2392: How to Feel Your Feelings by Rachel Shanken of Mind Body Wise on Emotional Awareness

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🗓️ 25 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Rachel Shanken of MindBodyWise tells you how to feel your feelings Episode 2392: How to Feel Your Feelings by Rachel Shanken of Mind Body Wise on Emotional Awareness Rachel Shanken is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Yoga Instructor, and now a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner. Her philosophy is simple: what you seek is already within you. In the busy lives we lead, it's sometimes difficult to stop, listen and access the knowledge that resides deep inside of ourselves. Using a whole-body, client-centered approach, her passion is to: support you with listening to your own internal wisdom, assist you with connecting to what you really want and help to empower you in taking steps toward achieving your goals. The original post is located here: https://mindbodywise.com/blog/feeling-the-feelings/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2392.
0:03.6	How to Feel Your Feelings by Rachel Shankin of MindBodyWise.com
0:09.0	and I'm Justin Maligar, very own personal narrator today, every day.
0:13.4	Meaner rating means there are no interviews, just a short podcast where we can both improve our lives one day at a time.
0:20.4	So that's Get Right To Today's Post and start optimizing your life.
0:25.0	How to Feel Your Feelings by Rachel Shankin of MindBodyWise.com
0:34.2	You may be wondering, why would I want to feel my feelings?
0:39.1	Because it's life changing in many great ways.
0:42.5	Here are some ways to connect and begin the practice of feeling your feelings.
0:47.7	Number 1.
0:49.0	Catch the Feeling
0:50.6	When you become aware of an emotion or feeling bubbling up, notice what situation or interaction preceded it.
0:58.6	Check in with your physical response to it.
1:01.6	See if you can practice this check in without attaching a story to the experience.
1:06.6	Experiment with letting go for the moment of trying to make sense of it or trying to find the why of the feeling.
1:13.6	Practicing this presence allows you to be mindful and connected with your entire being in a whole new way.
1:20.6	Number 2.
1:22.4	Get Curious
1:24.2	Our natural tendency is to label our experience.
1:27.0	Good, bad, pain, pleasure, I like, I don't like.
1:32.6	However, this labeling activity takes us to our thinking mind.
1:36.6	And from there, we often go on automatic, which shuts down the opportunity to explore
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