What if your emotions weren’t the problem?

Most of us weren’t taught how to live with our emotions—only how to suppress them, explain them, or hide them.
But a fulfilling emotional life doesn’t mean you feel good all the time.
It means you know how to be with yourself when you don’t.

In this week’s post, I write about the real work of emotional resilience:
→ learning the difference between feelings and emotions
→ understanding how our thoughts intensify emotional waves
→ building self-gentleness as a steady anchor
→ using emotions as a compass—not a threat

You don’t need to fix your feelings. You need to feel them with gentleness.

Read the full piece here: https://www.drfemkebakker.com/blog/emotional-life

Alternatively, you can watch a recording of a Selfgentleness Live I have on this topic at YouTube: