Well, hello there and welcome back to the Terry Cole Show and our best of December series.

So this month, we are revisiting the top five most popular episodes of the Terry Cole Show.

And today we're highlighting the art of self-soothing.

This topic has resonated with so many of you.

And it's one of those practices, self-soothing, that is so powerful.

Yet often it's overlooked in our fast-paced lives, right, where we're so busy, like on to the next and onto the next that we don't stop to think,

hmm, what could I do that would be soothing to my nervous system right now? So let me ask you,

when you're stressed out or you've had a

tough day, do you have habits right now that actually help you find calm or do you sometimes

reach for something to simply take the edge off, right? If you're leaning on things like food or

alcohol or gummies or weed or other kinds of distractions, you might be unknowingly confusing

self-soothing with self-numbing. And trust me, it is a mistake that most many, many, many of us

make, but there are two very different things. And in today's episode, it's all about making that

distinction between soothing and numbing. and I'm giving you a toolkit

to teach you how to self-soothe from within rather than seeking these external things to

soothe. I also want to add a new thought to this topic. Self-soothing isn't just about having

the tools to manage stress. It's also about cultivating a sense of emotional safety within our selves.

It's a gift that we can give ourselves to feel that you can handle whatever comes your way,

right, without needing to numb it, that there's something very powerful about being like, hey,

I'll be okay. I know that I'll be okay. And when we can self-soothe effectively, we create a deep

and steady confidence that no matter what happens, we'll always sort of find our way back to

center, find our way back to peace, which is really important for our mental health and our

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