The Capacity to Feel More Deeply
Updated: Aug 17
I’m feeling a lot of big feelings lately.
And I’m feeling really grateful
that I can fully feel them.
Because for the majority of my life,
I didn’t feel safe enough in my body to let myself feel them.
I had to learn to love and trust myself enough
to be able to hold myself through any emotions that arise.
So I’ve been reflecting on how the journey of learning to love yourself
does not mean learning how to protect yourself
from feeling difficult emotions.
It’s actually the opposite.
Self-Love helps us feel safe enough within ourselves
to allow ourselves to fully opt in
for the entire spectrum of human emotions.
From the deep grief to the soaring joy.
From the gripping fear to the open wonder.
From the devastating heartbreak to the blissful love.
And everything in between.
When we no longer feel the need to protect ourselves
from the emotions we’re most afraid of feeling,
then we can truly expand our capacity
to fully embrace the ones we most long to feel.
Learning to love yourself doesn’t help you to feel less of the hard stuff.
✨ Self-Love helps you become safe enough to feel more of everything.
And while I know that might sound scary at first,
there's something incredibly beautiful about it.
Because you’ll discover
that you can allow yourself to feel deeply
without disconnecting or abandoning yourself in it.
You can hold yourself through the pain
and allow yourself to be fully open to the joy.
When you love yourself more deeply,
you’re able to feel your feelings more completely.
And I wouldn’t trade this capacity to deeply feel my emotions for anything.
One of the greatest gifts of learning to love ourselves
is becoming more available for the full experience of being alive.
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,
the more joy you can contain." ~ Kahlil Gibran
💗 Increasing Your Capacity
I invite you to take several slow, deep breaths.
With each one, breathe love into the center of your heart.
And with each exhale,
feel your heart gently opening and expanding
to welcome whatever feelings are here for you today.
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Jaime
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