022. What if depression isn’t wrong?

If you’ve been feeling some density and heaviness lately, you’re not alone, and you’re not doing anything wrong! When we experience depression, anxiety, or any emotional state that feel uncomfortable, there’s a tendency to judge it, resist it, and try to make it go away – which actually leads to prolonging the suffering. This episode is about seeing “negative” emotions in a completely different light than what society has taught us. I talk about my own experience hitting rock bottom with a debilitating depression many years ago, and how I’ve since learned to surf the waves of these periods of heaviness with acceptance and compassion. What if these emotions are sacred messengers trying to get your attention? What opens up, what becomes possible, when you embrace it instead of pushing it away? I talk about: * How our emotional state is inextricably tied to the energy in the collective * Dispelling common myths about negative emotions * My darkest days with depression and how I moved through it * Seeing the entire human experience as a gift * Beyond the negative and positive: the power of feeling what you feel … and more! Connect with Rieko & When We Are Healed * Website | rieko.co * Instagram | @whenwearehealed * YouTube | @whenwearehealed * Substack | whenwearehealed.com Mentioned * Letting Go by David Hawkins** * Rumi’s poem: The Guest House – Included in The Essential Rumi translated by Coleman Barks** * Dr. Kim D’Eramo Recommended Resource Dr. Kim D’Eramo’s FREE EFT Tapping Course – This is one of the most powerful tools I’ve found in moving through depression, anxiety, fatigue, and pain! The first time I did her tapping session on depression I cried a river. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit whenwearehealed.com