Feeling Triggered?

Having a reaction to what you are seeing, hearing, or sensing?

Lean into it.

When we experience an emotional response to something that is a signal to pay attention to. Observe it. Sit with it. Let it show you what it is bringing into awareness for you.

I don't know how many times I have been triggered. Far too many to count or name.

AND...

They are a gift.

A gift to dig deep. A signal that something wants attention.

What do you do when you are triggered?

Acknowledge it is happening. Don't run away from the feelings - this is bypassing or shutting down the natural flow and processing that is available.

Take out your paper and pen, just write. Set a timer and just write. Get the energy to move through you and onto the paper. No judgement as to what gets written. Permission granted to express yourself. This alone brings a sense of relief.

Read what you just wrote. This is not a time for judgement. I repeat...do not judge the words on the paper or the person that just wrote them. These are an expression that is energy moving into physical form as in words on a piece of paper,

Are there any new insights? What is available to you know as you become aware of what was locked up inside and has now been expressed? Is there a new understanding that is available now?

Put the pen down and just breathe. Put your hand on your heart and connect with your body. Close your eyes. Take several deep breaths, releasing any tension that is still in your body and come back to your center.

Now that you are back and present, what gift did you receive through the trigger?

Triggers happen so we can see something about ourselves. Triggers are not because someone did something to us. These people are being themselves and providing an experience for us to get to know ourselves deeper and give ourselves permission to explore something that we are actually ready to explore if we can handle the emotional part of it in a way that is not reactive or shutting down.

Triggers have the potential to open up into something beautiful and life changing.

I have met several people who triggered me in the beginning. I was actually scared to be in the same room as them. Their self-expression was too much and yet I was fascinated by it. Their confidence, their sexuality, their business sense, their freedom were all things that I found triggering because I actually wanted more of this than what I currently had.

As I sat with my triggers and leaned in, I found they were providing a mirror for me. They were offering to show me what was possible. Had I stayed triggered and in judgement, I would not be where I am today. These triggers opened up to learning things that were a little edgy. Trying new things that I hadn't tried before. Boldly taking a mini step when I was scared. I found love and support from the very people that I also found triggering.

I am not saying everyone that triggers me will remain in my world, I am just saying that the triggers help me to see more of me and choose how I want to be going forward. Not every piece of me is a fit for the future I am creating, and these triggers allow me to take stock and reset the energetics or even release what isn't aligned when it is called for.

And a follow-on note...you will also be a trigger for others. As you start to express your authentic truth, others will be triggered. It is part of the deal. They will be uncomfortable with your new you and they will have reactions to it. Sit with it in your own sovereignty. Do not take responsibility for when others are triggered. Stay open to the gift of walking through the trigger together if it presents itself. You are here to BE your own unique expression in the world. No one else is like you.

The more you align with your authentic truth, the more it ripples out into the world giving permission to others to be in their authentic truth. This heals and brings more peace into the world.

When we can sit with and face our own triggers, we can tap into the peace, love, and compassion within that creates a new empowering perspective, a new world.

Awareness is needed to heal, shift the energetics, or release what no longer serves you.

Living a life you love starts with H.E.A.R.T.