Imi Lo is a consultant and published author with extensive and international experience in mental health and psychotherapy. Her books Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity and The Gift of Intensity are available worldwide and in multiple languages. Imi has two Master’s degrees; one in Mental Health and one in Buddhist Studies. She works holistically, combining psychological insights with Eastern and Western philosophies such as Buddhism and Stoicism.
Can you feel truly belonged, if you are not being yourself?
Here is the news:
You are allowed to tell someone you are angry, annoyed, frustrated, even when there is no ‘justified,’ ‘logical’ reason.
You are allowed to tell the world the strength and velocity of your feelings.
You are allowed to stop putting on that fake smile.
You do not need anyone’s permission for all the intensity inside of you to come up and come out.
Can you be emotionally intense and emotionally empty at the same time?
Do you have a mind too busy, yet a heart that feels vacant?
How is it that you can be both too full and too empty?
Spiritual practice is the act of harnessing a kind of soul strength that is deeper than what meets the eyes.
By having the ability to see, hear and know the mysteries that lies beyond science and logic, we can draw power from something much greater than ourselves.
Here are four spiritual lessons that are especially relevant and useful to the emotionally intense and spiritually sensitive individuals.
Intellectually, we know that our parents cannot change who they are; Rationally, we know that the past is in the past. On many levels, we have forgiven them. However, these do not change the emotional reality that is raw, heavy, reactive, uncontrollable and full of rage.
Our ultimate yearning as human beings is to be seen, heard, and accepted for the full extent of who we are…. You do not have to choose between power and love, or between freedom and connection. You can have both.