MKE Week 21 – When Feelings Show Up: Signals, Not Truth

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Oh my goodness! Thank you Master Key Experience (MKE)!

I love this realization so much. Taking time to truly sit and reflect on emotions can be eye opening. I’m seeing now that when fear, guilt, anger, hurt feelings, or unworthiness pop up, they’re not commands, they’re signals.

Fear, for example, is often just that, a feeling, not present reality. In the moment it rises, I can pause, breathe, and remind myself that what I feel isn’t always what is. Then I can release it and take the next step forward.

Guilt works similarly. When it shows up, I can examine it. If I’ve done something wrong, I make it right and ask forgiveness. If I haven’t, I can recognize it as a false alarm and let it go.

Anger is another signal. It alerts me when something feels unjust or off. But instead of reacting, I can pause, breathe, and check where it’s coming from so I can respond wisely.

Hurt feelings can be approached the same way. They often reveal what truly matters to me and help me understand my heart better.

And unworthiness Sometimes it’s simply a belief formed from past experiences, not facts, just interpretations.

So really, all these feelings are trying to help in one way or another if I slow down, fact check them, and observe instead of react.

Meet Lois Genua

I’m a wife of 26 years, a mother of two thriving adult children, a nanny, and a small business owner, as well as the founder of WOVEN—Women of Valuable Endeavors Needling. Rooted in faith and family, I’m passionate about serving and encouraging others, with a heart that desires God’s light to shine through my life above all else.

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  • Beautiful insights, Lois! 🌟 Turning down the volume on fear and listening to what it’s really saying—that’s the work. Well said! 🙏🌸

  • Ten years ago, I did the MKE. I was very close to my emotionally defining moment…negative. I was too close for the perspective now. Thought then feelings now…but it was the other way around before. Great post.

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