Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement 3768: How to Tap into your Secret Super Power by Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise on Discovering Inner Strength
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Oct 11, 2025 Explore the transformative power of emotions as a source of strength. Embracing all feelings leads to deeper self-awareness and joy. Blocking emotions can cause unhealthy expressions, while permission to feel fully enriches life. Understand the connection between emotions and bodily sensations, and discover how pain can coexist with beauty. Learn a four-step practice to enhance emotional awareness and tap into your embodied mindfulness superpower. Here, emotions aren't weaknesses; they guide you to a more fulfilling, authentic existence.
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Emotions Define Our Humanity
- Emotions are central to being human and separate us from robotic existence.
- Accepting all feelings reduces their intensity and increases peace and joy.
Blocked Feelings Hurt Body And Mind
- Blocking any emotions shuts down the entire emotional channel and causes harm over time.
- Unprocessed feelings often manifest as physical pain or tension in the body.
Permit Yourself To Feel Fully
- Give yourself explicit permission to feel all emotions and to express them appropriately.
- If you need help, seek guidance for healthy ways to express your feelings.