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spiritual meaning of breathing problems: what colds, coughs and lung issues may say about space, freedom and your taste for life.","\u002Fareas\u002Frespiratory-system","i-lucide-wind","\u002Frespiratory-system",{"title":28,"description":29,"path":30,"icon":31,"order":12,"comingSoon":10,"to":32,"conditionCount":18},"Heart and circulation","The emotional and spiritual meaning of heart and circulation problems: what they may reveal about love, joy of living and the pressure you carry.","\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation","i-lucide-heart-pulse","\u002Fheart-and-circulation",{"title":34,"description":35,"path":36,"icon":37,"order":38,"comingSoon":10,"to":39,"conditionCount":20},"Digestive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of digestive problems: what stomach and bowel issues may say about what you cannot digest, control and letting go.","\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system","i-lucide-utensils",5,"\u002Fdigestive-system",{"title":41,"description":42,"path":43,"icon":44,"order":45,"comingSoon":10,"to":46,"conditionCount":20},"Back","The emotional and spiritual meaning of back problems: what back and neck pain may reveal about support, burdens, flexibility and what you hide behind you.","\u002Fareas\u002Fback","i-lucide-person-standing",6,"\u002Fback",{"title":48,"description":49,"path":50,"icon":51,"order":52,"comingSoon":10,"to":53,"conditionCount":20},"Skin","The emotional and spiritual meaning of skin problems: how your skin may reflect boundaries, contact, self-image and the emotions you hold inside.","\u002Fareas\u002Fskin","i-lucide-fingerprint",7,"\u002Fskin",{"title":55,"description":56,"path":57,"icon":58,"order":59,"comingSoon":10,"to":60,"conditionCount":20},"Joints and bones","The emotional and spiritual meaning of joint and bone problems: what they may reveal about flexibility, rigid thinking, authority and your inner structure.","\u002Fareas\u002Fjoints-and-bones","i-lucide-bone",8,"\u002Fjoints-and-bones",{"title":62,"description":63,"path":64,"icon":65,"order":66,"comingSoon":10,"to":67,"conditionCount":20},"Reproductive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of reproductive problems: what they may reveal about creativity, femininity, masculinity and your body.","\u002Fareas\u002Freproductive-system","i-lucide-venus-and-mars",9,"\u002Freproductive-system",{"title":69,"description":70,"path":71,"icon":72,"order":73,"comingSoon":10,"to":74,"conditionCount":20},"Kidneys and urinary system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of kidney and urinary problems: what they may say about fear, old emotions that have not been let go, and the balance between what comes in and what leaves.","\u002Fareas\u002Fkidneys","i-lucide-droplets",10,"\u002Fkidneys",{"title":76,"description":77,"path":78,"icon":79,"order":80,"comingSoon":10,"to":81,"conditionCount":18},"Blood sugar","The emotional and spiritual meaning of blood sugar problems: what diabetes and low blood sugar may say about sweetness, sadness, and love you find hard to receive or to 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can be the ground I stand on. I can forgive, including myself, and let this judgement go.",[178,179],"Hatred","Loathing",[181,182],"digestive-system","respiratory-system",{"type":184,"value":185,"toc":247},"minimark",[186,191,195,198,202,205,208,211,215,218],[187,188,190],"h2",{"id":189},"what-hate-is","What hate is",[192,193,194],"p",{},"Hate is a settled hostility. It goes further than anger, because it is maintained. You detest someone, you become harsh, you send wounding words with rage in the heart. It injures relationships. It also, the source says, injures the person who keeps it going, more than the person or the situation it is aimed at.",[192,196,197],{},"The reading below does not ask you to approve what was done to you. It looks at what maintaining the hate does to you.",[187,199,201],{"id":200},"the-emotional-meaning-of-hate","The emotional meaning of hate",[192,203,204],{},"When you live in hate and rage, something feels as if it is burning. The source places that burn in several systems: the digestive system, the lungs, and also the gallbladder and the liver. This site does not yet have a page for the liver or the gallbladder. The links here are the digestion and the breath, which the entry does name.",[192,206,207],{},"Hate arises, in this reading, when you feel that others are preventing you from living your life. You want to do things your own way. When they do not go that way, you react hard. Instead of staying open and trying to understand another point of view, you insist on your position. You refuse any responsibility for your