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The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant

377: Summer Series: Why and How To Feel Your Emotions

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant

Michelle Chalfant

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In my 25 years of private practice, the #1 issue I worked on with clients was feeling their emotions. 

Whether someone was anxious, reactive and raging or numb to the world, the question they were all asking was, "What the heck do I do with these emotions?"

I've been there too. And it breaks my heart, because experiencing emotions is one of the gifts of being human. 

But the good news is that all of us can reclaim this part of ourselves and learn to feel our emotions. And when we do, it unlocks all kinds of possibilities in life! 

In this episode, I'm breaking down why it's so important that we learn to feel our emotions and some practical ways to do that. I'm also addressing some of the common fears and discomfort around feeling emotions (like, "What if I get stuck in this emotion?") and helping you understand why this is your birthright – and how it can improve your relationships, your intuition and your life! 

Listen to discover:

  • Why it's so important to feel your emotions

  • Why most humans struggle with this

  • Four practical ways to feel your emotions 

  • How to connect with your inner child

  • How to overcome blocks in feeling emotions

No one is born without emotions, but along the way, we learn to suppress them – and in turn, disconnect from who we really are. 

Feeling emotions is the key to connecting back to yourself and one of the foundational pillars of being a healthy adult. I hope this episode helps guide you back to this essential part of you.

"We'd have a completely different world if we were all able to tune into what our emotions are." - Michelle Chalfant

"We become whole humans when we feel our emotions." - Michelle Chalfant

"We're all born to feel emotions." - Michelle Chalfant

"When we feel our emotions, it is a gateway into our intuition. We have enhanced intuition when we are in tune with and know what we are feeling emotionally." - Michelle Chalfant

"Instead of asking yourself, 'What do I think?" ask yourself, "What do I feel?'" - Michelle Chalfant

"Empathy is when we're able to tune into another person and feel what they're feeling. It's a beautiful skill to have." - Michelle Chalfant

"Connecting with the inner child is simply activating an energy." - Michelle Chalfant

"There's so much power in feeling our emotions." - Michelle Chalfant

LINKS & RESOURCES 

Free Inner Child Resource

https://theadultchair.com/innerchild

MORE ADULT CHAIR

The Adult Chair® Website

https://theadultchair.com  

The Adult Chair® Events 

https://theadultchair.com/events/

The Adult Chair® Coaching Certification

https://theadultchair.com/certification

STAY CONNECTED

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMichelleChalfant/ 

The Adult Chair® Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadultchair/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Michellechalfant

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Michelle Shelfand, psychotherapist, holistic life coach, and human just like you,

0:09.9

learning to navigate life challenges.

0:12.3

With over 25 years experience, I teach people how to get healthy using the adult chair model.

0:18.1

The adult chair model is where simple psychology meets grounded spirituality, and it teaches

0:23.4

us how to become healthy adults.

0:26.7

From anxiety and depression to codependency and relationship issues, you can use the

0:31.0

adult chair for just about anything.

0:34.2

Each week, I share practical tips, tools and advice from myself and a wide range of experts

0:40.5

on how to get unstuck, how to live authentically, and how to truly love yourself, all while sitting

0:47.0

in your adult chair.

0:49.3

Welcome to the adult chair podcast.

0:53.2

Hello, hello everybody!

0:55.5

Welcome to the adult chair podcast, I am Michelle Shelfand.

1:00.6

Here we are on week four of our summer series, Holy Molywood, an important topic I'm talking

1:07.4

about today with you all, why and how to feel your emotions?

1:15.0

Yeah, you've got to understand why, why do we want to feel our emotions?

1:20.5

I mean, I've worked with people for so many years, and they're like, why do I want

1:25.5

to feel my anger?

1:26.5

Why?

1:27.5

Because it is where so much of your power is, we need to feel our anger, or why do I want

1:34.4

to feel my grief, my sadness?

1:38.0

Here's the thing, we can not go around those emotions, we can try to numb them and bandage

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