Ride the Wave of Your Emotions by Samantha Maciaga, MA, LCPC

Riding the wave means that we accept the emotion as is. This type of acceptance doesn’t mean that we like it, approve it, want it, or deserve it. Accepting the emotion means that we are acknowledging the reality of a current emotional state. By allowing ourselves to fully feel that emotion, it will come in, and like a wave, it might hit us hard, but it will pass. That’s key to remember. Emotions, like waves, do not show up and just stay around forever. Waves and emotions roll in, build up, peak, and they move out.