Facing difficult emotions

Recently I have had two clients who decided not to continue coming to see me, at least  for a while, because they experienced some deeply difficult emotions during a session.  Having two in a row made me wonder if there was something wrong with what I was doing, but on reflection perhaps I should be wondering what I am doing right to allow the emotions to come up in the first place.  The more work I do that is energy-based or intuitive, the more I recognize that it is an extremely powerful tool for communicating with the body-mind of my client, and the fact is that sometimes old stuff comes up.

I too have been struggling with difficult and complicated emotions during this time, when my second child went off to college several states away.  I really acknowledged my feelings, and sorely needed time to allow them to be expressed, but having to function sufficiently to navigate around an unfamiliar city, catch a plane, and go home, didn't really allow me the space and time I needed to mourn.  I had to wait, but I also knew what was waiting for me.  At times there is certainly necessary to put your emotions aside so you can function -- but we also need to take the opportunity experience them.

The guides came through with a message about this yesterday, and I feel strongly that it was not just for me, but for all the people I know who are going through a rough patch now.  We all will at some point.

Dark nights of the soul do give way to the light again
if you allow the darkness to pass and don't hang onto it

"We do ourselves a great disservice in denying the expression of our emotions.  If the emotions are painful ones, if they speak to loss or longing; grief, regret; better to acknowledge that sharp edge of our existence, to know well the blade of that particular knife, than to muffle it and believe that by doing so we are somehow better or stronger for having muted our voices."

It is not up to me to change anyone's story, or decide for them that they have to confront their emotions.  But when the emotions and memories come up, I can listen, honor, and witness this part of our human journey.  I can hold a safe space for someone else, and I must hold that container for myself as well.