Most days on my walk I like to listen to a Podcast.

Today I decided to listen to Dr. Caroline Leaf, who by the way is amazing.

As I listened she shared about how we are created and no one on earth is like us and even as we listened to the podcast each person hears something different.

Dr. Leaf was so correct, that we each hear things differently.

What I heard today was how I needed to deal with my emotions although I was not sure what that meant at the moment.

Her words kept ringing in my head about the mind and what happens when we ignore how things affect us.

Earlier this week, I received some unhappy information.

When I first read it, I could feel myself getting sad but decided I was too busy to deal with this moment and pushed it away.

What I did not know was how not dealing with it, had unconsciously affected me during the week.

Today I decided to slow down and do the inner work.

As soon as I made this decision a sadness that turned into anger came up.

Out of nowhere the information, I had ignored all came rushing at me.

I had literally forgotten it, but my unconscious mind had stored it.

Deciding to journal through the moment more thoughts surfaced until I was crying hard and deep.

The pain I was avoiding was real and needed my attention.

Allowing myself to feel everything, also released me from the sadness that had come over me during the week without warning.

Wiping away my last tears I recalled how light I felt.

This leaves me wondering how many of us are carrying weighty moments in our soul?

When we fail to deal with our emotions fully in a healthy way it will slowly creep into other areas of our life and begin to add sadness where joy was.

My hope today from sharing my personal experience is that you too will do the inner work and free yourself from the burden you are carrying.

Each day has its own challenges, let’s be intentional not to drag yesterday’s baggage into our new day.

Join me in the set free zone and make today a great one.

Stay Well,

Your Optimum Cultivator