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EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 9 MIN

Stop Calling Your Emotions Negative

from Why So Glum Chum? · host Denis Ahern

What if the emotions you’ve been trying to avoid are actually the ones trying to guide you? For years we’ve been taught to label emotions as positive or negative - happiness is good, anger is bad, fear should be hidden, and sadness should be overcome as quickly as possible. But what if that way of thinking is keeping us stuck? In this episode, we explore a powerful shift in perspective: emotions aren’t problems to fix - they’re messages to understand. Some emotions carry a lower vibration, others a higher one, and each has something important to reveal about what’s happening within us. When we stop suppressing our feelings and begin listening to them instead, something remarkable happens. Healing begins, awareness deepens, and the emotional states that once felt overwhelming start to transform. Your emotions are not the enemy. They are signals. Messengers. Teachers. And when you learn to listen… everything begins to change.

What if the emotions you’ve been trying to avoid are actually the ones trying to guide you? For years we’ve been taught to label emotions as positive or negative - happiness is good, anger is bad, fear should be hidden, and sadness should be overcome as quickly as possible. But what if that way of thinking is keeping us stuck? In this episode, we explore a powerful shift in perspective: emotions aren’t problems to fix - they’re messages to understand. Some emotions carry a lower vibration, others a higher one, and each has something important to reveal about what’s happening within us. When we stop suppressing our feelings and begin listening to them instead, something remarkable happens. Healing begins, awareness deepens, and the emotional states that once felt overwhelming start to transform. Your emotions are not the enemy. They are signals. Messengers. Teachers. And when you learn to listen… everything begins to change.

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