Beyond the Pain

I forget when I first heard the emotions stripped down to their bare essentials?

Those essentials being mad, glad, sad, and scared.

Then sometime in the past year as I began reflecting on my own experiences I felt that there was something missing. And, that the missing emotion had something to do with sex and sexuality.

So, I was pleased to find confirmation for my idea recently. It came from two sources.

I was talking about the basic emotions with my therapist Lynn Lambert and was listing them off, when she spontaneously added, "And, don’t forget Sexual".

Some time ago I was talking with my friend and colleague, Bill Astalnok, about his training at the Hendricks Institute and their work with the core emotions. He gifted me with a small bookmark that gives a reminder checklist of emotional phrases. The other day I happened to glance at it again and was pleasantly surprised to see this phrase, "I feel … ANGER / JOY / FEAR / SADNESS / SEXUAL about X ISSUE"

So, I’m on the right track.

Healing work needs to deal with all 5 emotional areas.

A long year has gone by.

Ch ch changes.

Ups and downs.

But, it seems THE BOOK is calling me back.

So, I am starting up again.

When inspired, or perspired, I’ll be back.