Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by CJ Llewelyn, author of the new Chakras and the Vagus Nerve.
The pursuit of happiness can leave us feeling miserable. This sounds a little odd, but hear me out.
Everyday, people walk into my office suffering from anxiety and depression, which are not emotions but states of being. At the core of these states is avoidance of feeling more difficult emotions. They'll do whatever it takes to keep from the discomfort of sadness or anger: staying too busy, dissociating, drinking heavily, complaining about others, binge eating. They say, "I just want to be happy."
But, we can't just be happy. We're complex beings. Our emotions are our Soul's
