You Are Not Your Emotions

BOOK: You Are Not Your Emotions

BY: Modern Monk

SHOP: https://amzn.to/4qLjkB9

We are thought how to think, achieve and perform but rarely how to feel, process and heal.

PEOPLE FOLLOW EMOTIONS TO: INSTEAD OF:

-Become heavy burdens -Peaceful guides

-Become storms -Signals we trust

-Become fear -Just felt

-Define and destroy them -Teach grow and guide them

Stop surviving your emotions and start understanding them. Emotions are messengers. They carry information about what matters to you, what needs attention, and where healing is required.

You are not your emotions, you are the one who experiences them, observes them and the one who can choose how to respond to them.

Healing doesn't happen all at once. It happens slowly, often quietly, in every day moments of awareness and courage.

INSIGHT #1: EMOTIONS ARE MESSENGERS, NOT ENEMIES

What if emotions are not problems to solve, but messengers to understand?

Emotions are signals from within. Each emotion carries a message about your inner world. Example:

• Anxious = Might point to something uncertain or unsafe.

• Angry = A boundary has been crossed.

• Joy = Reminds you of what brings joy alive.

Emotions are internal compass, they show you what matters, what hurts and what heals.

They are not meant to control you, but inform you. Ignoring them will make them return often laughter and more disruptive.

We often judge and label emotions, but we must pause and get curious. Sit with them and ask: What are you here to teach me?

PUT THE WORK:

Close your eyes, take a deep breath and ask:

What is this emotion trying to tell me?

INSIGHT #2: YOU ARE NOT WEAK FOR FEELING DEEPLY

We believe sensitivity is weakness. That vulnerability is something to hide.

But feeling deeply is not a flow.

It's a form of strength.

It's a sign of being alive, aware and connected.

It creates meaning, beauty and understanding.

PUT THE WORK:

Affirm: My emotions are valid.

My depth is my strength.

I do not need to harden myself to be strong.