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Emotions, by their nature, want to be expressed. Noted psychologist John Bradshaw calls them E-Motions, or energy in motion. When they aren’t expressed, emotions get stuck in your body/mind system.

There’s a physical reason for this. Simply put, emotions don’t happen in your head, they are actually felt throughout your body/mind as molecules called neuropeptides attach themselves onto cellular receptors that are located in every body part. When the emotion is felt, but not expressed, it’s as if these molecules of emotion get stuck in your system looking for a way out.

If expressed through voice, writing, art, or any one of a number of pathways, the emotion reaches a point of conclusion. If not, the molecules will find an alternate route of expression, which can include breaking a bone, cutting yourself, back pain, or other physical ailments.

Emotions can also express themselves through your finances causing difficult or painful situations like foreclosure, debt, investment loses, financial scams, or an ongoing condition of lack.

To avoid a buildup of unexpressed emotions, try one of these:
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