Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather

than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

So today, let's talk about how to deal with negative emotions.

Let's face it, we all have negative emotions, and quite frankly, the more aware you become

on your life's path, the less resistant you will become to negative emotion. And there

are a number of reasons why. Negative emotions, in my opinion now, I feel, are simply indicators.

They're telling me when I am moving in the wrong direction, or they're telling me that my thoughts

are off. My thoughts are not in alignment with

what my inner being wants to experience. For instance, I go to an ice cream store and I ask for

a chocolate shake and I get a shake that's full of lemon and lime mixed with milk and I suck on the straw and I experience

what? A sour taste, a bitter taste. It's awful. And then what do I feel? In the emotional body,

I feel negative emotion. The negative emotion is simply telling me that this is not the shake I

want it. I'm not happy with this shake. Now,

how do I know psychologically, how do I know that this is not the shake I want? By the way

that I feel, the negative emotions that I'm experiencing are a gift. They're telling me,

no way, no, Lisa, this is not what you want. You wanted the delicious,

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