detail how you can practice a reset within 1-3 minutes.
Please remember you can reach out to me if you need to chat (just email me here); there are also many any other experienced mental health practitioners or support workers who can either help you directly or guide you to further support. If in Australia, you can always also reach out to other excellent sources of support such as Lifeline (13114) or Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636). If it is an emergency please call 000 straight away.
