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The Hidden Cost of Experiential Avoidance
In this episode, Kamini Wood explores "experiential avoidance," defining it as the conscious or subconscious effort to evade uncomfortable thoughts, emotions, sensations, or conversations. She explains that while this behavior is a natural, wired-for-survival response, it ultimately proves unhelpful. Avoiding difficult emotions or situations, such as conflict, rejection, financial anxiety, or vulnerability, only causes them to intensify or reappear. Kamini emphasizes that this avoidance keeps us stuck, emotionally exhausted, and disconnected from ourselves and others, hindering genuine…
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