life.",[192,209,210],{},"The source is severe about the cost. The hate destroys the one who entertains it. That is an inner picture. It is not a claim that hate is the medical cause of a disease, and it is not a reason to skip a doctor if the body is actually ill.",[187,212,214],{"id":213},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[192,216,217],{},"The aim is not to call a real injury unreal. The emotional perspective invites you to stop feeding a fire that is burning you.",[219,220,221,229,235,241],"ul",{},[222,223,224,228],"li",{},[225,226,227],"strong",{},"See who is paying."," The source says the person who maintains the hate pays first.",[222,230,231,234],{},[225,232,233],{},"Ask what way of living feels blocked."," The rage often starts when life will not go your way.",[222,236,237,240],{},[225,238,239],{},"Hear one other view."," Staying on your position is how responsibility gets refused.",[222,242,243,246],{},[225,244,245],{},"Turn toward forgiveness as a direction."," For yourself and for the other, so the judgement can loosen.",{"title":248,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":249},"",[250,251,252],{"id":189,"depth":18,"text":190},{"id":200,"depth":18,"text":201},{"id":213,"depth":18,"text":214},"2026-10-02","The emotional and spiritual meaning of hate: a rage that burns the person who holds it, when other people seem to be standing in the way of your life.","md","anger",{},true,[260,261,262,263,264],"Who or what am I keeping this hate alive for, and what is it costing me?","Do I feel that other people are preventing me from living my life?","Am I refusing to hear another point of view so I can stay on my position?","Where have I handed the responsibility for my life to the person I hate?","What would forgiveness change, if I were willing to see the situation differently?",[91,151],[],{"title":129,"description":254},[269],{"author":270,"work":271,"entries":272,"pages":274},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[273],"Haine","218","emotions\u002Fhate","Hate is often read as a fire you keep feeding. It is said to destroy the person who maintains it, when you feel that others are stopping you from living your own life.",[278,279,280,281,282],"A fire you feed","Self-destruction","Refusing another view","No responsibility","Hardened positions",[],"RJ3VkxTK8UIhcr_U-p7OoJhI0bJHIBVxXcRHWXjU3Ck",[286,391],{"id":287,"title":90,"affirmation":288,"aka":289,"areas":293,"body":294,"dateModified":253,"datePublished":253,"description":365,"extension":255,"group":256,"meta":366,"navigation":258,"order":9,"path":91,"reflectionQuestions":367,"related":373,"sameAs":374,"seo":375,"sources":376,"stem":381,"summary":382,"themes":383,"whenToSeeADoctor":389,"__hash__":390},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fanger.md","I stay attentive to the first sign of anger. I can open to love in this moment, and I do not have to be carried away.",[290,291,292],"Rage","Fury","Being angry",[],{"type":184,"value":295,"toc":358},[296,300,303,306,310,313,318,321,324,327,329,332],[187,297,299],{"id":298},"what-anger-is","What anger is",[192,301,302],{},"Anger is a surge of feeling that comes out sharply, in the body and in the voice. It can rise from irritation to shouting, trembling, aggression, even breaking things. A flash of it is human. It becomes costly when it is the only way you know to be heard, or when it is used to dominate.",[192,304,305],{},"The reading below does not excuse harm. It looks at the alarm underneath the explosion.",[187,307,309],{"id":308},"the-emotional-meaning-of-anger","The emotional meaning of anger",[192,311,312],{},"The source calls anger a spontaneous cry of alarm, the sign of an inner revolt, a violent discontent joined to aggression. Before the age of two it is simply a way of reacting to an inner discomfort, cold or hunger. Later it becomes a way of opposing limits. It can turn into emotional blackmail and a means of domination.",[314,315,317],"h3",{"id":316},"what-the-heat-is-pushing-out","What the heat is pushing out",[192,319,320],{},"The thoughts race, crowd and amplify until you can no longer see clearly. Pressure rises. You go red. The question is what disturbs you enough to explode. Great frustrations are there, and you are not able to affirm who you are. You feel invaded by someone or something. You want to chase it out, expel it, and anger is the means of expression. Introspection is hard. Admitting that you have things to change is hard. You want to stay on your positions.",[192,322,323],{},"Underneath, the source looks for weakness, injustice, frustration, incomprehension or powerlessness, sometimes enlarged by a strong emotivity and by impulsiveness. Once you name the reason, you may see that the conflict repeats without your