Managing Your Negative Emotions

Life can be tired and when you have to always work and be busy you might find yourself becoming overwhelmed or stressed. Stress can lead to other problems and other negative emotions. There are things that you can do to help you through your negative emotions.

If you are aligned with your spiritual man, you will see that you can deal with problems that you are facing in your mind, body, and soul. There are so many ways that you can deal with stress, depression, anxiety, and other negative emotions.

Managing Emotions in a Spiritual Way

Here are some ways that you can manage your emotions in a spiritual way:

• Visual Trip

Instead of taking a trip to someplace, take time to quietly visit a place in your minds eye. Find a place without distraction and close your eyes. Let your mind wonder to a place that you would love to visit and once you get there, notice how your emotions change. 

It has been proven that you don’t have to actually be doing something to feel good about it, but you can visualize a place and it can help to boost your immune system and decrease your stress level.

• Tap Dancing

Try to do some kind of dance such as tap dancing or any kind of dancing. This can help you with stress and help you to reduce pain in your body.

• Emotional Freedom Technique

This is another kind of tapping and this is when you tap certain meridian points in your body while you talk through whatever emotions you are feeling.

• Intuition

Notice your intuition and you can even write down what it tells you. Let your intuition show you what you need to do. As you learn to trust your intuition, write down how it has helped you. Notice if this takes away your fear and doubt and replaces it with good emotions.

• Talk

Talk to other people but more importantly talk to yourself. Look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself what you like about who you are. Talk to yourself like you would your best friend. Even if you can only see flaws, make something up and build yourself up the way that you deserve.

• Spirit Practice

Find a way to start a schedule on how to reach your higher spiritual self. Here are some things that you can do:

• Get out of bed.
• Meditate.
• Make your bed.
• Eat something healthy.
• Do yoga or some kind of movement.
• Go to work or work on things that inspire you.
• Eat something healthy for lunch.
• Take time to meditate again.
• Make calls to people you like to talk to.
• Do something that makes you laugh.
• Eat something healthy for dinner.
• Journal.
• Say something uplifting to yourself.
• Meditate.
• Go to bed.

• Meditation

Meditating is one way that you can handle your emotions. Try to meditate for at least 5 minutes each day. This helps you to stay grounded and will help you to not be spacey. 

You can focus on your breathing, try a mantra, or do visualization to help you stay centered. This can help to get rid of stress and anxiety out of your body. Meditating helps to bring you power and helps you to expand your conscious thinking.

As you breathe, let the sensations flow through your body. Make sure that you do meditation each day so that you can become more disciplined, and you can practice doing it longer.

• Be Mindful

When negative thoughts start coming to you, be mindful of your feelings and why you are having them. Start deep breathing so that you can slow down, and you can meditate to get your mood in check.

Inhale and exhale and let your mind relax and release any negativity that is in your inner self.

• Divine Revelation

This is a kind of meditation where you can call on your spiritual guides to help you. This can help you to get into a deep meditative state and can help to give you peace and to relax. Ask questions to your guides and ask them to help you to let go of your stress.

Then, do nothing. This means to stay calm and to let the answers come to you from your guides. This can come as words, a vision or even as a feeling.

• Resolve Issues

Learn to respect who you are and to not judge yourself poorly. Identify with the problems that you are facing and have compassion for yourself. Observe what is going on and then let it go. Accept that things happen but that the universe is there to help you through things.

Don’t set fixed goals but let grace fill you. As you meditate, you can also embrace things like reiki, homeopathy, etheric body treatment and other things that influence your mind, body, and soul.

• Inner Work

Minimize your pain and minimize the hurt and the stress that you feel. Mediate when you get up and notice things in your life that you know need to be healed. Meditate so that you can be calm, and you can center yourself.

When you do this, you can work with your spiritual team to help you to get the answers that you need. Sometimes exercising and getting sun will also help you to do this inner work.

• Dreamwork

Dreamwork can help you if you have gone through trauma or have PTSD. Some people that have nightmares also try this. Let your dreams show you what you are feeling and lead you in a certain direction.

