Are Emotions Good or Bad?

When you hear the word of "emotion", what do you think of?⁣
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Is it a good or bad thing?⁣
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Do you judge an emotion or embrace it?⁣
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Growing up in Japan, showing emotions were something that was forbidden it felt like.⁣
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To me, it was a sign of weakness if I cried in front of people (I remember hiding in a curtain in the gym at elementary school when I just couldn't hold my tears anymore).⁣
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I remember mastering a poker face at the age of 13 (even when I was deeply hurt). I thought this was the best technique I ever obtained/needed.⁣
Fast forward, suppressing negative emotions didn't serve me well.⁣
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We can't selectively suppress the emotions and I lost the positive/happy emotions for a long time. ⁣
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By the time I realized it, I didn't know how it felt like to feel happy or what I wanted to feel happy for. It felt all the emotions were all the same - numbed.⁣
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Well, good news is, emotion is not a "good or bad thing"!⁣
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It's an absolutely important information we need.⁣

⁣The very important, one of the first steps is, to recognize your emotions.⁣
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-To see if you are feeling any.⁣
-To see if you have tendency to feel certain ways.⁣
-To see how you feel about having an emotion that you just had.⁣
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Here’s a free emotional checklist  to deep dive in to your emotions and why you’re feeling that way.  Once you do, let me know how it went in my FB Group, tag me with a photo of you working on the post on Instagram @HealthCoachKanna), or Email me ([email protected])! 

Cheering on you!
Kanna

Kanna Laird
I’m a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Registered Holistic Nutritionist who has intensively studied Emotional Eating Psychology.  I have recovered eating disorders and emotional eating, and helping others do the same. I offer a deep compassion and love while guiding you to increase confidence in you and showing you  abundant hope and possibilities to change.