Ep 10 - A Theory of Everything: The Primary Colors of Emotional Experience

I Hate You. What's For Dinner? · May 7, 2026 · 54m

It might sound silly, or even impossible, to have a theory of everything that might show up in our clinical work.

And yet, when we’re sitting with people who are stuck or sitting with people that are suffering, so often it comes back to one of a few fundamental feelings, and all of the emotional gradations that come from them: safety, grief, and shame.

Today, we’re digging into these emotional primary colors that are at the root of so much of what we see in our clinical practices, how they show up and shape family dynamics, and how our personal experiences shape the lens that we bring to our…