Life Happens with Barb & Michelle

Ep. 126 - Letting Go: The Pain of Holding On


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This week, Barb and Michelle are getting candid about the difficult act of letting go. They’re sharing personal experiences and the hard truths about acceptance, moving on, and ruminating on the past along with their personal practices to help with the letting go process. 


In this episode, they talk about:

  • Identifying what letting go is and what it can look like
  • The consequence of resisting letting go, and ways to release the fear of letting go
  • How to take action and develop a practice when feeling stuck or like you can’t move on
  • Understanding that it takes what it takes, and feeling our feelings is key to moving on and moving forward


Also mentioned in this episode:

Swimming, One Day in August, a poem by Mary Oliver

“It is time now, I said,

for the deepening and quieting of the spirit

among the flux of happenings.

Something had pestered me so much

I thought my heart would break.

I mean, the mechanical part.

I went down in the afternoon

to the sea

which held me, until I grew easy.

About tomorrow, who knows anything.

Except that it will be time, again,

for the deepening and quieting of the spirit.”


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