noticing, and that it can come from situations unsettled since childhood. Integration is then quicker.",[192,325,326],{},"The entry places this heat in the liver, as toxins that can bring on a liver crisis. This site does not yet have a page for the liver. The feeling itself is not tied to one of the areas that are already here.",[187,328,214],{"id":213},[192,330,331],{},"The aim is not to ban anger, and not to use it on other people. The emotional perspective invites you to catch the alarm before it becomes the explosion.",[219,333,334,340,346,352],{},[222,335,336,339],{},[225,337,338],{},"Ask what is actually disturbing you."," The shout is later than the reason.",[222,341,342,345],{},[225,343,344],{},"See if you feel invaded."," Expelling someone may be the only language the frustration has.",[222,347,348,351],{},[225,349,350],{},"Check whether this is an old scene."," A repeating conflict often started long before today.",[222,353,354,357],{},[225,355,356],{},"Notice the first signal."," Attention, before you are carried away, is the practice the source offers.",{"title":248,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":359},[360,361,364],{"id":298,"depth":18,"text":299},{"id":308,"depth":18,"text":309,"children":362},[363],{"id":316,"depth":20,"text":317},{"id":213,"depth":18,"text":214},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of anger: a spontaneous alarm, a revolt that rises to a shout, and the liver where the source says the heat collects.",{},[368,369,370,371,372],"What is disturbing me enough that I explode?","Do I feel invaded, and is anger the only way I know to push that out?","Am I unable to say who I am, so the heat speaks instead?","Is this conflict an old one, still repeating from childhood?","What signal arrives just before I lose my temper, if I am willing to notice it?",[85,130,133],[],{"title":90,"description":365},[377],{"author":270,"work":271,"entries":378,"pages":380},[379],"Colère","119–120","emotions\u002Fanger","Anger is often read as a spontaneous alarm and an inner revolt. Frustration, a feeling of being invaded, and the inability to say who you are are what feed it.",[384,385,386,387,388],"An alarm","Inner revolt","Frustration","Feeling invaded","Unable to say who you are",[],"qq607Am2EgZL19xRX6xQIK-i90EwB9z8yTlyj0mL2RE",{"id":392,"title":150,"affirmation":393,"aka":394,"areas":398,"body":400,"dateModified":253,"datePublished":253,"description":458,"extension":255,"group":256,"meta":459,"navigation":258,"order":12,"path":151,"reflectionQuestions":460,"related":466,"sameAs":467,"seo":468,"sources":469,"stem":474,"summary":475,"themes":476,"whenToSeeADoctor":482,"__hash__":483},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fresentment.md","I accept what happened, and I turn toward what is ahead. I do not have to harden my heart in order to remember.",[395,396,397],"Rancour","A grievance","Holding a grudge",[399],"heart-and-circulation",{"type":184,"value":401,"toc":453},[402,406,409,412,416,419,422,424,427],[187,403,405],{"id":404},"what-resentment-is","What resentment is",[192,407,408],{},"Resentment is the grievance that stays after the injury. You feel a deep bitterness toward a person or a situation, and a taste for revenge. A memory of being wronged is human. Resentment is what happens when you cultivate it, and organise your story around it.",[192,410,411],{},"The reading below does not say the injury was nothing. It looks at the cost of keeping the grudge as an identity.",[187,413,415],{"id":414},"the-emotional-meaning-of-resentment","The emotional meaning of resentment",[192,417,418],{},"You see yourself as the person who was thwarted, wounded, a victim. Life should have been better. You should have reached a higher place, \"but someone stopped me\". You make others responsible for your own life. The source asks why you would spend your energy hating someone.",[192,420,421],{},"If you do not accept events with the heart and turn toward the future, and if you ruminate on the past without stopping, the heart is said to harden, and the body to answer with a discomfort or an illness. That is why this page is linked with the heart. It is a picture of what hardening costs. It is not a diagnosis.",[187,423,214],{"id":213},[192,425,426],{},"The aim is not to forget a real wrong on command. The emotional perspective invites you to stop building a life around the person who wronged you.",[219,428,429,435,441,447],{},[222,430,431,434],{},[225,432,433],{},"Notice the revenge."," A wish to get even is the centre of this reading.",[222,436,437,440],{},[225,438,439],{},"Check the story of prevention."," \"Someone stopped me\" can become a way of not living your own life.",[222,442,443,446],{},[225,444,445],{},"Take the responsibility