Red in the face. Ashamed of the tears welling up into my eyes. I tried to not show how upset I was.
It was the summer of 1989, and I was trying to convince my mom that I could handle a job that would require me driving into a not-so-great area of Houston as a 16-year old.
Of course, she said no. Our fight brought big crocodile tears and a message from my mom that I shouldn't get so emotional over something so "small".
My mom was trying to tell me that it wasn't the end of the world. But teenage Heather took something else from this situation.
From that point forward, I worked hard to NOT show my emotions. Which had the effect of strangling them from the inside (trying to not even feel them).
I tell you this because I later learned that I was (terribly) wrong.
You have emotions for a purpose. And you're meant to feel them (without taking them out on others, of course).
Smothering them from the inside isn't just unhealthy but will eventually backfire (learned that the hard way!). Which brings me to today's Life & Law Podcast episode...
Today we're covering how to go all-in on YOU by giving yourself permission to:
Believing in you.
Heather
