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HOW TO PROCESS YOUR FEELINGS (Without Being Controlled by Them)

Feelings are not problems to fix.
They are messages to understand.

Most suffering doesn’t come from emotions themselves —
it comes from resisting them, suppressing them, or becoming lost inside them.

Here’s how to process your feelings with awareness, not avoidance:

1. PAUSE
Before reacting, pause.

Take a breath.
Slow your body down.

This pause creates space between what you feel and what you do.
In that space, wisdom can arise.

In Buddhism, this moment of pause is mindfulness —
the ability to see clearly instead of acting blindly.

Not every emotion needs an immediate response.
Some only need your attention.

2. NAME IT
Give the feeling a name.

Anger.
Sadness.
Fear.
Disappointment.
Joy.

Naming an emotion takes away its power to overwhelm you.
What is named becomes observed, not possessed.

You are not “angry.”
Anger is arising within you.

This subtle shift reminds you:
You are the observer, not the emotion.

3. FEEL IT (WITHOUT JUDGMENT)
Sit with the emotion instead of pushing it away.

Don’t label it as good or bad.
Don’t rush to escape it.
Don’t shame yourself for feeling it.

Feelings are like waves —
they rise, peak, and fall if you don’t fight them.

In Buddhist practice, this is equanimity:
allowing what is, without clinging or aversion.

What you resist persists.
What you allow, softens.

4. ASK WHY
Gently explore the root.

What triggered this feeling?
What expectation was unmet?
What attachment was touched?

Often, emotions reveal hidden truths —
unhealed wounds, unmet needs, or false stories we tell ourselves.

This is not about blaming yourself or others.
It’s about understanding.

Awareness turns pain into insight.

5. RELEASE
Once understood, let it move through you.

Breathe deeply.
Write it out.
Speak to someone you trust.
Sit quietly and watch it fade.

Feelings are energy.
If they are not expressed or released, they become stored tension.

Release does not mean forgetting.
It means not carrying unnecessary weight.

6. SHIFT
After release, gently redirect your energy.

Toward calm.
Toward kindness.
Toward something constructive.

Not as an escape —
but as a conscious choice.

This is wisdom in action:
choosing peace over rumination, growth over repetition.

FINAL TRUTH.

Feelings are temporary guests.
They come to teach, not to stay forever.

Suffering begins when you cling.
Freedom begins when you observe, understand, and let go.

You don’t need to control your emotions.
You need to befriend them — and know when to let them leave.

🧘‍♂️ Nothing that arises is meant to be held onto forever.

01/06/2026

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🔷 Addiction Cravings stem from the brain's reward system (dopamine, basal ganglia, prefrontal cortex, insula) being hijacked by substances, creating a powerful "wanting" (incentive salience) that overpowers "liking".

🔷 Intense dopamine surges from drugs, food, po*******hy, gambling.. teach the brain to link cues (people, places, moods) to the drug of choice/behavioural addiction , triggering intense craving memories

🔷 This continues for many of us even after lengthy abstinence, involving sensitised neural circuits and impaired executive control that make relapse more likely.

🔷 Addiction rewires the brain’s reward pathways, often driving cravings that overpower logical thinking.

🔷 Understanding this 'hijack' is key to recovery.

🔷 Understanding helps us approach addiction with compassion and knowledge.

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01/04/2026

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🌿 A quiet space. A moment just for you.

Phoenix Rising Healing offers a peaceful, supportive environment to slow down, reset your energy, and calm your nervous system. This is a space to release what you’ve been carrying and reconnect with yourself in a grounded, nurturing way.

Appointments available- DM to schedule when you’re ready. ✨

01/02/2026

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Psssttt: Why buy “Say That Again” in a pdf file? It’s less expensive than the paperback and each script or diagram can be printed out on one page. You will receive an email attachment from me personally!

01/01/2026

Happy New Year
“As the year quietly comes to a close, we find ourselves looking back at everything 2025 carried with it.
The good days, the hard ones, the lessons we didn't understand at the time, and the moments that gently shaped us.
Like Snoopy and his friends walking forward together, this season reminds us that we don't have to have everything figured out.
We just keep moving.
One step, one smile, one small moment at a time.
May 2026 bring you more peace than you expected, more kindness than you asked for,
and simple moments that warm your heart in ways words never could.
Take a deep breath.
You made it through another year.
And that, all by itself, is something to be grateful for.”
~ credit: Butterfly Lovers