Hi everybody and welcome back to the show this is an episode of a

coaches corner and since I've been interviewing so many people so many

amazing people and have more amazing interviews to come. I thought today I just talk to you.

And just remember that every Wednesday a live life coaching episode goes up, but that's where I coach

somebody live on the air and then break down the episode and explain why I coached them

the way that I did and offer you some takeaways. Today I wanted to answer a question that

someone asked me on Instagram. In response to a post I wrote someone asked why is

is growth so painful and this is such an important question so I wanted to

take some time to answer and if you're not following me on

Instagram you can at Christine Hasler.

It's probably my favorite social media platform, so be sure to connect with me there.

So I'm going to answer this question in three parts.

First, why growth is so painful and why the pain is not bad or something to

fear and avoid. Second, ways to decrease the intensity and the length of the

pain. And third, why the pain is not always necessary for growth.

So let's die then.

First, why is growth so painful and why the pain is not bad or something to fear or avoid? Let me begin by defining what I mean by pain.

It is the sadness or fear, grief, anger, loneliness, and myriad other uncomfortable feelings

that emerge when we're not in denial or numbing ourselves

through distraction, addictions, busyness, numbing devices, or denial.

Pain is usually the thing we try to avoid the most but it can be one of our most

important teacher. I'm not going to say it's our greatest teacher I see a lot of

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