Analogies Intro blog

Have you ever “known” something with your “head”, but your heart “believes” something different? For instance, someone might say something about you that’s not true, and your “logical-self” can dismiss it as a lie, but your “emotional-self” hurts, and even wonders if it’s true.

For me, this is the head/heart disconnect. And the best way I’ve found to reconnect them so that they “line up” in agreement is through analogies.

Why is it important that they line up? Well, when our heart and head don’t agree, we feel crazy, and sometimes we act crazy. It’s a type of self-betrayal, or lying to ourselves. It can even show up when we say, “yes” when we mean “no”, or “no” when we mean “yes”. It feels dishonest. And it is!!! Some of the symptoms include depression and anxiety. It often creates problems in relationships. Have you ever felt like someone’s “yes” was really a “no”?

We feel the most solid in our “sense of self” when our “knowing” is the same in our head and heart. And, when our “sense of self” is solid, we stop betraying ourselves, and are more honest with others.  With a “solid sense of self” we have confidence, assertiveness, and best of all, genuine love for ourselves and, as a result, genuine love for others.

My first series of blogs will be heavily littered with analogies to hopefully help “reconnect” the head and heart in common areas that we all tend to betray ourselves. These are actually analogies I use in session for my clients. So, buckle up, I use a lot of them!

Disclaimer - I’m a quirky person, so don’t be surprised if my analogies are a little corny or weird. If you can get past my humor, maybe you’ll find some healing.