By: Kathleen Pisani
I am losing my eyesight. Slowly but surely, I have to deal with the losses, one by one. I am 49 years old, I am married with two young boys, I have a business and I’m a free spirit. I have to face a daily deluge of emotions, mostly the selfish one of having to give up so much of my freedom because, for me, life and health are about freedom.
I am a healer by nature. I have spent the better part of my life dedicated to answering the simple questions: What is health? How do we truly heal?
There are many facets to health and life. As I face the sorrow of losing my vision, I turn my attention toward emotional health. I think of emotional health as emotional freedom—the freedom to move through emotions as they arise with ease and the freedom to then move on freely after an emotion passes. It is very graceful and fluid, like waves.
I am practicing embracing my emotions and letting go of the old limiting beliefs around emotions being a negative thing “women” do every month making them unfit for the White House. Yes, really! That is our heritage, ladies! We have grown up with these limited beliefs around emotions, and although I know they are necessary in our collective growth toward wholeness, I am not sure I have heard the conversation around them evolving enough.
Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the pain of losing my eyesight. I feel like I am being hit by a tsunami. I feel alone and helpless and like it will not end until the landscape has been devastated. I have kept this pain inside until recently when I decided to turn and face it, own it, feel it and, yes, talk about it, write about it, blog about it and video live about it. And something surprising has begun to happen. I am seeing myself as powerful BECAUSE of my emotion! I believe they are the light on my path, if I am fearless enough to follow.
As you embrace your emotions make sure you have practiced the art of expanding consciousness first, for it is important to have the expansion in which to house these particularly painful feelings. If you need help in doing that or finding support for release that is non-judgmental and soul-based healing, please join me in the private Facebook group “Power of Grief.” I have videos guiding you through the expanding process so that emotions can find resolution and not cause more suffering.
I can imagine a world where emotions become valuable and honored. We are living in a disposable world that often leaves us feeling disposable and disconnected. True emotions can connect us to what matters to us and, when done with others, connects us to the fact that we matter! I encourage you to feel your emotions fully and let them guide you to your authentic voice.
Kathleen Pisani is a massage therapist, reiki practitioner and spiritual healer. As the co-owner of AlignLife of Wescott near Charleston, South Carolina, with her chiropractor husband, she is also a certified functional medicine consultant and offers nutrition coaching, helping clients with their weight, hormones or medical challenges. Kat shares both ancient and modern traditions and is available for sessions in-person or online. www.alignlifewescott.com/(843) 900-6034