Real Happiness 🤗

Embracing Sadness is Natural

Studies show that accepting moments of sadness and hardship is crucial for building meaningful connections and lasting happiness.

By leaning into these emotions, we open our hearts, nurturing kindness and closeness with others.

True Connection Starts Within

We can’t form deep bonds with others if we don’t first connect with our own emotions. Ignoring or numbing our pain can block our ability to build real relationships. By embracing our vulnerability and facing life’s difficulties, we cultivate empathy, appreciation, and authentic ties with those around us.

The Importance of Self-Care 💫

It may feel unfamiliar at first, but imagining yourself as deeply loved is transformative.

By using our inner creativity to strengthen the muscles of self-love and compassion, we begin to heal.

Today’s guide will show you how to turn sadness and painful experiences into growth and inner peace.

A Sacred Muscles Workout 💪

Growing Your Compassionate Ability to Embrace Your Own Humanity and Heal

1. What can make you feel sad in your everyday life? Write down your answer. It might be subtle, but give yourself permission to see that you do feel sad sometimes. Keeping in mind that EVERY single human being on the planet has at least small, subtle moments of sadness sometimes.
2. How do you treat yourself in moments of sadness? Write down your answer. Do you treat yourself with hardness and harshness? Or do you treat yourself with softness, with kindness and compassion?
3. What is an area of suffering in your own life? Write down your answer. It might be very subtle suffering, but we ALL suffer. Not on the same scale or in the same way, but just be open to the fact that being more aware of your suffering, in service to being kinder to yourself, could be the BIGGEST missing link to YOUR happiness.
4. How do you treat yourself in moments of suffering? Write down your answer. Do you avoid, ignore, distract or numb out? Or are you very present and comforting with yourself?
5. Now consider, learning how to pick yourself up, like a small child when you’re sad, and holding and loving you.
   1. Close your eyes. Imagine that you are a huge angel, of unconditional loving and compassion. You can imagine your dogs, and loved ones, and anyone else that you like beside you, loving you to serve as a battery for loving yourself.
   2. Imagine your sadness as you as a baby. Let this baby represent your pure, innocent essence.
   3. Start by whispering this to your baby: I see you. I hear you. I love you.
   4. Let your loving fill this baby in your arms. Allow the miracle of being the Huge Heart of Loving that you are, AND also a human form, at the same time. Allow the healing experience of being the Love that you need, AND receiving the Love that you need, in the same breath.