Teawater’s advice on feelings will encourage you to define and express your emotions. Our resident self-care expert, Teawater was inspired by my kitten Rusty. You can read his story here. He invites you to make time and space for yourself everyday and see God with you!

Mental health includes recognizing and communicating our feelings. A popular tool is The Feelings Wheel. Initially, we think of being sad, mad, scared, joyful, powerful, or peaceful. But defining these feelings further can help us communicate better. Read my introductory post here.

As long as I can remember, music has played a big part in my emotional health. I spent alone hours upon hours in my room listening to AM radio, vinyl 45s and albums, and later, FM radio.

Processing feelings and emotions has been difficult for me. My childhood home environment provided little nurturing in this department. As an adult, frustration left me longing to be like Spock. If confronted with an emotional event, I would just lift one eyebrow and say, “fascinating,” and leave it at that.