In this week's episode, I talk about things that we do to numb our feelings vs things that we do that bring us true comfort. I define what these two things are- numbing helps us NOT feel our feelings (not good) vs true comfort helps us restore and nourish ourselves, and be more resilient in the long term! But the difficulty in this is that ANYTHING we do can be for numbing or true comfort, so I can't just give you a list of "true comfort" 2 do's and send you on your way. I give a few examples of some things that I have had to tweak a bit to give me more comfort than numbing (TV, alcohol, etc.), a few things that only bring me true comfort (writing in my journal, going for walks) and things that I pretty much only do for numbing (Nutella spoons, sadly). Action item: when you are doing an activity, pause during (or after) and assess how you feel- do you feel like you wasted your time/that you wish you had stopped earlier? Probably numbing. Or, do you feel-better? Rested, calm, like what you did just helped you? Then it's true comfort!