March: In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb, Or Suggestions to Replace Inner Turmoil with a Cooler State of Calm (Copy)

It is said the month of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Sometimes our emotions can feel like that, too. Authorities talk about “riding the waves” of depression. Experts on meditation likewise suggest focusing on breathing and following the mind as it wanders to plans, or feelings, and then returning back to the breathing.

So much of therapy is working on acceptance. Accepting the great person you already are; accepting that we can’t change people, places, or things; accepting that we can only change the way we experience external factors.

Sometimes life throws a “curveball” like job loss, or divorce, or death. It is a truth that we are very easily able to adapt to the positive, the good. Adapting to a storm of emotions, whether from something external, or from our own biochemistry can be challenging.

Give yourself permission to be kind to you. Let yourself feel your feelings. Let yourself grieve without rushing yourself.

You deserve to feel heard, especially by YOU.

You don’t have to do it alone. I am a licensed clinician. Contact me for a free 30 minute consultation. It does not have to stay this way. You deserve to feel heard. You deserve to feel happy. You deserve to feel safe. www.therapyfellows.com choose Individual and Family Therapy and use password Picture1925