It’s okay to say that it’s been hard. No one ever wants to cause a fuss or “complain” or even be negative because then they’re worried it’ll attract more negativity. But it is so important to express these feelings if you ever truly want to digest and release them forever. Once they’re released you can then begin to properly heal and attract amazing new things into your life. Suppressing is never a true solution. It may feel like the right thing to do at the time because you’re so busy at work and there are so many other great things in your life to be thankful for; you tell yourself not to get hung up on this one thing, so you shut it in a box.

We are all emotional hoarders and if you don’t take the time to face these feelings, going through each one with your labeller (awareness) “chuck” or “keep for later”... these problems will just pile up and eventually come crashing down on you- and usually at the worst time possible. So to prevent an emotional avalanche let’s talk about. Or not even- we can paint about it if you want?

Sometimes words aren’t the right medium to express the hard stuff right away. When it’s really deep in the psyche, complicated, messy, unpleasant, or you may not be very comfortable with talking about your feelings just yet. That’s not the end of it my friend, like some people are good at expressing themselves and others aren’t: Sorry but NO. You just haven’t found your artistic medium yet. And yes you can probably guess that once you open the door and keep practising the art of your own self expression, words bubble up to the surface and it becomes so much easier for you to connect with yourself and verbalise your feelings.

But why am I harping on about expressing yourself? Because there are dire consequences if we leave these emotions stuffed in the back of our mind hoping they don’t come crashing down even after we just keep shoving another one and another one in there. I’m not even apologising for sounding dramatic because this is truth. This will cause overexposure to stress hormones, like cortisol, which will affect your body's processes and disrupt chemicals in your brain causing imbalances. Some of these include, depression, anxiety, troubled sleep, impairment of the memory, constant distraction, digestion problems, heart disease and migraines.

Some people are more vulnerable to this than others but it will catch up with everyone eventually. Are you feeding your body well? Do you eat all organic and train three times a week? Have you been on a detox recently to wring out any summertime boozy nights? Then treat your mind exactly the same and allow it to detox through the medium of art. You’ll be amazed at the powerful benefits that follow on in every aspect of your life.