What is your forbidden emotion?

I am writing from sunny and hot Italy where I will be spending the next 2.5 months facing some uncovered childhood trauma that I experienced in my past that I left behind when I left home in 2005. I will dive deep into what my reality is asking me to do and what my emotions are telling me. If you haven’t had the time yet, to read my latest blog about me deciding to make peace with the past, you can read my revealing article first to catch up.

I have been feeling somewhat stressed since coming to Italy and I can’t shake the feeling of not belonging, that this is not my place, I need to get out!

Do you know that feeling of being out of place, no matter where you are? When you feel a confused discomfort that makes you feel inadequate, unsuited to that situation, to the point that you find yourself asking: what am I doing here?

Emotions are constantly and powerfully guiding our lives, even when we are not aware of them, even when we do not feel them or are convinced that we can exclude them from our experiences.

I am firmly convinced of this and my professional work confirms it every day.

Emotions give us precious, sometimes indispensable information about what is best for us, about the best choices we can make, about how to behave; they are the tool that allows us to adapt to reality and to…