without anyone around you even noticing. It is the balance of not stuffing/denying and not reacting or acting it out. It is right in the middle and it is called feeling. A perfect time to ask yourself what you are feeling is when you get to +2 on the hunger scale and stop eat- ing. Put your fork down for one full minute and check in with your emotions. What are you feeling? Just notice. Be fascinated. Feel the feeling and get to know it. Let it swim around in your body without judging it. This is you, uncensored and paying attention. This is the first step to taking control of your emotional life. The reason it is imperative for us to stay connected and feel, is so we can be aware of how much our feel- ings and our avoidance of feeling is running our lives Weelings A1e +o1 Weeling ! 95 Imagine a Coo1 with the +eeling w1itten on it. InsteaC o+ t1ying to holC the Coo1 closeC f oYen it anC walX into the “1oom”o+ yoD1 +eeling.