Tuesday 28 May 2024

Gratitude List

I normally post on Sundays or Mondays but since I wrote another post yesterday, I'm posting May's Gratitude List today instead. :)

Things I'm grateful for this month:

  • Beltane
  • Going to the beach (I went around Beltane)
  • Happy CafĂ© (Action for Happiness meetup)
  • Getting a milkshake from Slim Chickens
  • Going to the library and getting new books- I hadn't been for quite a while!
  • More sunny days- although it's gone colder at the moment, it's been sunnier this month.
  • Roses
  • Finding people you resonate with

Monday 27 May 2024

Feeling Powerless


For the past few years I've written a series of posts called Feeling Your Emotions, which explores different emotions and how we can work with them to feel better. You can see all the posts to date at the link below (or under the label "Feeling Your Emotions" when viewing the post):

Feeling Your Emotions Recap: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/09/feeling-your-emotions-recap.html

 

I've also written several "stand-alone" posts looking at other feeling states, such as feeling like a "loser", feeling lonely etc. I decided to have them as separate posts because they weren't core/basic emotions. I also recently wrote a post about feeling stuck.

For this post I thought I would take a look at feeling powerless and what we can do to move past that state, and feel better.

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

 

What does it mean to feel powerless?

The definition of powerless (or powerlessness) includes "without power or authority" (Collins Dictionary), "the condition or feeling of having no power (Cambridge Dictionary) or "devoid of strength or resources" and "lacking the authority or capacity to act" (Merriam Webster).