Emotions: Feel Them, Process Them, Release Them
Godd3ss Aisha
There's a line from the '90s H-Town song "Emotions" that takes me right back:
"The first time I felt emotions was when I came out of my mother's womb and cried." 😌
Ohhhh, the memories that song brings back!
But during the beginning of my Internet Fast, I found myself thinking about emotions in a completely different way.
I realized some things in my life needed to change.
Actually...
Not things.
Me. 🥺
In Meditation...
I started crying. 😭
My Higher Self asked:
"It's okay to cry. Why have you been holding back for so long?"
My answer?
"Because I have to be strong. I have to push through. Crying isn't going to solve anything."
Then came the response I needed:
"Godd3ss, crying is a form of release. Pain, joy, anger—whatever you're feeling, allow yourself to feel it. If you don't feel it, how can you begin to heal it?"
That stayed with me.
As the days passed, I found myself experiencing so many different emotions.
There was a time when my answer would've been simple:
Grab a glass.
Pour a drink.
Blast some music.
Cry until my eyelids were swollen. 🤦🏾♀️
Did that thought cross my mind?
Of course it did.
But then I asked myself:
And then what?
The emotions would still be there.
So instead of escaping them, I decided to sit with them.
Let's process these emotions and figure out what they're trying to tell me.
Pain 🥺
"Why are you hurting?"
If I was going to be completely honest with myself...
I already knew.
Or at least I had a pretty good idea. 🤔
Part of my pain came from realizing I had been right about something when I desperately didn't want to be.
That hurt.
So I cried.
I allowed myself to feel it.
Then I started releasing it.
Because carrying that pain wasn't changing what happened.
It was only changing me.
My sleep was off.
My eating was off.
My energy was off.
Something had to change.
Anger 🤬
Next question:
"Why are you angry?"
My immediate response?
THE AUDACITY!!! 😂
Then my Higher Self checked me:
"Is this really you...or is this pride?"
👀
Well...
There goes that ego and pride again.
Deep down, I had already seen some signs.
My intuition had been speaking.
I didn't want to listen.
And that's okay.
The lesson isn't to beat myself up because I missed—or ignored—the signs.
The lesson is to learn from them.
Sometimes those little feelings and questions inside us are telling us to slow down and pay attention.
So I reminded myself:
Patience, Goddess.
Give yourself grace.
But learn from this.
Fear 😳
Then came the hardest question:
"What are you afraid of?"
🥺
"I don't know."
"Yes, you do."
😭
"What do I do now?!"
And then...
"You already know what you're going to do. You've just lost some confidence."
That one hit me.
So I went back to something that's helped me before.
Affirmations.
Deep breath. 🧘🏾♀️
I am powerful.
I am abundant.
I am healthy.
I am prosperous.
I am protected and guided by The Most High.
SO IT IS. 😌
Deep breath.
Nothing magically changed overnight.
The situation was still the situation.
But I was beginning to change.
Feel It Without Living In It
I went deeper into meditation.
I cried.
I practiced my breath work.
And between the tears and breaths, I kept repeating:
"I release you."
That doesn't mean pretending something didn't happen.
It doesn't mean forgetting.
And it certainly doesn't mean every difficult emotion disappears because you meditated once.
For me, it means acknowledging what I'm feeling instead of running from it.
Our emotions can affect how we sleep, eat, communicate, work, and move through our everyday lives. Constantly suppressing them doesn't necessarily make them disappear.
Sometimes we need to permit ourselves to feel.
To cry.
To journal.
To breathe.
To pray.
To meditate.
To talk with someone we trust.
And sometimes, when things become too heavy to carry alone, reaching out for professional support can be another form of strength and self-care.
Life is going to throw curves at us like the letter B. 😂
We can't control all of them.
But we can work on how we respond.
If you're carrying emotional baggage that's been eating away at you, don't automatically bury it.
Sit with it.
Ask yourself why it's there.
Process what you can.
Learn what it's trying to teach you.
Then, when you're ready...
Release what you no longer need to carry.
And above all, give yourself grace while you're doing it.
You are not alone in this. 💚
If this message speaks to you, share it with someone you love and care about. They may be carrying emotions they haven't permitted themselves to release.
Until next time, my beautiful souls. 😌
Peace, Love & Light. 💚🧘🏾♀️
Letting Go: When To, How To, and Are You Ready?
