289: What Happens When You Stop Running from Your Emotions?
What if the emotions you avoid… are actually the doorway to freedom?
I had an inner child meditation recently that didn't go the way I expected. Instead of comfort, I was met with darkness, and my first instinct was to run. But for once, I stayed. And that moment revealed something I've never seen so clearly:
It's not the feeling that hurts us; it's the running.
Most of us were never taught how to sit with discomfort. We were taught to cope, push it down, avoid it, or distract ourselves with productivity and positivity. But when you keep running… your emotional body fills up. And eventually…
The skinny
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