Why Ignoring Your Emotions is Destroying Your Health (And What You Should Be Doing Instead)

What if the reason you can't sleep, can't focus, and come home completely depleted has nothing to do with your schedule — and everything to do with what you're doing to your emotions?

In this episode, Dr. Glenn Hill, Phyllis Hill, and Tera Wages go deep on one of the most important — and most overlooked — tools in the Connection Codes toolkit: oohing yourself. Not your partner. Not your kids. Yourself.

We've all been taught some version of "don't be emotional," "choose joy," "power through." But what that messaging actually does is train us to reject ourselves at the deepest level. And the cost? It shows up in your body, your sleep, your productivity, your relationships, and your health.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why suppressing emotions doesn't make them disappear — it sends them straight into your cells (and the science behind what that does to your body)
• The 3 powerful questions that help you tune into yourself in under 60 seconds
• How a woman's 12-year battle with insomnia ended after one night of doing the Core Emotion Wheel
• Why "positive thinking" culture may actually be working against your emotional health
• The real reason you have nothing left for your spouse and kids at the end of the day
• How to process fear, shame, and hurt in 10–15 seconds (without a therapy session)
• What Tera discovered about herself, her kids, and the mistakes she made before she had these tools

This episode is for you if:You've tried the productivity hacks, the sleep supplements, the mindset work — but something still feels stuck. Or if you teach communication tools to others and still forget to use them on yourself (yes, Tera goes there).

Resources mentioned:

• 🌀 Download the Core Emotion Wheel: www.connectioncodes.co/podcast
• 🤝 Book a certified Connection Codes Coach: connectioncodes.co/coaches
• 📚 Start with Foundations: connectioncodes.co/foundations

Keywords: emotional health, marriage advice, mental health awareness, emotional intelligence, relationship communication, burnout recovery, emotional regulation, self-awareness, anxiety relief, insomnia and emotions, leadership emotional health, marriage therapy tools, how to process emotions, core emotion wheel