01/21/2026
🌿 TCM Organs & Emotions
How your body speaks through feelings
Slide 1: Kidneys
💧 Emotion: Fear
🌱 TCM Wisdom: The kidneys store our vital essence (Jing) and govern willpower.
✨ When balanced: Calm, grounded, resilient
⚠️ When out of balance: Fear, insecurity, burnout
🧘♀️ Support with rest, warmth, deep breathing, and grounding practices
Slide 2: Lungs
🌬️ Emotion: Grief & Sadness
🌱 TCM Wisdom: The lungs govern breath, immunity, and letting go.
✨ When balanced: Clear-minded, inspired, emotionally open
⚠️ When out of balance: Prolonged sadness, tight chest, shallow breathing
🫁 Support with mindful breathing, fresh air, and emotional release
Slide 3: Spleen
🌾 Emotion: Worry & Overthinking
🌱 TCM Wisdom: The spleen governs digestion—of food and thoughts.
✨ When balanced: Focused, grounded, nourished
⚠️ When out of balance: Brain fog, fatigue, constant rumination
🥣 Support with warm foods, routine, and mental rest
Slide 4: Heart
🔥 Emotion: Joy (or lack of joy)
🌱 TCM Wisdom: The heart houses the Shen (spirit) and governs emotional balance.
✨ When balanced: Peaceful, joyful, emotionally connected
⚠️ When out of balance: Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia
💖 Support with meaningful connection, calm evenings, and self-love
Slide 5: Liver
🌿 Emotion: Anger & Frustration
🌱 TCM Wisdom: The liver ensures smooth flow of Qi and emotions.
✨ When balanced: Flexible, motivated, creative
⚠️ When out of balance: Irritability, tension, mood swings
🧘 Support with movement, stretching, and expressing emotions
✨ In Traditional Chinese Medicine, emotions aren’t “just in the mind” — they live in the body. When we support our organs, we support our emotional health too 🌿