healing process

Allowing Discomfort

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

“Growth often begins where comfort ends.”

We are taught to smooth things over.

To ease tension.
To make it better.

But sometimes discomfort is necessary.

When you hold a boundary,
someone else may feel restricted.

When you step back,
someone else may feel abandoned.

That doesn’t mean you are wrong.

Discomfort is not damage, it is often the beginning of awareness.

If you rush to remove it,
you may interrupt the very lesson trying to unfold.

Let others wrestle with their feelings.
Let yourself remain grounded.

Growth rarely happens in perfect harmony.

It happens in the space where truth meets resistance.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

Tomorrow: The difference between reaction and response.

“The Emotions That Arrive Late”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

 “Sometimes the heart speaks only when the room is empty.”

After everyone goes home, emotions come out of hiding.
The tears you didn’t shed.
The questions sometimes left unanswered.
Thoughts not expressed and left beneath polite smiles.
This is emotion finding its way.
It’s your heart speaking now that the world has quieted enough for you to hear it.

Let the emotions come without judgment, there is no need to categorize them. You do not need to justify them ,just feel them, name them, honor them. They are part of the story of your becoming.

When the noise dissolves,
emotions can rise.
Let it speak,
you can hear it now.

Gentle practice:
Take five minutes alone and put your hand on your heart.
Ask quietly: “What did I feel yesterday that I didn’t have space to feel?”

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
Tomorrow, we’ll talk about reclaiming your space after being around energy that doesn’t match your own.