KAIZEN FOR LIFE

What do you do when you’re having an off day? Or something sad or horrible has just happened? What is your outlet? Do you have a way of understanding your emotions and getting them out of your head? Do you have somewhere to put them?

Putting your emotions somewhere other than just whirling around your head is so important. When our emotions and feelings are left in our heads, they build up, getting bigger and bigger, they become more confusing, more of a problem, move overwhelming and more uncontrollable.

That is why we all must find ways of getting these emotions out somewhere. That doesn’t mean they will be completely gone and the problem or sadness or whatever emotion and situation has happens will disappear. But it does mean that you free your brain of some of the worry, you can see and understand what you are feeling and why more clearly and start to make sense of what is going on. Whatever outlet you choose will halve the problem as simply getting it out of your system, seeing it for what it is, understanding it, sharing it will help you to move forward.

Each outlet will be different and specific to a person. It could be super simple or more complex, the times and ways you do it will all be unique. I would suggest trying to find a specific time to do it daily or every other day or at the least once a week generally and then find time to do it when you’re going through specific times of trouble or upset.

You could:

• Speak it out : talk to a friend, family member, partner, someone not so close to you, someone professional
• Write it out : have a specific journal just for your emotions and feelings – this could be done on paper, or on an app on your phone or you could even blog it
• Play or sing it out : write a song or piece of music that expresses how you feel and use that as a release or even find some songs that you relate to and scream them in the shower
• Scream it out : go on a car drive, alone or with someone or multiple people and have a good scream and cry and experience the physical release
• Gym it out : it doesn’t have to be gym specifically, just whatever physical exercise you enjoy or partake in or find helps relieve stress, I often find this helpful as it helps my mind slow down as my body works hard and brings me some clarity and peace
• Hug it out : maybe you’re the type of person who just needs some physical contact to help you release emotions- you could pick a designated ‘hug’ friend who can simply come and hug you when needed