We explore the concept of emotional acceptance and how confronting rather than avoiding difficult feelings is essential to healing from trauma. Transformation happens when we learn to accept our emotions and reframe our relationship with past pain.
• Understanding why "you've got to feel it to heal it"
• Exploring how trauma physically lives in the body as "issues in the tissues"
• Learning about the destructive impact of shame and negative core beliefs
• Recognizing unhelpful coping mechanisms like distraction and substance use
• Practicing the RAIN method—Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture
• Transforming wounds into superpowers by reframing traumatic experiences
• Creating safety through meditation, movement, journaling, and support systems
• Using somatic awareness to reconnect with physical sensations of emotions
• Breaking family patterns of silence that re-traumatize victims
• Offering kindness to ourselves even in the midst of pain
Check out Cleveland's book "Waiting for White Jesus" available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover formats, and read more of his writings at The Unfinished Life on Substack.
Please email us at Gettoknowthedevil@gmail.com
