Tag Archive: emotions

Taking off the mask: the importance of emotional awareness

Halloween isn’t the only time of year some of us walk around in disguise. Some of us “trick or treat” on a daily basis; we “trick” ourselves into believing we can manipulate our emotions and “treat” those same emotions as if they aren’t really there. We walk around with masks of joy and happiness painted…

How to be true to your emotions

Oh, darlin,’ have I been there. For the longest time, I thought I wasn’t allowed to express what was on my mind and that I had to hold everything back just to please others. But really, I was destroying myself and destroying the image of who others thought I was. I denied negative emotions to…