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We are wrapping our series on struggling well in the hard seasons. We heard from Sheila Walsh, Lisa Whittle, and Amanda Cunningham. If you haven’t heard those yet, I urge you to go back and listen.

It has been a few weeks but I’m happy to bring you a Counselor-on-Call episode this week.  We are talking about the power of identifying your emotions.

By identifying our emotions and feelings, it helps us know what we need and want (or don't want!). It also helps us build better relationships. We can’t turn off our emotions and if we try to push them away, they usually show themselves at the most inopportune times.

God himself is full of emotion. There are many men in the Bible that showed emotions like Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

Tips to identify your emotions:

1. There are no good or bad emotions. It is what you do with these emotions that can help or hurt you. Emotions can hurt us when we don't listen, understand and identify our emotions.
2. Check-in with your emotions regularly. Emotional check-ins are designed to help you get an accurate reading of how you feel. Journaling can be an effective tool to process your emotions effectively.
3. You process your feelings and emotions because they are trying to tell you something. When you process them, it gives you greater clarity.

Resources:

The Feelings Wheel

Episode 47: The Power of Journaling 

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