You can go into your dreams and manage your stress. When you get up in the morning, write down your dreams and make sure that you are being detailed. Notice if you have any strong emotions that you remember. Identify the experiences in your dream and see if they relate to your past, present or future.

• Loving Kindness Meditation

This is meditation where you are kind to yourself and others. You can fill anything that feels empty in your life by letting your mind wander to love that you feel for yourself and others. This will fill your body and you will see that it can help increase your fight against stress.

• Tarot Practice

You can use tarot cards to help you to deal with stress. While you are drinking your morning coffee, get out a deck of tarot cards. Take a deep breath and choose a card. If you are feeling sad or depressed, find out how you can be rooted and how you can feel better in the future. Only pick a single card and make sure that your questions are easy.

When you get an image or feeling in your head, write it down and see what kind of advice the cards are giving you. Tarot cards can help you to meditate, and they are great to help you to look deeper at your emotions and your mental state.

Tarot card readings help you to look deep inside and find out what is happening with your emotions and what you can do to feel better. Some people will pull one card, but other people will do a spread.

A four-card spread can represent stability in numerology and it can also mean balance and being organized. If you feel anxious in your emotions, you can use a four-card spread to help you to feel secure. Practicing these spreads can help you to relax. 

Always start by shuffling your deck and then laying out four cards in the shape of a diamond. Start at the top of the spread and then move in a clockwise motion as you read the cards. Here is what they mean:

• Card 1: Northern card: Represents what is causing your anxiety and what the root cause is.
• Card 2: Eastern card: Represents the future and where you want to go.
• Card 3: Southern card: Represents how you can become centered.
• Card 4: Western card: Represents how to let go of the past.

The cards can help you to understand how your life is moving and it can help you to see how to move into a happy place. Take time to understand your thoughts and emotions so that you can feel centered as you use the tarot cards to guide and calm you.

• Heated Mat

There are heated mats that are made of different kinds of crystals and some people will buy heated mats and they will lay on them. This can help to clear your mind and help you to make your body feel better. 

When you feel depressed, you will be able to use this, and you can even add tarot reading to this so that you can learn to love yourself more and to make better choices. Notice in your reading if your depression is highlighted and how you can take steps to better your life and to better your future.

Some people feel stressed when getting a tarot card reading but others will use it to get guidance that they need so that they can get the outcome that they want. You can also try guided meditation or journaling on top of it.

The more you practice tarot card reading the more you can use it for your inner work. Hold things in your hand while you do a reading so that you can have a tangible object to think upon. This can help you to respect yourself and to have self-love and self-care.

• Ask Yourself

Ask yourself things like this:

• Why am I anxious?
• Why am I afraid?
• What do I trust in?

Learn to know that troubles and hardships come but that they will pass.

• Natural Laws

There are some people that will use natural laws to help them feel better. Here are some ways that you can use natural laws to combat stress and depression:

• Eat healthy foods.
• Exercise.
• Find good social connections.
• Try to release stress.
• Use spiritual exercises.
• Release the ego.
• Trust the universe.
• Work.
• Develop good sleep habits.
• Be dependent on others.

• Be Thankful

Be thankful even when times are hard, and this will help you to feel better when you are stressed or anxious. No matter what you are going through, being grateful can calm your mind and uplift your mood. Be thankful for the things that you have and for the things that are going to come to your life. 

• Self-Reiki

Using self-reiki along with meditation can help to calm your mind and help to take away negativity from your life. Use these tools along with visualization and light candles while you say positive affirmations.

You can use different colored candles to help you to get guidance on whatever you are seeking.   Use the flame to help you to get into a meditative state so that you can focus your mind on what is healthy and good.

• Spiritual Beings

Ask your spiritual beings to come to you by meditating on them. Ask them to help you to let go of your troubles and to be freed from your stress and depression. Learn to empower yourself and let go of things that are causing you to be upset.

As you get rid of these negative feelings, you will get peace in your heart, and you will see that this can build up the energy in your mind, body, and spirit. Let go of toxic situations and feelings and elevate your mind while you focus on good things.

