Keep it under control. It's a message you've always been told about your strong emotions, and now you tell it to yourself.

If you've covered your pain deeply in the past, you may subconsciously be blocking opportunities for this pain to rise to the surface. This is tied to fear of emotions taking over and getting out of control.

Meeting your pain with your awareness is a very gentle way of acknowledging the pain and slowly taking fuel away from future fires.

The next time your strong emotions get triggered, go somewhere where you won't release your emotions on anyone else. See if you can sit with them alone and feel them in your body, saying, "I notice you." Allow your emotions to be ok without judging them or stuffing them away.

If you need to yell, cry, or hit something, do it where you are far from others and where you will not harm anyone including yourself. Some examples would be driving to a solitary forest to release your feelings or crying in your car. Some life coaches suggest releasing old pent up emotions by hitting the surface of a bed with a tennis racket while saying all that you need to say. This can be an extremely powerful outlet and also a huge step toward finding your empowered voice.

When pain is allowed and accepted as part of you, potential physical illness and depression related to suppressed emotions can be avoided. Also, when emotions are released in a healthy way, the pain slowly loses its power to take over when triggers happen.

We all have our triggers. They are a part of living life. That's why empowerment is so vital. When we realize that we have the power to use our wisdom to master our emotions' tricky natures, we find ourselves living a more peaceful life.

Eventually you'll find that allowing and observing your feelings as they get stirred help you become a wise and active student of what your emotions are telling you about your hidden pain.

With each bout of anger or tears, you actually get to acknowledge your hidden hurts. This not only takes the steam out of future reactions, but it also permits potential disorders or disease from getting a grip in our bodies (remember our strong mind body spirit connection!)

So what you and I have seen before as full fledged frustration could actually be valuable wisdom and healing waiting in the wings! What a great way to turn fear into power.

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Jenna Forrest, empowerment coach and author of Help Is On Its Way A Memoir About Growing Up Sensitive, is passionate about your desire for empowerment.

Jenna is helping coaching clients in the U.S., Canada and abroad regain inner power and peace in their lives. As your coach, she will guide you to develop mental strength, tune into your intuitive gifts and build your personal power through your actions, thoughts and choices.

A Special Note for Sensitives

Those that describe themselves as highly sensitive, intuitive, perceptive, gifted/creative, empathic or just very compassionate have needs for a special kind of approach and understanding. Jenna understands the challenges and advantages of high sensitivity from personal experience. She can help you understand, refine, and celebrate your sensory and empathic abilities as they were intended for you. If you are very sensitive and need compassionate and validating guidance, she would love to talk with you.

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