In the last episode, Robert and Dave focused primarily on containment. This week's episode is focusing on giving some personal examples of containment and penetrating even further into transforming anger and resisting emotions into intimacy and strength. For most of us, feelings are central. Here, we are being guided and given options to how beneficial responses to our feelings can be vital to long-term happiness. It can be a bit like a lobotomy at the beginning to think and question ourselves outside of our conditioning, to stay frozen or fixated in our feelings. Once we can begin to listen we can recognize that these guidelines can be a much better definition of who we are. Containment is that pause between feeling and reaction. This is not something most of us have been taught to do and therefore must be applied again and again until a new habit is formed.

Robert and Dave offer up real places in their lives where they struggle with frustrations and impatience. Join them as they reflect on their own conditioning to illustrate how they use containment and other tools, such as the 75 essential needs, to help them navigate through their personal challenges. Getting through feelings does not always mean getting over them. As you are hearing their stories, take this opportunity to look at your difficult feelings and see if you can find a place that still wants to care for yourself, others, and learn how to implement this caring. This is not a standard, but because you realize it makes you feel best when you can allow awareness of challenging emotions and the intent to heal coexists. This opens the door for a direction of healing that otherwise wouldn't occur.

Read the transcription and listen to this episode at Awareness That Heals.