Emotionally feel like shit? This is for you!

As a society, we are so conditioned to suck it up, be happy, focus on gratitude, etc. Toxic positivity.

I think the real problem is that if distract yourself and hide from your negative emotions, you will miss out on soooo many of the juicy parts of life: the lessons, breakthroughs, and opportunities to heal.

If you’re off track somewhere, out of alignment, or involved in something that isn’t good for your overall wellbeing:

📣 You want that to feel like shit.

Seriously.

Think about it, if there is something bigger or better out there for you, you'd never go after it if where you are right now felt easy. Whether it's a job, relationship, approach to getting healthy, relationship with yourself, etc.

As women when something isn't going well, it's so damn easy to find yourself caught up in a process of feeling frustrated with yourself because you subconsciously believe it's your fault (directly or indirectly) OR you find yourself knee-deep in fix it river.

Our minds often go “Something is wrong, it must be us.” and then we GET TO WORK. Trying to change ourselves, the other person, the job, etc.

But our minds rarely go “Hmm…there might be something better for us out there. I wonder if this feels so awful because we aren't meant to drop our anchor here.”

If you are in a situation that does not work for you, the last thing you want to do is gaslight yourself (or let someone else gaslight) into being okay with something that isn’t okay.

Otherwise, you’ll spend your life oblivious and wake up as a 90 y/o wondering who you are and whose life you just lived because it sure as hell won't feel like yours.

And that would be a tragedy.

Part of you knows when something is off.

And it will let you know that something is off with your emotions. And if you continue to ignore your emotions and gaslight yourself, that voice will get louder and louder.

Picture a toddler that’s trying to get your attention. He isn't going to go away, you might be able to stifle him for a bit, but when you open the door to check on him, there will be paint all over the walls and glitter dust strewn everywhere and straight chaos.

It doesn’t matter how hard you try to hide from that part of you, you can’t. And you don't want to hid from that part of you because that's your soul, your inner child, whatever resonates with you. 

Even if you “mute” her for a while, it will come out sideways.

…as in burnout, inability to sleep, exhaustion, losing your shit, etc.

The most counter intuitive thing about doing the work for yourself is that we all want to feel happy, loved, seen, validated, etc. And the shortest path to that destination is to be willing to feel sad, lonely, unheard, unimportant, etc. and sit in the ick of it all.

Because the parts of you that need to be healed are found with and underneath those emotions. 

The path to you feeling a deep sense of well-being and safety in your own body is to gently open up to the parts of you that normally stifle.

Because she knows. And you don’t even have to do anything, just let her know you're there and help her feel heard.

And if you want to look back on your life at 90 knowing exactly who you are and feeling really proud of a life FULLY lived, you want to become best friends with this part of you. 

In doing that, you will be able to tell the difference between the things in life that are yours to work on (for your own healing) and the things that aren't, cultivate the confidence to let those go. 

And most beautifully, you'll wake up feeling at home within yourself because the part of you that has been screaming for your attention will have calmed down because you started listening. 

If this resonated with you, find a way to show up for yourself (and that part of you) each day. Even if for only 5 minutes. Figure out where you work is and invest into doing that work because nobody can do that for you.

If you want to speed up the process and have my support throughout, hit me up (link below or CLICK HERE to drop me an email). I will help you navigate your ick without giving up on yourself, that's what I do day in and day out.

And if you'd rather take the DIY/Scenic route, CLICK HERE to shoot me an email with what you're going through and I'll recommend some books, podcasts, etc. based on your specific struggle.

Either way, do something different today to show up for her. You can't create a new result without making new decisions.

You can book a free Zoom session with me to find a new perspective and a new understanding of the problem(s) you’re trying to tackle.

You’ll find out exactly how I could help you if you hired me as your coach and we can get started right away, or you’ll leave the session having a much better understanding of where to focus your time and energy so you can get on the other side of your struggle.

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I look forward to virtually meeting you soon.

Hi! I’m Machele Galloway, a certified life coach, former hot mess, and lover of all things self-development. I have transformed the hell out of my life and and have spent well over 4,000 coaching other women to do the same in their life! I work exclusively with women one-on-one and in group format. I’ve developed a framework and process called New Bitch Energy™ which provides you the shortest path to your goals. It’s all about showing the F up AND have fun while you’re doing it (instead of trying to beating yourself up to growth).