As visionaries, creatives, leaders... we HAVE to increase our capacity to experience uncomfortable emotions. This lifetime requires us to show up, be vulnerable and do hard things, but most of us are quick to suppress, avoid or rush through hard and difficult feelings. When we don't allow ourselves to feel things FULLY, we don't increase our capacity to be with the uncomfortable. PHEW. Tune in! Lauren shares a repeatable process to feel your feelings, while being real about the tough stuff. You got this!

Episodes Mentioned:

https://thrive-thread.simplecast.com/episodes/s2ep9-how-to-self-soothe-and-self-regulate-when-youre-stressed

https://thrive-thread.simplecast.com/episodes/ep10-self-compassion-meditation

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