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This is McKell with the Teen Life Coach podcast.

Today we are talking about how to feel emotions.

Hey guys, how's it going. I hope y'all had a fabulous three-day weekend. I just got back from a camping trip and had a lot of fun in the sun and ready to record this podcast for you guys.

So our last episode, I was talking about anxiety.

And something I mentioned was getting really good at feeling anxiety.

And then I thought about what exactly does that look like.

So I wanted to talk to you guys today about how to feel anxiety or sadness or happiness or any emotion.

So that's what we're going to talk about. I've always considered myself a very happy,

go lucky person. And it was something that people would

describe about me, right? Like, oh, you're so happy. Like, you're so positive. You're so fun to be around.

And that was a badge of honor I wore for a very long time. Still wear a little bit. But being that I'm a happy person,

and that's part of my identity, was kind of a negative think because I wouldn't give myself

permission to feel negative emotions.

I had decided I was a happy person, and that meant I had to be happy all the time.

And I would shove down negative emotions, right?

Like, I would ignore them.

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