Episode 109: What’s Hiding in Your (Emotional) Closet

This week, I’m inviting you into a conversation about emotional healing — not in a clinical sense, but in a real-life, heart-level kind of way.

I start by asking a question we can probably all relate to:
Do you have that one closet where you shove everything in and just hope the door will close?
You lean against it, you hear the latch click shut, and you breathe a little sigh of relief — until one day, the door pops open and everything comes flying out. And sometimes, it lands on the people we love.

That’s what emotional clutter looks like.

In this episode, I share how emotional work is a lot like cleaning out that catch-all closet — and how healing doesn’t mean pulling out the heaviest thing in the back right away. Instead, it’s about starting with what’s right in front of us: the frustrations, the patterns, the quiet stories we’ve been carrying and stuffing away.

We talk about:

• Why emotions spill out unexpectedly

• How to notice what’s been building under the surface

• Why starting small is not only okay — it’s wise

• Creating a system so we stop stuffing new things inside

• What it looks like to give ourselves space, grace, and time

This is about making room in your emotional life — so you’re not constantly bracing for the next moment the door flies open. And it’s about reminding you that healing doesn’t come from hiding. It comes from gently choosing to begin.

Reflection Questions:

1. What’s been sitting at the front of your emotional closet, waiting to be noticed?

2. Where in your life does it feel like the door won’t stay shut anymore?

3. What would it look like to create more space to process, rather than stuff things away?

If you’re feeling stuck and want someone to walk through this with you, I’d love to help. You can book a free clarity session with me at www.mariemonville.com or reach out on social media.

You don’t need to empty the whole closet today.
Just pick one thing, and start there.