• Let the Ego Go

You have to realize that experiences will change but that doesn’t mean that things are going to be easy. When you have a strong ego, this can keep you in a place where you are only caring about yourself and you are only thinking about, “I.” This can cause you to be anxious.

You have to learn to step outside of the ego and as you go deep inside of yourself, you can find out what is causing your depression. Remember, these things will pass, and you will be able to see who you truly are. 

• Find Support

It is important to find people that will support you through the hard times in your life. Make a list of people that will be there to support you. Then, say positive things and prayers so that your situation will help you to have strength and hope. 

• Get in Control

Get in control of your life. Don’t think that being uncomfortable is okay and stop being comfortable with these feelings. You have to learn to let your mind, body and soul have rest and as you learn to do certain rituals or talk to your spirit guides, you will be able to trust them to help you.

Honor your guides and show them thankfulness for what they do for you. Make an altar for your guides to come to and when your energies are heavy, light a candle, put on some soft music, and meditate. Praise yourself for doing this and then afterwards, rest. 

Call on the elements of water, air, earth, and spirits to help you and to support you and let these creative energies help you.

• Self-Hypnosis

Try self-hypnosis to feel better and to calm your mind. This is a way to relax your mind and body so that your subconscious mind can get suggestions on how to let go of stress and anxiety.

• Oracle Cards

Some people will use oracle cards to feel better. Shuffle the cards and ask the universe to be with you. Pull out one card or pull out three cards and then interpret the messages that the cards give you. Talk to your guides and have peace and comfort in yourself.

• Notice the Feelings

Meditate and notice your feelings. Allow your feelings to come and as they do, let them heal. Use your intuition to guide you on how to make that happen. As the fear starts to leave, focus on what the universe is doing for you.

Know that you can’t control everything, but you can control your actions. Learn to calm yourself and be in control.

• Chinese Medicine

Chinese medicine can help you to look inwards at your emotions. As you ground yourself and reflect on your life, you can get rid of outside noise that is bringing you stress. Notice how you feel and what you want in your life. Figure out what would make you feel loved and find something fun that you can do to make yourself feel better.

• Pillow Screaming

Get a pillow out and scream in it as loud as you want. Do this for as long as you want until you get all of your stress out of the way.

• Taking Note

Here are some things that you can do so that you can find peace in your emotions. Take note on how this helps you:

• Be in the now.
• Center and ground yourself.
• Deep breathe. 
• Focus on your Zen and find inner peace.
• Respond instead of reacting.

As you are aware of your energies, you will be able to focus on what is happening now instead of dwelling in the past or trying to live in the future.

• Radical Permission

You have to give yourself permission to have feelings, but you also have to find out how to fix them. If you are feeling stressed, ask yourself, “What is the opposite feeling of stress?” This answer could be peace or serenity. 

Everything has some kind of balance and once you accept your feelings, you can ground yourself and find out what you need to care about yourself and to have peace. 

Allow your feelings to come and give them permission. You can even ask to date your emotions so that you can become less negative. Have a conversation with your emotions and as you do, see that they will be less and less. As you communicate and welcome your feelings, you will see that you can fix them.

• Fighting Fear

Most of the time stress and anxiety comes from being afraid of something. When this happens, it can cause tension, and this can cause you to breathe wrong. Instead of shallow breathing, you need to let your body start deep breathing. Breathing helps your brain to function and when you get scared, your brain can turn to fight or flight. This can cause you to panic or to be dreadful of what is to come.

Avoid this by breathing the right way. If you need to, meditate while you breathe and then inhale with a count of four and exhale with a count of eight. This will stimulate nerves in your brain such as the Vagus nerves. 

• Love Animals

Some people find that spending time with their pets or with animals will help to lessen their stress and anxiety. Pets can give you companionship and can help you to see that you are loved and cared for. Spend time with your pets and see that they are fun and playful, and they are on your side.

• Inner Balance

You have to have inner balance in a world that is full of chaos. Go out in nature and spend time smelling the air, listening to the birds, hugging a tree, sitting in your garden, or petting an animal. This can make you calm and collected.

