“Here’s the truth: That sweater [of unfelt feelings] needs to come unraveled, because it’s keeping exactly nobody warm. . . . Instead of thinking of those unfelt feelings as a nice, comfy sweater, better to think of them as a knotted rope hanging around your neck. Only good will come from untangling it.”- Jennifer Allen […]
“Disconnecting from how we really feel in the moment and trying to push back our emotions works at first. But like a buoy in the sea, those emotions bound back up and wreak havoc in our heart. Compulsively, we bury the pain.”- Meredith McDaniel “He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend.”- Sir […]
Although we normally think of anger as an emotion, it is in reality a cluster of emotions involving the body, the mind, and the will.”- Gary Chapman Gary Chapman opens Chapter 1 (“Where Does Anger Come From?”) of Anger by observing that people of all ages and social classes experience anger. First of all, Mr. […]