If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or emotionally heavy and unsure why—you may be carrying emotional blockages. In this guide, I’ll share simple techniques to clear emotional blockages and help you reconnect to your inner clarity and calm.
So many people talk about clearing blockages but don’t actually show you how. They use vague terminology that feels confusing without an actual step-by-step process. Because true healing is an artful and intuitive skill. You must be self-aware and able to connect to your inner guidance. Otherwise, you’re just stuck in thought loops that solve nothing.
You cannot heal through the mind or thinking alone. You heal by feeling—by connecting the dots around why you’re feeling a certain way and being open enough to let yourself move through the emotions. It’s about following the emotional breadcrumbs until you reach the root of the trigger. Logical thinking will not get you there.
Why We Store Emotional Energy
Emotional energy becomes “stuck” when we don’t give ourselves the time or space to process it. This can happen from childhood trauma, chronic stress, societal conditioning, or repeated self-betrayal. If you ever felt unsafe expressing yourself or got used to stuffing them down, those emotions didn’t disappear—they were stored in your body.
We hold on to emotional blockages as a form of protection, but over time, they weigh us down. Unprocessed emotions don’t just disappear—they settle into the nervous system, the tissues of the body, and even our behaviors, creating cycles we unconsciously repeat—until we choose to acknowledge them.
And by acknowledge, I mean feel them, speak them out loud—to someone you trust or even just to yourself—or write them down. Personally, I’ve always preferred to do my healing work solo. Speaking out loud in my room, or looking in the mirror and letting it all pour out, has always been one of my favorite ways to release what I’m holding inside.
How Emotional Blockages Affect Your Body & Mind
Emotional blockages can show up in a variety of ways, including:
- Chronic anxiety, depression, or sadness with no clear source
- A sense of numbness or emotional disconnection
- Persistent self-doubt, especially in relationships or creative work
- Somatic symptoms like tightness in the chest, jaw tension, fatigue, or digestive issues
- A pattern of attracting the same type of relationship or negative experiences again and again
These are not signs that something is wrong with you—these are signs that your body and subconscious are trying to get your attention. The good news? You can begin releasing these emotional blocks with simple, self-led techniques.
5 Simple Techniques to Clear Emotional Blockages
So how do you actually start to shift out of thinking and into feeling?
1. Drop Into a Meditative State (Theta Brainwave)
Sit in silence. Close your eyes. Take three deep breaths. This shifts you from your overactive thinking brain (beta) into a calmer, meditative state (theta). From here, you can tap into your intuition.
2. EFT Tapping
Use Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), or tapping, to calm the nervous system. This helps release stuck energy and reduce the intensity of emotions without suppressing them.
3. Trigger Awareness & Journaling
Notice emotional triggers as they arise. Jot them down in your phone with any thoughts or feelings. Later, journal about them in detail. Write like you’re telling a story to someone who feels safe and emotionally supportive. Let it all out without censoring yourself.
Example: “Today I was talking to Sarah about my business. She didn’t respond much, and I immediately felt unworthy, embarrassed, and unsure.”
4. Stay With the Feeling
While journaling, let yourself feel the emotional charge. Stay with any memories, body sensations, or images that arise. If it feels intense—breathe through it. Don’t rush.
The release may come through tears, sighs, yawns, burping, dry heaving, or even vomiting. As uncomfortable as that may sound, it’s all normal—and should be celebrated, not feared or resisted. This is energy moving. This is healing happening.ef afterward.
5. Track the Shift
Once you feel a release, write down what changed. Do you feel lighter? Clearer? More grounded? Noticing the transformation helps reinforce that your self-healing work is effective.
Tips for Creating a Healing Routine at Home
Create a sacred space where you feel safe to drop in—candles, music, blankets, or crystals can help set the tone.
Schedule time weekly (ideally, daily) for your healing rituals. Even 15 minutes makes a difference.
Keep a self-healing journal dedicated to your emotional work. Over time, you’ll see patterns and growth.
Listen to your body. Some days, writing might not be the way in. Try movement, music, or guided meditations instead.
Don’t force it. This is not about productivity. It’s about presence.
Final Thought
Keep in mind: no one can make you feel anything you don’t already feel or believe to be true about yourself.
I’ve “received messages” from total strangers just walking by—where we lock eyes for a split second, and somehow, I take away, “They think I’m weird; they wouldn’t want to be my friend.” That’s the kind of subtle, unintentional moment that triggers something already inside of us.
It’s not about them—it’s about what’s unhealed within you that’s asking for attention.
Pay attention to your thoughts, and then the emotions (sadness, unworthiness, not good enough) that follow them.
We are literally being shown our triggers all day long. The choice is whether we act on that awareness—or ignore it.
The action you take is simple: jot down the triggers when they arise so you can revisit them later—when you’re in a safe, quiet space.
As you write, notice the emotions and past memories that start to surface—and let yourself feel them.
How do you do this? Keep writing. If you’re feeling triggered and emotional, that’s good. Stay with it. Keep going.
Focus on the words or memories that carry the most emotional charge. Sit with them until you feel that intensity begin to soften.
This release can take 30 minutes to an hour or longer. It all depends on how deep the wound goes. If it’s from childhood and hasn’t been acknowledged until now, it may take time to fully unravel. Take your time, be patient and compassionate with yourself.
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