When you examine your emotional baggage, which affects you mentally, physically and spiritually, you see that the unresolved and unquestioned beliefs, judgements, stories, disappointment, rejection, trauma, unmet needs, blame, shame, obligation, resentment and ’rules’, all boil down to pain, fear and guilt. None of us are exempt from emotional baggage but it’s the way we carry it and what we choose to proceed with.
Anything that stops you from creating, forging, and sustaining loving relationships is a block.
You might be more aware of the symptoms of the block than the block itself. Do any of these sound familiar?
We have a great capacity for love (just ask anyone with more than one child who worried unnecessarily that they might not have enough love to go round, or anyone who wailed, “I’ll never get over this!” only to love again), but there’s only so much emotional baggage we can carry before it becomes a block, not just to loving relationships, but having self-esteem. This is good, because if we had the freedom to accumulate without encroaching on our quality of life, nothing would change.
We open a path to transformation by recognising our emotional baggage and the blocks it creates. It’s not just about unpacking our past but about repacking for the future with wisdom, resilience, and self-awareness. In doing so, we reclaim ourselves.
As we lighten the load of our emotional burdens, we find that our capacity for love, care, trust and respect, both for ourselves and others, expands.
I’ve been running Baggage Reclaim since September 2005, and I’ve spent many thousands of hours writing this labour of love. The site has been ad-free the entire time, and it costs hundreds of pounds a month to run it on my own. If what I share here has helped you and you’re in a position to do so, I would love if you could make a donation. Your support is so very much appreciated! Thank you.
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