Well, hello, and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show that I want to start with

a question.

When you have a distressing experience, do you tend to self-numb with alcohol, with weed,

with gummies, with a tub of ice cream, rather than self-sooth?

Maybe you hook up with your ex, and you think that self-soothing.

But actually, that is self-numbing.

So in today's episode, I'm going to be making the distinction between self-numbing and

actual self-soothing, and I'm also going to share what a self-soothing and stress relief

tool kit is, and in the downloadable guide, I'm going to give you all the instructions

to make your own, and I'm giving you my top personal self-soothing go-to actions.

So if you happen to be new to this podcast, my name is Terry Cole, and I am the author

of BoundaryBoss, which you can get at BoundaryBossBook.com.

And I want to take a moment to just say thank you so much for hanging out with me,

because I know that you could be listening to a zillion other really good podcasts,

and the fact that you are with me today just really warms my heart.

If you want to support the show, it helps me immensely.

If you rate, review, or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts.

I also want to say a quick shout out to Janiel, who left a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.

And it's called Truth. Terry, you keep it real and help me get out of my own way

and on track for creating my best life.

Well, I'm so happy to hear it, Janiel, because that is my intention exactly.

Now, onto today's content.

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