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Did you know that emotions prioritize your thinking? For example, when I am depressed, my thoughts tend to focus on what I don’t have: enough energy, creativity, love, etc. Once my thoughts start down this path, I begin to perceive lack in other areas of my life, such as relationships, finances, health. This emotion-thought pattern can feed on itself. Pretty soon, I begin feeling a great sense of hopelessness and I just stop trying to do anything. For many years, I tried to ignore my depression. I’d distract myself from it in an effort to make myself feel better, such as shopping or eating. But, then, as my self-coaching skills improved, I learned to partner with my depression and all that changed.

Partnering with your emotions can be very scary, at first. Emotions can feel huge and overwhelming. I never wanted to really feel my depression because I was afraid it would swallow me up and I’d never find my way out of it. But, when I learned how to partner with my depression, I discovered the depression was actually trying to help me prioritize my life and my spiritual growth.

For me, feeling depressed is a sign that I have stepped off my Spiritual Path. It means I am focusing on the wrong thing in my life. But, if I acknowledge the depression and begin partnering with it, the depression leads me back to my Self so I can continue on my Spiritual Journey. My energy returns and I no longer feel a sense of lack.

Here are some suggestionsfor partnering with your emotions:

•Set an Intention to partner with one emotion. Don’t try to partner with every emotion at once. That’s just too big a job to begin with.

•Pay attention to that emotion. Notice what it feels like in your body. Write down the thoughts that show up when you’re feeling that emotion.

•If that emotion was a person, what would it look like? Sound like?

•Begin a dialogue with your emotion. What does it want?

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