Whether it is the stress of the day or deeper, more significant life experiences that we never have time to truly process, it can be difficult to sort through our strong emotions on our own.
What's more, feelings of guilt, shame, and insecurity around the 'hidden' parts of ourselves make it difficult to talk to someone, and get things out into the open so we can breathe a sigh of relief from it all.
These hurdles seem impossible to overcome when you are in the thick of dealing with the demands of your day to day life as a professional, a partner, a caregiver, or a mother.
Or are you super mom and have kids?
Divorced and trying to make new relationships?
Was it a sexual trauma in college?
A sudden death in the family?
Bad relationships that took you away from a true relationship with your self?
Next thing you know, you're married, raising children, getting promoted and raising up in your career, going to soccer games and after school clubs while juggling your responsibilities as a regional manager.
But all of the sudden, you realize you’re still carrying all the things that happened since you were younger and it’s all starting to catch up with you.
Do you use work as an excuse to hide from your feelings? You invest in yourself, you wouldn’t blink to spend $5000 to go to a retreat or seminars, self-care like massage or reading self help and self improvement books.