back."," Other people cannot carry it for you.",[222,448,449,452],{},[225,450,451],{},"Turn one degree toward what is ahead."," Rumination is what the source says hardens the heart.",{"title":248,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":454},[455,456,457],{"id":404,"depth":18,"text":405},{"id":414,"depth":18,"text":415},{"id":213,"depth":18,"text":214},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of resentment: a grievance you cultivate, a wish for revenge, and a heart that hardens when the past is ruminated.",{},[461,462,463,464,465],"Who am I still wishing I could get even with?","Am I cultivating the story that someone stopped me from the life I should have had?","Have I made other people responsible for my own life?","What energy am I spending on hating someone?","What would it mean to turn toward the future instead of ruminating?",[130,91],[],{"title":150,"description":458},[470],{"author":270,"work":271,"entries":471,"pages":473},[472],"Rancune","362","emotions\u002Fresentment","Resentment is often read as a deep grievance you keep alive. You see yourself as the one who was wronged, and you make other people responsible for the life you have not lived.",[477,478,479,480,481],"A cultivated grievance","The wish for revenge","Seeing yourself as the victim","Blame","A hardening heart",[],"kcm7s6raouj9JmKTX0QNhkgHKplY7gF7VQdihS5C6f0",[485,703],{"id":486,"title":22,"body":487,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":660,"datePublished":660,"description":23,"extension":255,"groups":661,"icon":25,"meta":670,"navigation":258,"order":20,"path":24,"reflectionQuestions":671,"seo":678,"sources":679,"stem":688,"themes":689,"whenToSeeADoctor":694,"__hash__":702},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Frespiratory-system.md",{"type":184,"value":488,"toc":648},[489,492,495,501,505,508,511,514,518,522,525,529,532,536,539,543,546,550,553,557,560,596,600,607,610],[192,490,491],{},"Breathing is the first thing you do when you arrive in the world and the last thing you do when you leave it. Every minute, your nose, bronchi and lungs bring in fresh air and release what the body no longer needs. It is an exchange you rarely think about, yet it goes on day and night.",[192,493,494],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, breathing is the gateway through which life enters us. It is linked to our taste for life, the space we occupy, our boundaries, and the way we exchange with the world around us. When breathing is affected, it can be an invitation to ask whether we are really taking in life, or holding our breath.",[496,497,498],"note",{},[192,499,500],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have breathing difficulties, a persistent cough or a high fever, see a doctor.",[187,502,504],{"id":503},"what-your-breathing-represents","What your breathing represents",[192,506,507],{},"We live our life the way we breathe. Deep breathing can be seen as our ability to give life and strength to our emotions. Shallow breathing, on the other hand, may reflect fear or resistance towards life, especially in moments of distress, and a tendency to hold our emotions back. When taking in (breathing in) and giving back (breathing out) are in harmony, the channels between us and the world stay open and free.",[192,509,510],{},"The lungs are where life circulates through us: we breathe life in and give it back. In this reading, they are also where we become aware that \"I\" exist, and they represent our ability to adapt and to bring down the walls we have built, or that society has built around us.",[192,512,513],{},"The nose relates to instinct, especially survival instinct. It helps us sense what is happening outside and inside us, and can act as a kind of rudder, showing how much we are in charge of our own life. The bronchi, which carry air into the lungs, represent our vital space: our territory, especially in our couple, our family and our workplace.",[187,515,517],{"id":516},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[314,519,521],{"id":520},"the-place-we-occupy","The place we occupy",[192,523,524],{},"Breathing difficulties are often read as a conflict between the place we occupy in life and the place we would like to occupy. They may also reflect a tension between material and spiritual desires, or between the wish to live fully and the wish to \"let it all go\".",[314,526,528],{"id":527},"feeling-smothered","Feeling smothered",[192,530,531],{},"We may feel suffocated by the things we force ourselves to do, or by the people we feel obliged to see. This can leave us \"short of breath\". The question then becomes: are my boundaries clear, or do I let others, and life itself, dictate who I should be?",[314,533,535],{"id":534},"giving-and-receiving","Giving