Working With Difficult Emotions | Meditation for Change
So often, we label our difficult emotions as “bad,” “unpleasant,” or “unbearable.” Holding this perspective creates a sense of urgency to get rid of difficult emotions as soon as they arise. When we fight and push them away, however, it’s not uncommon to experience their re-emergence even stronger than before.
Difficult emotions are not bad. Instead, we can think of them as helpers, containing important information that will help us move forward in a helpful way. This meditation helps us slow down and allows our emotions to come to the surface so we can access the lessons within them. It also allows us to make decisions benefiting not only us, but the people around us. As a result, our difficult emotions can resolve themselves and eventually fade away.
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Joyce’s Story (2019):
Joyce is a widow who has been raising her three children on her own in Sadala, Tanzania, since 2008. After the passing of her husband, Joyce supported herself and her family by working odd jobs around the community. Quite frequently, when no work was available, she was unable to earn an income.
Joyce was thrilled to start a chicken project with the funds that were initially raised by my fundraising efforts in 2011. She was doing well and covered the cost of food and school fees for her children, as well as a number of grandchildren, until 2017 when she lost all 27 of her chickens to disease.
Since her project deteriorated, Joyce has returned to working odd farming jobs when it is available. However, due to drought conditions, regular work has not been available and Joyce has not been able to earn enough money to support her family once again. Joyce disclosed that she is suffering from chronic stress, and is having trouble coping due to spending “too much time in her head.”
Joyce’s Hope:
Joyce is motivated to open another business, receiving the training and support she needs from her community to make her efforts sustainable.
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Lindsay Dupuis is a mindfulness-based mental health counsellor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She offers online services for individuals across Canada and around the globe, and she is the creator of Meditation for Change, an online meditation project aimed at supporting education and small business start-ups for women in rural Tanzania.
"By contributing pocket change in exchange for guided meditation, we might create greater change around the globe."
For information about Lindsay’s services, please visit her website:
http://www.lindsaydupuis.ca
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