Feeling Your Emotions- Peace

This is the next instalment in Feeling Your Emotions series. I started it back in 2017. The intention was to look at different emotions (such as anger, sadness and depression, fear and anxiety, peace and love) and get in touch with them, to help heal and move forward. You can read the introduction here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2017/11/feeling-your-emotions-introduction.html

 Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, so if you're having mental/physical issues please seek medical help in addition to reading this. :)

 

I wrote a recap of all the posts so far in 2022: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/09/feeling-your-emotions-recap.html

It's now been over 2 years since I wrote that. (And 8 years this month since I started the whole series!) After the recap post I planned to write more in the next few months, but didn't in the end. I've been feeling very up and down and struggling at times, and haven't felt very inspired to blog much here in general. (I've been more active on my entertainment blog Star Sparkle Blog and my seasonal living blog The Seasonal Life because I don't write about as "deep" subjects on there.) However, in recent months I've felt like picking the FYE series up again. 

As I mentioned in the recap, I started with the so-called "negative" emotions, intending to work my way up to more "positive" ones. I had planned to cover love or peace next but didn't feel in a space to write about them. When I'd written the last post, I intended that the next one in the series would be peace. So here it is, although later than planned! :)

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Deeper autumn colours
• Autumn leaves
  
• Marmite tortilla chips- I just tried them recently and want to try the crisps as well!
• Wendy's Frozen Hot Chocolate Frosty
  
• Sunshine after lots of rain
• Aileen of Lavendaire's Diary of Becoming YouTube video series- I especially enjoyed Mindfulness & The Power of Awareness (Diary #4).
  
• Hallowe'en chocolate!
  
• Halloweeen/Samhain coming up this week!
  

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Having drinks from Krispy Kreme
  
• Madron/Mabon aka the Autumn Equinox
• Going to Hove Park
  
• Starbucks coming on Deliveroo in my area!
  
• The start of autumn colours as trees change
• Golden September light 
• Into the Magic Shop by Dr James Doty- currently reading it 
• Connecting with like-minded people online
  

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Lammas
• Going to the park (I went for Lammas)
• Going to Burger King
  
• Going to Five Guys
• Last full month of summer
• Late summer light
• Wearing flip flops again now that the weather's finally got better!
• Listening to older music that I hadn't heard for a while
  

Gratitude List

 Posting on a Tuesday again but never mind! :)

Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Going to a belly dance event
  
• Hotter days that feel more like summer!
• Blue skies
  
• Ice cream/dessert places
• Using Pinterest for meal inspiration
  
• YouTube- I've been finding some good content on there lately
  
• A Good Vibe post about when being positive isn't working
• You Are A F*cking Success by Noor Hibbert- a book about manifesting that I'm currently reading

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful for this month: 

• Meeting up with my belly dance friends again
• Litha/the Summer Solstice
• Going to Hove Park for Litha
• Going to Burger King
• Winning £5 twice with McDonald's Surprize fries! 
• Iced coffees
  
• Hotter, sunnier weather
• The long days at this time of year

Mid-2024 Reflections

We're halfway through the year again, so it's time for my annual mid-year reflections post! I've been writing these since 2018 (6 years now), although my first one was in May, so not quite during the middle of the year. You can see my previous posts at the links below:

Reflections (2017): https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2017/05/reflections.html

Mid-2018-Reflecions: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2018/06/mid-2018-reflections.html

Mid-2019 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2019/06/mid-2019-reflections.html

Mid-2020 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2020/06/mid-2020-reflections.html

Mid-2021 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/06/mid-2021-reflections.html

Mid-2022 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/06/mid-2022-reflections.html

Mid-2023 Reflections: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2023/06/mid-2023-reflections.html

 

I also write an end of year post. You can see 2023's here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2023/12/letting-go-of-2023.html

The first half of 2024 has been ok but not really great. I did feel better than last year though. I had an anxious start to the year and struggled with health anxiety. I've also felt really down at times.

I mainly just went to Happy Café meetups (organised by Action for Happiness) and for park walks. I've got out of the routine of going to the park again lately though, due to various circumstances. I did go the other day though, as part of my celebrations for Litha/the Summer Solstice. I haven't been belly dancing lately but I met up with my dance friends at a pub a couple of times, which was nice.