Anger isn’t the problem. Unspoken anger is. Anger shows up when something matters and something feels wrong. It’s a signal that your heart is trying to speak. 1. NAME THE FEELING “I feel angry.” Not to justify it, but to tell the truth. Naming anger keeps it from turning into resentment or explosion. So don't avoid it. It will only grow more. 2. NAME THE NEED Anger’s need is simple: a voice, to be heard and understood. When that need goes unmet, anger falls into the ditch of withdrawal, blaming, or control. 3. RECEIVE THE GIFT When anger is named and heard by God and safe people, it becomes a gift: passion — the energy to protect, create, restore, and act with clarity. Anger is fuel. It just needs direction. Jesus held anger this way. He didn’t stuff it or act out of it, He brought it to His Father and acted from love. Reflection Where is anger trying to give you a voice today? Micro-Action Say it quietly: “I feel angry. I need to be heard.” Let God and trusted people meet you there, so anger becomes passion, not pressure.

Fear is one of the most important human emotions you’ll ever learn to tell the truth about. Because on one side of fear is a ditch...anxiety, control, tightening, spiraling. On the other side is safety — faith, wisdom, and a steadiness that actually frees you to grow. So how do we get from the ditch to the safety? The pattern is simple…and the same for all eight feelings: 1. NAME THE FEELING “I feel fear.” Not “I shouldn’t feel this,” not “I need to be stronger,” not “I know the verse.” Just honesty. Feelings aren’t your identity, they’re passcodes into your heart! ACCESS POINTS. Naming the feeling keeps you out of the ditch. 2. NAME THE NEED Every feeling carries a God-designed need. Fear’s need is protection, help, and refuge. If I can tell the truth about fear, the next question becomes: “What do I need right now?” Fear is not the problem. Ignoring the need is. 3. RECEIVE THE GIFT When fear is brought to God and to trusted people who feel safe, the need gets met and the gift emerges. The gift of fear is: Faith and Wisdom. This is why fear is sacred. It’s how the Spirit forms us. But when fear is pushed down, denied, or handled alone, it turns into the ditch: anxiety and control. This is how Jesus lived. He didn’t deny His human feelings and call it spirituality. He named them and brought them to His Father. That’s why He lived with such clarity, courage, and internal wholeness. Reflection Where is fear showing up today and have you named the need underneath it? Micro-Action Whisper it: “I feel fear. I need protection, help, and refuge.” Then let God and trusted people meet you there so fear can do what it was designed for: lead you into faith and wisdom, not anxiety and control.

But you’re not. You’re exhausted. You’re anxious. You’re performing your faith instead of living it. Somewhere along the way, many of us were taught that feeling less made us more like Jesus. So we shut down fear. We ignored hurt. We hid loneliness. We spiritualized sadness. We demonized anger. We drowned shame. We denied guilt. We numbed gladness. And then we wondered why our souls couldn’t breathe. You were never designed to be a spiritual robot. You were designed to be a whole person — heart, mind, body, spirit — fully alive, fully aware, fully connected. Jesus didn’t disconnect from His heart. He felt. He wept. He groaned. He got angry at injustice. He felt compassion move Him to act. He sweat blood under pressure. He didn’t numb His humanity, He embraced it. So here’s the truth: You can’t heal what you refuse to feel. And ignoring your emotions won’t make you holy. It’ll make you anxious, disconnected, and quietly falling apart. This is why we’re walking through the 8 Core Feelings, not as psychology, but as discipleship. Because healing isn’t the absence of emotions, it’s the integration of them. Let’s stop performing faith and start practicing wholeness. Tomorrow, we begin with Fear, not as an enemy to conquer, but as a doorway back to wisdom, grounding, and connection. You don’t need to be less emotional. You need to be more honest. Your heart is not your problem. Your avoidance is. Let’s do this.

You’ve stepped into this work because something inside you refuses to let people settle for a life disconnected from purpose, healing, and identity. You carry stories, gifts, and experiences that someone else needs. So today, I want to hand you the mic. Share in the comments: Who you are? Why you felt called to coach? Who you love serving? What lights you up about walking people into purpose? Your story matters.Your voice matters. And the world needs to hear why you do what you do. Let’s introduce this community to the incredible guides walking alongside them!

I posted something tiny. A simple reminder to slow down. Nothing clever. Nothing polished. Honestly… I almost deleted it. It felt too soft. Too obvious. Too “not enough.” Then someone reached out and said, “That post wrecked me. It made me sit with myself in a way I haven’t in years.” It shook me. Because I spend so much time trying to make things excellent, helpful, meaningful… And here God uses a small, almost-forgotten thought to open someone’s heart. It reminded me:Impact isn’t always loud. Breakthrough isn’t always complex. Sometimes it’s a sentence. A pause. A breath. A slowdown. Share the small things. They may be the thing that saves someone from burning out, giving up, or shutting down.