To My Younger Self Part 5

[00:00:20.01]Back to Rooted&Real, and this is the last
of the five of the notes
[00:00:27.65]‘To My Younger Self’.
[00:00:30.81]Now, here’s this last one.
[00:00:34.73]My younger self, your feelings are valid.
[00:00:40.81]I’m sorry.
[00:00:41.65]I’m really sorry they told
you you’re too sensitive.
[00:00:45.09]I’m sorry they said it’s not a big
deal when it felt so huge to you.
[00:00:51.37]I’m so sorry you learned to
swallow it down and smile.
[00:00:57.93]You know you started questioning yourself,
“Am I overreacting?” –
[00:01:02.01]“Am I being too dramatic?” No, baby.
[00:01:06.89]You’re feeling exactly
what you needed to feel.
[00:01:12.25]Being angry is valid.
[00:01:15.29]Sadness is valid.
[00:01:18.17]Jealous.
[00:01:19.41]Scared.
Disappointed.
[00:01:21.85]All of it is valid.
[00:01:24.05]You don’t have to explain
why you’re feeling it.
[00:01:26.81]You don’t have to wait
for permission to cry.
[00:01:30.29]You don’t have to get over it
on anyone else’s timeline, okay?
[00:01:36.49]Feelings aren’t problems to fix.
Nope!
[00:01:40.17]They are messages to listen to.
[00:01:43.09]They are telling you what matters to you.
[00:01:46.29]They’re telling you where
your boundaries are.
[00:01:50.21]So cry.
[00:01:51.81]Scream into a pillow.
[00:01:55.13]Channel it out.
[00:01:57.21]Feel it all the way through.
[00:02:00.69]And that is how it moves out of your body.
[00:02:03.73]So to my younger self,
you’re not too much.
[00:02:09.65]You’re not too emotional.
[00:02:12.57]You are human.
[00:02:15.49]And every single thing you feel,
it matters.
[00:02:21.17]I believe you.
[00:02:24.85]So thank you for walking
this journey with me.
[00:02:29.05]Then speak more to your younger self.
Thank you.