Some people love to go on hikes and to enjoy the benefits of walking for their mind, body, and soul. As you walk, leave your worries behind you. Connect with nature in a way that makes you feel strong. Exercise is a great way to change the chemicals in your body and is a great anti-depressant.

• Yoga

There are different things that yoga can do to help you. You can try Pranayama, Asana, and meditation. Here is how these will help:

• Pranayama: This is a breathing exercise where it teaches you to breathe. This can help to increase your nervous system and sustain your body. Doing this breathing can slow your heart rate and calm your mind. This can also lower stress.
• Asana: This is yoga that allows you to move in sequence. This will get rid of muscle tension and allow the blood to flow through your body. You can join a class or do this on your own.
• Meditation: Meditating helps you to focus on what is going on in your life and allows you to be in the present. Do this each day so that you can manage your life and you can calm your mind. As you meditate, you will be self-aware of your emotions, and it can help you to get rid of stress and anxiety.

• Dancing

Dancing can help you to feel good and it helps you to get the exercise that you need. Try any kind of dance. It can help to reduce stress and it can make you feel happy and full of joy. Dance on your own or dance with someone. Dance when you meditate or dance when you are cleaning. 

• Take a Break

Take a break and let your mind relax. Separate yourself from the things that are causing you to have stress. Listen to some kind of uplifting music and focus your attention on the universe. If you need to cry, cry. Do whatever it takes to shift your mind and your emotions.

You can also listen to some music. Find whatever kind of music or songs that you need that can help you express what you are feeling and what you want to get to.

• Higher Self

Realign yourself and reach into your higher self. When you feel stressed, you need to try to do things like meditate, journal, go for a walk, listen to music, move your body, slow down, rest, change gears, be your true self and release yourself from expectations.

• Release the Mind Chatter

Mind chatter can cause you to be confused and cause you to become overwhelmed. You need to learn to slow down your mind and this can help you to cope with your emotions. Scan your body from your feet to your head and imagine light coming from the earth into your body and all the way up to the top of your head.

Let the white light fill every part of your body and let love come into you. Doing this will show you that you are part of the universe, and you can have peace instead of fear.

• Evolve the Brain

You can change your mindset by being positive and by being thankful. Think of things that make you feel good. Have positive thoughts and learn to get rid of negative feeling and emotions. Realize that you can train your brain to have more positive thoughts and you can get rid of negativity that is holding you back.

• Raise Your Vibrations

Here are some ways to raise your vibrations:

• Move your body: Do yoga, dancing, stretching, or walking.
• Go for a walk-in nature: See the things that you notice, pay attention to the colors around you.
• Talk to your angels: Ask your angels to help you and journal what they tell you. Meditate before you write anything down.
• Make a warm drink: Make something warm to drink and then listen to the soft sounds around you.
• Play: Find something that you can play on your own or play a board game with friends.

• Smudging

Smudging is a great way that you can get rid of negative energy out of your home, office or even your car. Try using sage or Palo Santo. Light it and let the smoke fill your home.

You can also take a salt bath. Fill the tub with hot water and add Epsom salt to the bath. This can help to cleanse your body and as the water goes down the drain, let the negativity go with it. You can also add essential oils or crystals to your water that are calming such as:

• Black tourmaline.
• Onyx.
• Smoky quartz.
• Lepidolite.
• Tiger’s eye.
• Blue calcite.

When using crystals, you can hold them in your hand while you are meditating or doing reiki, or you can put them under your pillow when you sleep.

• Crystal Energy

Using crystals can help to ground you and help you to have positive energies. Here are some of the best crystals:

• Quartz crystals: Brings clarity.
• Black Onyx: Absorbs negative energy.
• Rose Quartz: Gives yin and yang energy.
• Amethyst: Grounds and calms.
• Black Onyx: Gets rid of negative energy.
• Clear Quartz: Cleanses the aura.

Always activate the crystals before you start by closing your eyes and deep breathing. This can help to release tension and it can make your crystals powerful.