and receiving",[192,537,538],{},"Breathing is an exchange. Difficulty breathing may be linked to hesitation about giving or sharing, whether things or feelings. It may also reflect a fear of taking in new things, or of letting life in with all the joy it can bring. Difficulty breathing out, in this reading, can point to withdrawing into ourselves and not taking up the space that is ours.",[314,540,542],{"id":541},"territory-and-security","Territory and security",[192,544,545],{},"The bronchi are linked to our territory. When we fear losing it, or losing someone who belongs to it, insecurity may show up in the chest. Arguments that announce a conflict, trying to appear strong while enduring things without flinching, or worrying about what others say, can all add to the feeling of lacking air.",[314,547,549],{"id":548},"sensing-danger","Sensing danger",[192,551,552],{},"The nose sniffs out danger. It may react when we sense that something is not right, that something is being plotted or hidden from us, or when what we feel around us does not suit us.",[187,554,556],{"id":555},"reading-the-signs-which-part-is-affected","Reading the signs: which part is affected",[192,558,559],{},"In this approach, the part of the respiratory system that is affected can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[219,561,562,568,578,584,590],{},[222,563,564,567],{},[225,565,566],{},"The nose"," relates to instinct, intuition and how much we steer our own life.",[222,569,570,573,574,577],{},[225,571,572],{},"The left nostril"," is linked to the emotional side, and ",[225,575,576],{},"the right nostril"," to understanding and analysis.",[222,579,580,583],{},[225,581,582],{},"The bronchi"," relate to our territory in the couple, the family and at work, and to conflicts within it.",[222,585,586,589],{},[225,587,588],{},"The lungs"," relate to our desire to live, our ability to adapt and the walls we have built.",[222,591,592,595],{},[225,593,594],{},"Recurring breathing problems"," invite us to look for the event or the person that triggers them.",[187,597,599],{"id":598},"caring-for-your-breathing-from-the-inside","Caring for your breathing from the inside",[192,601,602,603],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Viruses, allergies, pollution, tobacco, genetics and many medical factors play a real role in respiratory problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[604,605,606],"em",{},"what am I not allowing myself to breathe in or let go of?",[192,608,609],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[219,611,612,618,624,630,636,642],{},[222,613,614,617],{},[225,615,616],{},"Breathe consciously."," A few slow, deep breaths each day remind the body that it is safe.",[222,619,620,623],{},[225,621,622],{},"Set clear boundaries."," When your territory is clearly defined and respected, there is room for everyone to breathe.",[222,625,626,629],{},[225,627,628],{},"Take your place."," Affirm who you are now, even if your life and some of your dreams have changed.",[222,631,632,635],{},[225,633,634],{},"Let go of resistance."," Trusting life makes it easier to release what no longer serves you.",[222,637,638,641],{},[225,639,640],{},"Make room for laughter."," Create moments of fun and relaxation. They open the chest as much as the heart.",[222,643,644,647],{},[225,645,646],{},"Get fresh air."," Time outdoors, in nature, is good for your lungs and your mood.",{"title":248,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":649},[650,651,658,659],{"id":503,"depth":18,"text":504},{"id":516,"depth":18,"text":517,"children":652},[653,654,655,656,657],{"id":520,"depth":20,"text":521},{"id":527,"depth":20,"text":528},{"id":534,"depth":20,"text":535},{"id":541,"depth":20,"text":542},{"id":548,"depth":20,"text":549},{"id":555,"depth":18,"text":556},{"id":598,"depth":18,"text":599},"2026-09-30",[662,666],{"id":663,"title":664,"description":665},"upper-airways","Nose and throat","Colds and upper airway problems, often linked to confusion, overload, intuition and the need for a break.",{"id":667,"title":668,"description":669},"lungs-and-bronchi","Lungs and bronchi","Coughs and chest problems, often linked to irritation, personal territory and the need for space.",{},[672,673,674,675,676,677],"Do I occupy the place in life that I would like to occupy?","Who or what is smothering me at the moment?","Are my boundaries clear, or do I let others decide who I should be?","Which event or person tends to \"take my breath away\" or make me want to be left to breathe?","Do I find it easy to give and share, and to receive what life offers?","Is my home, my couple or my work feeling threatened in some way?",{"title":22,"description":23},[680],{"author":270,"work":271,"entries":681,"pages":687},[682,683,684,685,686],"Respiration (en général)","Respiration (maux de ...)","Poumons (en général)","Nez (en général)","Bronches (en général)","77, 292–293, 351, 365–366","areas\u002Frespiratory-system",[690,691,692,535,693,528],"Taste for life","Personal space","Boundaries","Intuition",[695,696,697,698,699,700,701],"Severe difficulty breathing, blue lips or chest pain. Call emergency services.","Shortness of breath that is new or getting worse.","Coughing up blood.","A high fever, or a fever that lasts more than a few days.","A cough that lasts more than three weeks.","Loud snoring with pauses in breathing during sleep.","Wheezing, or breathing problems in a baby or young child.","L2SMeuKaTjdcAugwc5L0ZeRc2K0KTmILWnf69h8Zx8E",{"id":704,"title":34,"body":705,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":660,"datePublished":660,"description":35,"extension":255,"groups":869,"icon":37,"meta":878,"navigation":258,"order":38,"path":36,"reflectionQuestions":879,"seo":886,"sources":887,"stem":895,"themes":896,"whenToSeeADoctor":902,"__hash__":909},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system.md",{"type":184,"value":706,"toc":856},[707,710,713,718,722,725,728,731,733,737,740,744,747,751,754,758,761,765,768,772,775,777,780,806,810,816,818],[192,708,709],{},"Your digestive system is a long, busy road. From the mouth to the stomach, then through several metres of intestine, food is broken down, sorted and absorbed. What the body can use is kept, and the rest is eliminated. The gut is also closely connected to the brain: it contains millions of nerve cells and is sensitive to stress and emotions, which is why we speak of \"gut feelings\" and \"butterflies in the stomach\".",[192,711,712],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the digestive system reflects the way we take in and absorb what happens in our life. We digest situations, ideas, emotions and relationships just as we digest food. When digestion is disturbed, it can be an invitation to ask what we are finding hard to swallow, to absorb or to let go of.",[496,714,715],{},[192,716,717],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have persistent digestive symptoms, blood in the stools, weight loss or severe pain, see a doctor.",[187,719,721],{"id":720},"what-your-digestive-system-represents","What your digestive system represents",[192,723,724],{},"The stomach receives food and digests it to meet the body's needs. In the same way, we \"feed\" our mind with the situations and events of our life. In this reading, the stomach reflects how we absorb and integrate our reality, and how well we digest new ideas and new situations. It can be compared to a barometer, showing how open we are and how we react to life.",[192,726,727],{},"The intestines are the centre of absorption and integration. They keep what is good for us and expel the rest, on the physical level (food), the emotional level (feelings) and the mental level (thoughts). They also symbolise our ability to let events flow through our life, and to feel secure enough inside to be spontaneous.",[192,729,730],{},"The belly, which holds the intestines, is where a child grows before moving from a solitary state to a social one. It is therefore seen as the region of relationships. It is also where our deepest intentions and our sense of what is right or wrong are said to reside.",[187,732,517],{"id":516},[314,734,736],{"id":735},"what-we-cannot-digest","What we cannot digest",[192,738,739],{},"Digestive troubles are often associated with a situation or a person that we cannot digest or accept. It may be something we saw or heard that \"did not go down well\", or a situation where we need to take a stand but do not yet feel able to. Words we would like to say can remain trapped inside.",[314,741,743],{"id":742},"too-much-at-once","Too much at once",[192,745,746],{},"Indigestion, in this reading, points to an overflow somewhere in our life: too many things happening at the same time, until it becomes unbearable. Eating too fast has its emotional equivalent: taking in too many new situations at once, without time to adapt.",[314,748,750],{"id":749},"refusing-what-is-new","Refusing what is new",[192,752,753],{},"The stomach is linked to our openness. When we reject new ideas or new situations, the stomach may reject food in turn. Anxiety, insecurity and aggressiveness can turn the stomach upside down.",[314,755,757],{"id":756},"a-low-blow","A \"low blow\"",[192,759,760],{},"The intestines may react when we feel hurt by an unfair act or a betrayal, especially if it comes from a family member. Digestive problems often appear after a separation from a partner, a business associate, a child or a teacher, when we cannot digest what