Summary: <a href="http://littlesprigs.com/5-natural-human-emotions/" rel="attachment wp-att-9557"></a><br> <a style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px; display: inline-block; background: #4a88b9;" href="https://littlesprigs.leadpages.co/leadbox/145e06573f72a2%3A148096b1cb46dc/5759978627399680/" target="_blank"> Download this interview</a><br> <br> <br> There are 5 Natural Emotions that all humans feel and need to express.<br><br> Love, Grief, Fear, Envy, and Anger.<br> Unfortunately, most of us were not allowed to fully express these feelings as children and struggle now as an adult.<br> The problem is, when the 5 natural human emotions are not allowed healthy expression, they turn into unnatural emotions that become very hard to work with. <br> Unexpressed Love becomes Possession.<br><br> Grief to Depression.<br><br> Fear to Panic.<br><br> Envy to Jealousy.<br><br> Anger to Rage.<br> Let’s take Grief on for a moment.<br> A lot of people think of Grief as losing someone you love.<br><br> But there are many other things in life that we may grieve for.<br> And for children, grief is very different.<br><br> They can experience grief by losing a favorite toy or blanket.<br> This can be hard for parents to understand.<br><br> “It’s just a blanket, we say…I will buy you a brand new one.”<br> But it’s not the same.<br> We need to take the time to see our children, tap into the feelings they are having and help them to move through them- without distraction or dismissal.<br> This is not an easy thing to do. It is a daily practice.<br> It requires that we realize that parenting is about us, not the child.<br> Even when our 3 year old throws themselves down in the grocery store and starts to scream and cry.<br> Take a moment and picture a parent standing over their child, demanding that they stop crying, threatening them, getting worked up and angry at them…<br> Which looks worse, the crying child, or the panicking adult?<br> But why do we panic?<br> We have our own “thoughts” around what it means when our children let loose, but we also fear the judgements from the people around us.<br> Can we take a pause here and agree as a community to support one another in bringing love, acceptance, support, and non judgement, as the adults on this planet allow our children to express their feelings without shame?<br> When you see this happening, look at the child with love.<br> Offer the parent a supportive look, or even say, “You are doing a great job.”<br> Our nonverbal communication is so powerful.<br> We are able to express all 5 of the natural human emotions nonverbally.<br> The best thing we can do when our children are having a big reaction, is to stay quiet. Observe. Be aware. Allow the child to feel the emotion fully in their body and know it is a natural part of them.<br> So many adults were not allowed to express their grief as children, which contributes to the high number of clinically depressed individuals today.<br> If you were not allowed to express love, maybe you have become possessive of your children or your spouse.<br> If you were not allowed to feel fear, you may be feelings panicked about everything as an adult. Or, you don’t want to show your panic so you simply try to control everything…<br> Now more than ever we need to be a spiritual partner for our children.<br> With the ability to connect, confide, and share with the entire planet, will we be the ones our children come to when they are struggling?<br> What happens when we react to our children with judgement, fear, reprimands, criticism, etc?<br> They take their deepest feelings and thoughts elsewhere.<br> What they really want is to be trusted and heard.<br> Can we truly be there for them without inserting our ...
