Dear soul, welcome to the Lightbearer's Library! Can you truly embrace optimistic anger and use difficult emotions as a powerful catalyst for profound personal growth and self-building?

In this journal entry, I share my journey of processing anger and grief during an intense holiday season, and how it has led to an internal reorganization of my core values. I unpack why anger can be a good thing—not when it's destructive, but when it fuels the deliberate work of building a life aligned with conscious choices.

If you are also navigating an intense emotional period, you are not alone, and I hope the following topics may be of use to you in your own journey:

• Setting Boundaries: The necessity of creating space—like stepping away from family expectations during the holidays—to protect our peace and begin emotional healing.
• Shifting Values: Why letting go of old values or relationships that no longer serve us is uncomfortable, yet vital for spiritual self-discovery.
• Conscious Choice: I dive into the philosophy of whether we are discovering our identity or building the self we choose to become.
• The Emotional Workout: Viewing the intense process of grief and anger as an "emotional workout" that ultimately makes us stronger and "fitter" on the other side.

This episode offers a new perspective on how to move through challenging feelings with a sense of hopeful anticipation for what comes next.

XOXO,
Kate Harmony

📖 Journal Notes
0:00 Processing Anger in a Kind Way with Optimism
2:08 What if We're Exactly Where We Need to Be
2:45 The Philosophical Question: Building vs. Discovering Who We Are
3:32 Navigating Internal Reorganization and Shifting Values
4:40 The Optimism of What's On The Other Side
5:21 Nature vs. Nurture, and the Free Will Debate
6:27 Letting Go of the Old and Embrace Optimistic Anger
8:53 The Emotional Workout: Using Anger for Personal Growth
11:08 Final Thoughts on Self-Building and New Year's Resolutions

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🌿 About Kate Harmony 🌿

My main channel (Hack Music Theory) has over 250K subscribers and 10 million views. I've been a full-time YouTuber since 2017 and launched this personal channel (Lightbearer's Library) in 2025, where I'm making video versions of my journal entries.

Some of my favourite topics to talk about are practical philosophy, positive psychology, and personality type (I'm an INFP). But honestly, my journals contain counter-cultural thoughts about everything, so expect the unexpected! I also share practical ways I'm improving my mental health, with the hope that you might find them useful too.

I deleted all my social media accounts over 10 years ago, so I offer a loving perspective that's free from the divisive language commonly found in feeds nowadays.

If this sounds like your cup of tea, then I warmly welcome you into the Lightbearer's Library. Stay for a while, and please remember to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV2wps4NID9rrO08OuwZ5Lg?sub_confirmation=1