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Acknowledging and addressing emotions is crucial for our mental and emotional well-being. It allows us to process and understand our feelings, which in turn helps us to make sense of our experiences and learn from them. By acknowledging our emotions, we can take steps to address them and work towards healing. This can involve seeking support from trusted individuals, engaging in self-care activities, and practicing mindfulness and self-reflection. Ultimately, this process can lead to greater self-awareness, personal growth, and improved overall well-being.

GDL Zahra

So I just wanted to start off by saying thank you for being somebody to reach out to because I don't think I would be as , I mean , I'm , I'm not calm right now but get through it . And I think it's important to acknowledge your feelings , acknowledge where you're at and to have somebody that you can trust and share . And so thank you for being that for me to clarify .

GDL Zahra

But that doesn't mean that later I won't be and then 20 minutes from now even better . So I just think one thing that I'm learning to do is to not put a band aid on anything to feel everything I need to feel , to not distract me totally , but to like feel the pain that I have been blessed with because I know every event is a learning lesson and that I can understand more people and connect with more people because people have lost and they lose parents and I lost mine way too young . But like , I , I was able to connect with an incredible person the other day who now I told you about who has this incredible breast cancer awareness event .

GDL Zahra

And there are tools in this book that could help anybody . So if I'm hearing this right , it's like you want to become aware of the bleeding within yourself because once you have the awareness , then it's now you can take care of it definitely consciousness , awareness , acknowledgement and then making basic choices , like nurturing your inner child that needs help because sometimes we could be just really , really , really tired . We just need to take a nap .

GDL Zahra

So I think after COVID , my , my clients , my , my family , my friends myself , uh I wrote the book during COVID because I realized life is so precious . And I need to understand what I could provide for myself because as a therapist , I mean , Michelle you myself , we are human and , and I have days that I'm just in the ground crying and II I get myself up one minute at a time , you know , and it's journaling . It's all in the book , mindfulness , meditation , walking , moving my body , listening to good music and just acknowledging my own discomfort at that moment , that's rep parenting is because as a man or a woman , it doesn't matter our caregivers , my mom , your mom , I'm not judging anybody because they knew what they knew and we are here to just embrace the change and be the change .

GDL Zahra

I mean , but you know , it's , it's just human needs and , and , and we need to handle what's going on and really have a community or people , family , friends , professionals to help us to gain the confidence we need so we could help ourselves when the professionals are not around . And honestly , that's all we've been doing some deep breathing , some repenting , some inner child healing , some prayers , meditation , journaling . It's a combination of , it's like a Disneyland .