Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're

getting a little better at life. I'm your host, Cory Muscara, and in today's

episode we're going to talk about the difference between safe versus unsafe

fear. More to come on that in a moment. First let's settle on together with the

sound of the bells.

Okay, so we're gonna talk about safe versus unsafe fear. What does this mean? Well, this

episode is inspired by two different things. One, working with fear within a

meditation practice. And two, working with fear when having to make life

decisions and not show, not sure which direction to go. So let's start with

working with fear within a meditation practice. There are a lot of reasons fear

could arise in practice. Right, we're opening ourselves up to the full

spectrum of our human experience. And just because we're sitting quietly and doing

something that many people perceive to be calming doesn't mean that it's gonna

just be rainbows and unicorns. Often there's a lot beneath the surface that

just hasn't been processed. And we've skillfully been avoiding much of our

lives. I mean, this is what most people are doing on a daily basis. Just using

work and distraction and the agenda of the self to not have to feel certain

things that are lingering in the background. Certain truths that are there are

certain unprocessed emotions. And so in meditation we we really open the door to

a lot of that arising. And it can be uncomfortable. It regrets physical

pains, anxieties, sadness, griefs. And any meditation teacher that is worth

their salt will be able to help you navigate that. And then one of the first

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