How to Feel Your Feelings (Before They Explode)

My shoulders were up around my ears for I don't even know how long before I noticed. My neck was so stiff I could barely move. I'd been stuffing down my feelings about a challenging family issue and telling myself it was fine. And then it wasn't fine. It was an explosion.If you've ever gone numb without knowing why, snapped over something small, or wondered why you're so emotional lately, this episode is for you. So many empty nest women learn to push feelings aside because someone always needed something from us. But a stuffed feeling doesn't disappear, it's like holding a beach ball underwater. You can do it for a while, but the second you let go, it shoots right back up, usually with more force than if you'd just let it float in the first place.In this episode, I'm walking you through the exact body scan I use with every client to process a feeling in 90 seconds, plus the real story of the hourly alarm I set the year my mom passed away, one that helped me feel grief and gratitude at the same time instead of being swept under by either one. Then I walk you through it live, right in the episode, on a feeling of your own, so you finish this episode having actually done the work, not just heard about it.If you're navigating the empty nest transition, trying to process your emotions in midlife, or just quietly asking who you are now, this episode gives you a real tool you can use today, in 90 seconds flat.This is your season to feel it and move forward. Let's go.🌿 START HEREIf the kids have left and you're sitting with that quiet question of "Now what?" take the "Who Am I After the Kids Leave?" quiz. In about 90 seconds, you'll have more clarity on this season than you've had in months.👉 marianneiverson.com/quiz📞 READY TO STOP CIRCLING AND ACTUALLY START?You've been thinking about this long enough. On a free Next Chapter Jumpstart Call, we'll identify one place the empty nest has you feeling lost and give you one small shift you can start today to create your next chapter. Not someday. Now.👉 marianneiverson.com/call