Making space for emotions.

The world asks us to control our emotions, to not be emotional, to be a professional.

But being a professional doesn't mean suppressing our emotions. It means making space for them, ample space, for all the parts. This takes hard work, especially in a culture that fights us at every step we try.

But the world will be better off with leaders who process their emotions by giving them space rather than suppress them and make the world feel the repercussions.

For us to make a better world, we can start by making space for all our parts and that includes the way we feel.

There’s a better way to deal with anxiety, one that moves us away from our left hemisphere–dominated cultural models and allows our inherent wisdom to guide us into a more brain-balanced way of being.

~ Martha Beck, Beyond Anxiety