EP 256: How to Release Stuck Feelings with Luanna

This call is about how to move feelings, especially if those feelings get stuck as energy in your body. Today's caller, Luanna, is having difficulty expressing her feelings and vulnerability. This episode demonstrates what it looks like when you actualize recommendations or therapies perfectly but the tension and tightness in your body don't shift.   [For show notes go here: Christinehassler.com/episode256]   We all give our parents too much power. We make what they said and what they did matter way too much. Remember, our parents are humans, and more importantly, they are wounded inner children who probably didn't get the parenting they needed. So, if you're holding on to something your parents did, said, or just their voices in your head, I encourage you to get it out and find your own inner parent.   Anger is not useful when it is in our heads because there is no release for it. If it is hard for you to get angry and use or write angry words, you may be resistant to doing it because you feel like you are betraying the person. If this feels true for you, start by moving energy through sound, movement, and breathwork.   This is a trying time emotionally, mentally, and financially so in August, I am giving away $5,000 in personal development grant money. Ten people will receive $500 to invest in themselves. Go to ChristineHassler.com/grant to fill out the application. I will announce the grant recipients on an Instagram Live.   August 28–30, we are offering another Virtual Inner Child Workshop. This event is for those ready to do deep, internal work. Visit ChristineHassler.com/innerchild or email [email protected]. If you can't attend the workshop in its entirety you will have online access to it for 30-days.   Consider/Ask Yourself: Do you ever feel like your feelings get stuck or maybe you do, with tension in your belly, tightness in your chest, and no matter what you do just can't seem to move it? Did you grow up thinking or being told that vulnerability was weak, that you had to be strong and you felt like your emotions couldn't be expressed? Do you get in your head a lot? Can you psychoanalyze yourself but when it comes to feeling your feelings you get a little lost? Are you someone that can endure a lot but when it comes to letting it go, it isn't easy?   Luanna's Question: Luanna struggles to express her vulnerability. She would like guidance on how to release her emotions and live free of her mother's control.   Luanna's Key Insights and Ahas: She feels her energy is stuck in her belly. She is starting a business. She hears her mother's voice telling her she is not capable of attaining her dreams. As a child, she wanted her mother to let her express her feelings. She adopts her mother's limiting beliefs as her own. She isn't going after what she wants because she doesn't want to hurt her family. It is hard for her to feel anger.   How to Get Over It and On With It: Give herself permission to be angry and feel her feelings. Stop giving her mother power over her life. Practice release writing, dancing, or physical exertion to release the energy. Find a therapist who practices Somatic Therapy. Make a guttural sound with deep breaths to release her anger and sadness. Create a safe space for healing.   Takeaways: Empower yourself. Stop giving something your parents said or did more energy than it deserves. If you have a hard time getting angry because it feels like a betrayal, use movement or sound or do letter writing instead. If feelings feel stuck, try a somatic, body-based approach.   Resources: Christine Hassler — Join the Free Over It and On With It Community Christine Hassler Podcasts Including Coaches Corner Christine on Facebook Expectation Hangover, by Christine Hassler @ChristinHassler on Twitter @ChristineHassler on Instagram [email protected] [email protected] — For information on any of my services. Get on the Waitlist to be coached on the show.