happened.",[314,762,764],{"id":763},"holding-on-and-control","Holding on and control",[192,766,767],{},"The large intestine is linked to letting go. We may feel a strong need to hold on to and control what happens to us. We cling to things, people or situations, sometimes to the point of jealousy or possessiveness, and the bowel becomes congested with what we keep and no longer need.",[314,769,771],{"id":770},"the-belly-and-relationships","The belly and relationships",[192,773,774],{},"Because the belly is the region of relationships, tensions there can reflect conflicts between ourselves and the world around us. The belly may tighten when we feel fragile, unsure of ourselves or humiliated, and relax when we feel disillusioned with life.",[187,776,556],{"id":555},[192,778,779],{},"In this approach, the part of the digestive system that is affected can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[219,781,782,788,794,800],{},[222,783,784,787],{},[225,785,786],{},"The stomach"," relates to how we absorb our reality and how open we are to new ideas.",[222,789,790,793],{},[225,791,792],{},"The small intestine"," relates to sorting what is good for us. It may react when we judge situations in very black-and-white terms, or struggle to recognise our real needs.",[222,795,796,799],{},[225,797,798],{},"The large intestine"," relates to letting go, spontaneity and the ability to turn the page.",[222,801,802,805],{},[225,803,804],{},"The belly as a whole"," relates to our relationships and to our deepest intentions.",[187,807,809],{"id":808},"caring-for-your-digestion-from-the-inside","Caring for your digestion from the inside",[192,811,812,813],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Diet, infections, medication, food intolerances, hormones and many medical factors play a real role in digestive problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[604,814,815],{},"what am I finding hard to digest in my life?",[192,817,609],{},[219,819,820,826,832,838,844,850],{},[222,821,822,825],{},[225,823,824],{},"Take one thing at a time."," Give yourself time to adapt to each new situation before taking on the next.",[222,827,828,831],{},[225,829,830],{},"Welcome new ideas."," Try approaching change with openness rather than judgment.",[222,833,834,837],{},[225,835,836],{},"Name what did not go down well."," Writing or talking about a hurt helps you digest it.",[222,839,840,843],{},[225,841,842],{},"Let go of what no longer serves you."," Things, habits, grudges: notice what you keep out of fear.",[222,845,846,849],{},[225,847,848],{},"Trust your inner resources."," The only person you can really control is yourself.",[222,851,852,855],{},[225,853,854],{},"Eat slowly and calmly."," A relaxed meal is good for your stomach and your nervous system.",{"title":248,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":857},[858,859,867,868],{"id":720,"depth":18,"text":721},{"id":516,"depth":18,"text":517,"children":860},[861,862,863,864,865,866],{"id":735,"depth":20,"text":736},{"id":742,"depth":20,"text":743},{"id":749,"depth":20,"text":750},{"id":756,"depth":20,"text":757},{"id":763,"depth":20,"text":764},{"id":770,"depth":20,"text":771},{"id":555,"depth":18,"text":556},{"id":808,"depth":18,"text":809},[870,874],{"id":871,"title":872,"description":873},"stomach","Stomach","Stomach problems, often linked to situations we cannot digest, anger and openness to what is new.",{"id":875,"title":876,"description":877},"bowel","Bowel","Bowel problems, often linked to control, holding on and the ability to let things flow.",{},[880,881,882,883,884,885],"Which situation or person am I finding hard to digest at the moment?","Is there too much happening in my life at the same time?","Which new idea or change am I refusing to take in?","What am I holding on to that is no longer useful to me?","Do I feel secure enough inside to be spontaneous?","Is there someone who \"did me wrong\" that I have not been able to get over?",{"title":34,"description":35},[888],{"author":270,"work":271,"entries":889,"pages":894},[890,891,892,893],"Estomac (en général)","Indigestion","Intestins (maux aux ...)","Ventre ou abdomen","175, 233, 237–238, 421–422","areas\u002Fdigestive-system",[897,898,899,900,90,901],"Digesting life","Openness to new ideas","Control","Letting go","Relationships",[903,904,905,906,907,908],"Vomiting blood, or black, tarry stools. Seek urgent medical care.","Severe or sudden abdominal pain, or a hard, swollen belly. Seek urgent medical care.","Blood in the stools.","Difficulty swallowing, or food getting stuck.","Unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite or persistent tiredness.","A lasting change in bowel habits, especially after the age of 50.","uycMYe0ogZIBPv27lPtVqC8H01K30T5k6UfjjJTiD0Q",1790940866084]