Emotional Baggage

I had to get the dehumidifier out recently and it always amazes me how much water is in the air, all around us! We can’t easily see it or feel it, but it’s there hanging around.

A bit like our emotional baggage…

From an energy perspective, ‘water’ is a symbol of our emotions and ‘air’ our mind, and what a perfect metaphor with the dehumidifier - we can move through life, unaware of the old hang-ups, resentment, fear, anger, sadness we’re holding onto that influences our daily interactions, relationships, how we view ourselves and the world. The true emotional baggage we’re really carrying.

And let’s face it - it’s usually a lot, because we’re all going through stuff, have been through even more stuff and if we don’t have an outlet or find it hard to express emotion we hold onto it instead, until it’s safe to release. But sometimes that never happens and so we build up more unresolved hurts and unexpressed emotion and keep attracting the same life lessons. We compensate with addiction, but numbing the pain never works long-term.

Imagine if we could all plug into a personal dehumidifier to clear away the pain and grief from the past, just switch it on and off we go - lighter, freer. Easy!

But what would we learn?

How would we make better choices for ourselves, fully understanding how we got here and what we need to do to move forward, so we don’t continue to make the same mis-takes time and time again.

How would we have the difficult conversations that ultimately empower ourselves and enrich our relationships, so we can grow in compassion, love and self-respect?

How would we appreciate how far we’ve come, the inner strength and resilience we possess and value our true worth?

Healing from past hurts might not be as easy as switching on a dehumidifier, but it doesn't have to be hard and it can be more beautiful.

The key is finding what works best for you, so that you learn to easily release, let go and safely express your feelings. And if you feel stuck now? Well, you probably know what I’m going to suggest! Try Reiki 😘 it’s wonderful at helping to clear blocked emotion (recent or many years old), so that you can really see what you need to work on and where your energy should be going...

And so is the path of spiritual growth, the journey of a lifetime ✨