This week on Office Hours by Dropout Philosopher, Bat and I explore Karuna Rasa—Sadness—as sacred softness, not failure. We look at how sadness is often the exile fear tries to suppress, and how letting it move can open the door to real healing. Through the lenses of Internal Family Systems and Rasa Sadhana, we reframe sadness as door for connection, not collapse. This episode includes practices to gently hold your sorrow, creative prompts for witnessing grief, and breathwork for when the floodgates open. You are not broken for feeling this much. You are soaked rice—transforming, softening, becoming something new.