Godd3ss Aisha
I was listening to “Healer” by Londrell when a line stopped me in my tracks:
“Don’t let your deceitful ego mislead you. The more you try to pour yourself into a broken vessel, it will overflow and leak through.”
🤔
Wow.
That one hit differently.
It made me think…
How many times in my life have I held on to jobs, friendships, situations, and relationships much longer than I should have?
Another message from Londrell stood out:
“You have to understand that people and times change. You can’t walk back into the same hurtful doors and not expect to find pain.”
That was the moment I started looking back—not with regret, but with understanding.
I thought about a job where I felt unseen.
I knew my value.
I knew what I contributed.
I knew how hard I worked.
But I stayed for years, feeling unhappy and frustrated, always one bad day away from quitting.
Looking back, I also saw how I handled that pain.
I would vent to family and friends.
I would have that one drink after work because it had been “one of those days.”
Then sometimes that one drink became two.
Or more.
I stayed up too late.
Stopped prioritizing myself.
Stopped caring about how I was showing up the next day.
And slowly…
A bad situation became an unhealthy routine.
I thought about leaving, but my pride—my ego—had something to say:
“Nope. We’ve been here too long. Put your big girl panties on and handle it.”
Besides, I had two kids.
Starting over didn’t feel like an option.
But what I didn’t realize was this:
By waiting for someone else to recognize my worth, I had forgotten to recognize it myself.
I was looking for validation from people who couldn’t see my value.
Because of pride, I allowed myself to be mistreated.
And even worse…
I started mistreating myself.
The same pattern showed up in my personal life.
I made excuses.
“The kids are just going through growing pains.”
“He just had a bad day.”
Excuse after excuse.
But the truth?
They saw what I couldn’t see.
I had lost my light.
I had poured so much into everyone and everything else that I had nothing left for myself.
I was just moving from one day into the next.
Then came the moment that changed everything…
The doctor’s appointment. 😳
It was time for my physical, and because of my age, they decided to do an EKG.
I watched the nurse print the results.
She looked at the paper.
Paused.
Printed another one.
Then said:
“I’m just going to run this again, okay?”
Ummm…
Now my heart was beating faster for a completely different reason. 😂
She repeated the process and said she wanted the doctor to review it.
So I waited.
And you know how your mind starts running when you’re waiting.
Finally, the doctor walked in and said:
“Ms. Brick, according to this, you’ve had a mild silent heart attack.”
👀👀👀
“What chu talkin’ bout Willis?!”
I told him, “I didn’t feel anything.”
He replied:
“You probably did…and ignored it.”
🤔
And the sad part?
I think he was right.
I had become so used to ignoring my body, my emotions, and my stress that even my own warning signs got pushed aside.
Then he asked:
“Have you been under stress lately?”
Yep.
And in that moment, I knew exactly what I needed to do.
No prescription required. 😉
I told myself:
It ends now.
If that job doesn’t recognize your worth?
Find another one.
Or continue down the same road and risk your health.
The relationship?
Time to let go.
The kids?
Oh, they were getting grounded, too. 😂
Once I put in my two weeks’ notice, something changed.
I found myself driving past the places I used to stop.
Sure, the snacks were good.
The drinks were cheap.
But nothing was worth sacrificing my peace, my health, or myself.
I learned how to jump off the hamster wheel we call “life”…
And actually start living.
I made a promise to myself:
I will not stay anywhere that requires me to lose myself in order to belong.
I’m not perfect.
But I am pure.
My intentions are pure.
My love is pure.
My heart is pure.
And if something requires me to constantly shrink, hurt, or abandon myself…
It’s time to let it go.
As Londrell says:
“Letting go is easy, but we make it challenging because we’re caught up in the memories and not focused on the reality.”
Read that again.
You already know what no longer serves you.
You know what makes your body tense.
You know what keeps your mind racing.
You know what steals your peace.
Whether it’s from your past or happening right now…
Maybe it’s time to release it.
The question is:
Are you ready to let go?
Or are you waiting for your own wake-up call?
Trust yourself.
Choose yourself.
There is nothing selfish about protecting your peace.
Continue loving others.
Continue showing up.
Continue working hard.
Continue caring.
But remember:
You cannot pour from an empty vessel.
If something is destroying your mental, emotional, or physical health…
Love yourself enough to let it go. 💚
If this message speaks to your heart, share it with someone you love and care about. Someone may need this reminder today.
Peace, Love & Light. 💚🧘🏾♀️