EP 032: What are Emotions Actually?

What if the very thing you’ve been taught to suppress is actually the doorway to your healing?In this episode of the Girl, Just Feel Podcast, Dr. Ajene begins unpacking one of the core messages behind this platform: emotions are not the enemy.She shares her personal journey with chronic stress, unexplained physical symptoms, anxiety, perfectionism, and survival mode. And explains how disconnecting from our emotional lives can quietly impact our mental, spiritual, and physical health. Through both biblical insight and psychological understanding, she challenges the belief that healing comes from suppressing emotions and introduces a new way of understanding what emotions and feelings actually are.If you’ve spent years trying to “hold it together,” pray harder, push through, or avoid what you feel, this conversation will meet you right where you are.Life Work:This week, don’t judge or analyze what you feel, just notice it. Pay attention to what’s happening in your body throughout the day.What sensations are showing up?Where do you tense up?What happens when stress, fear, pressure, or overwhelm shows up?No fixing.No performing.Just begin paying attention.