Emotions

This evening my oldest son came back from hunting with his dad. He was so excited to share the adventures from the weekend with me! A few minutes later he came out of his bedroom in tears. I asked him what was wrong and he replied, “I don’t know”. He was so overcome with emotion.

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We sat down, cuddled and talked. I asked him if he was sad the weekend was over? He replied “Yes”! He had such a good time with his dad, just one on one time, that he usually doesn’t get. He was having a hard time processing the emotions that were surfacing. Instead of stuffing them down, we sat together and allowed his tears to flow.

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I find that this is a good practice with kids. To slow them down and allow them to feel what they are feeling. This is also a great practice for me, when emotions surface, to slow down and feel what I’m feeling.

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There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” emotion, they just “are”! When we label an emotion as good or bad, we are associating them with judgement. All emotions are normal and we feel them all throughout our life. Let’s get comfortable with them.

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After we processed the emotions this evening we went for a ski, which I think also helped to move the emotion through his body 🙌