I loved getting this article from one of my coaching clients http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/web/2009/health/why-repressing-emotions-is-bad-for-business.
If it’s too late to read the article, know that the author wrote about why we need access to our feelings. We need this to connect with others, and when we’re connected, we can empathize, care, inspire, motivate, and be nourished and fulfilled by our work and work relationships. So why all the fuss about shutting our feelings down? Well, because when we’re open to feelings, all the feelings are there, not just the happy ones.
The downside is that when we repress one feeling, we get used to limiting them all; when repressing anger we also repress spontaneous joy, for example. Research shows that there are brain functions that help us keep our feelings repressed. It does not fully help to just talk about feelings, but it is essential to feel them in the body. The coaching we do here helps people get at these repressed feelings and feel them fully. Being able to fully express feelings in a coaching session helps people walk out feeling alive and more connected to themselves and others.
I wholeheartedly believe in using coaching to express feelings, understand where they originate from, and have a positive relationship. For many of the people we coach, the coaching sessions become a blessing. In turn, the people become blessings to those in their lives who seek counsel and guidance; ever sought after because they are so present and alive and empathic to others.
And, what a bonus that it will increase your success in business!
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