Women’s emotions get such a bad rap, don’t they? For so long, I felt like showing too much feeling made me “too much.” But here’s the thing: emotions aren’t weaknesses—they’re our superpowers. In this episode, I’m sharing personal stories and tools that have helped me embrace my feelings instead of hiding from them. We’ll explore where our emotions come from, what they’re teaching us, and how to use them as a source of strength and healing. It’s time to stop running from our feelings and start owning them, brave woman!

 

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“Your emotions are not a weakness. They are your superpower. They are your guide, your compass, your most profound connection to the truth of who you are.” – Tanya Lynn

 

Takeaways

  • Your emotions are not a weakness, they are a superpower.
  • For generations, women have been shamed for their feelings.
  • When emotions are suppressed, they find other ways to express themselves.
  • Grief and rage are messengers that guide us.
  • Emotions are energy in motion that needs to be honored.
  • Tracking your emotions helps you understand them better.
  • Curiosity about your emotions can lead to insights.
  • Practicing presence allows you to feel safe in your emotions.
  • Moving the energy of emotions can lead to healing.
  • Reclaiming our emotions is a form of collective healing.

 

Chapters

00:00 Emotions as Superpowers

02:51 The Impact of Suppressed Emotions

06:13 Tools for Emotional Awareness

 

Links from Today’s Show

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Featured Transformation 

If you’re ready to deepen your self-love and nurture a kinder relationship with yourself, Coming Home to Yourself: Cultivating Radical Self-Love offers a heartfelt guide to releasing self-judgment and embracing your worth through meditation, sharing, and visualization: https://sistershipcircle.com/product/coming-home-to-yourself-cultivating-radical-self-love-ebook/

 

About Tanya Lynn

Tanya Lynn is the visionary founder of Sistership Circle, a global organization that has trained tens of thousands of women how to fill, lead, and grow their women’s circles. With her truth-telling style of leadership, she has a gift of seeing the brilliance in women and activating them to step into their power.

She has successfully integrated the masculine and feminine within herself, making her both fierce and soft, strategic and able to surrender, mission-driven yet highly relatable with her vulnerability. She has been gathering community since growing up as a little girl in San Diego CA, and lived in various places around the world including China, Japan, Spain, and currently Costa Rica where she’s building a goddess temple and retreat center with her husband and business partner Brent.

Tanya is the best-selling author of multiple books including Open Your Heart: How to Be a New Generation Feminine Leader, The Art of Leading Circle, and The Women’s Circle Ritual Handbook. You can count on Tanya to show up no matter what, take 100% responsibility for herself, and receive feedback to make her work even better. She values integrity, authenticity, and co-creative leadership. When she’s not in a circle or training leaders, you can find her with her two daughters Kali and Summer.

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