Free Yourself With Emotional Independence!

Emotional independence is the ability to regulate and manage one's own emotions without being overly reliant on others for emotional support, validation, or stability. It involves developing a sense of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-reliance in dealing with one's own emotional experiences.

It does take some work to learn to be comfortable with our own feelings and to process and express them in a healthy and constructive manner. It takes courage to understand that our emotions are our own responsibility. It takes letting go of the expectation that others should be a certain way in order for us to be happy.

To be emotionally independent, we do need to develop self awareness to have the understanding of our own emotions, and then we need self-acceptance so we do not rely on external validation.

This type of independence doesn’t mean we isolate or have a disregard for others. It is just that we understand what is ours and what belongs to someone else.

Tip: Spend some time in self-reflection and self-care when you are having some uncomfortable emotions due to another person or situation. Give yourself some care by taking some deep breaths, give yourself some movement or maybe even cry to release the things you are holding. Stay with yourself and then begin to explore what emotions are yours and what thoughts, beliefs and behaviors belong to someone else. You may notice when you do this, you have more control over how you feel.

Hope this is helpful! Want more? Third Eye Integration offers emotional regulation workshops for your workplace. Contact us today to see how we can help!

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