Finding Comfort in Sitting with Uncomfortable Emotions

Sitting with uncomfortable emotions is undoubtedly one of the
most challenging experiences you will encounter along life’s
journey. It’s also one of the most needed to enjoy a life of
wholeness and total surrender.


I am joined in the virtual studio by one of the most unapologetic
and authentic Black women I have met to date. Wendi
Dixon is a beautiful soul who has experienced trauma in
various areas of her life, but has found comfort, freedom, and
peace in sitting with the uncomfortable emotions that once
wreaked havoc on her life. 


I started my conversation with Wendi by asking her to repeat and
complete the statement, “My strong is“. She
responded with, ″My strong is emotion. I’m able to sit in
the dark and the light.”


In today’s episode, she paints a really vivid [before and after]
picture of her journey to being able to sit in the “dark and the
light” aka sitting with her emotions whether good or bad,
happy or sad.


Tweetable Moments:


“Trauma is not only what happens to you or the events that occur
in your life; it’s what didn’t happen to you as well.”
CLICK TO TWEET.


“You can only meet people where you have already met yourself. I
can’t hold space for you if I can’t hold space for me. I don’t
even know what holding space looks like.”  CLICK TO
TWEET


ABOUT WENDI:


Wendi is a Certified Circle
Facilitator, Death
Doula and budding Trauma Healing Guide
based out of Kentucky. It is her soul’s purpose to help you grow
by bringing the outer aspects of yourself into alignment with
your inner truths.


As your mentor and guide, she walks with you as you step into
your sovereignty, and freedom to live openly as your authentic
self.


In her spare time, she enjoys learning about indigenous cultures,
and traditions, spending time in nature, and volunteering at her
local hospice. Wendi is a first generation American who came from
humble beginnings between Chicago and a small village in Belize,
Central America. She considers both places home.


Every month she facilitates Sister Circles as well as New &
Full Moon Circles via Zoom. Get more information about these
events by visiting her website
TheShadowDoula.com.


Your Turn,
Sis!
We’re using our My Strong Is campaign to
encourage our listeners to give up a life of hyper-independence,
hyper-productivity, and hyper-resilience in exchange for one of
play and ease.


My Strong Is is a campaign where we’re
highlighting Black women who are daring to do strong differently
– Black women who are making a conscious and deliberate effort to
give up a life of caping, masking, and hiding.


We would love to hear how you define strong. All you have to do
is complete the statement, “My strong is” and tag us
(@shadesofstrong) on your favorite social media
platform using the hashtags #shadesofstrong and
#mystrongis. 


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Catch up on Previous Episodes:


Superwoman Must Die | Slaying the Strong Black Woman
Syndrome
Day 1 — Uncaping, Unmasking, and Unhiding the Strong Black
Superwoman
Day 2 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | When Love Becomes
Kryptonite
Day 3 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding |The Side Effects of the
Black Superwoman Syndrome
Day 4 Uncaping Unmasking Unhiding | Why We Become People
Pleasers
DAY 5 People Pleasing A Harmless Act of Love or a Mental Health
Risk?
Day 6 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | Ten Whole Years of People
Pleasing
Day 7 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding, |Kick People Pleasing to the
Curb