Hello and

welcome back to practicing human.

This is the podcast where every day we're practicing

getting a little better at life.

I am your host, Corey Muscara,

and in today's episode we are going to be talking about what it means

to actually sit with an emotion. More to come on that in a moment. First let's settle in with the sound of the bells. And today, Bells is

plural because it is two Bell Tuesday. We forgot about it last week. I forgot about it last week. So today we have two bells to

settle in making it a little bit of a longer meditation. So I'll ring them. You listen with your full

presence and attention. The So today's episode is informed by a question I received from one of our listeners.

I'll share that question with you now.

Hi, Quarry, I have a question for you.

Everyone suggests to sit with my feeling emotion.

What does it mean to sit with a feeling without judgment.

FYI, I'm someone with an anxiety disorder.

So how do I know I'm sitting with a feeling

and not actually dwelling on my anxious thoughts. What does building curiosity for a feeling

look like? So this is a great question and there are two parts of it to it.

What does it mean to sit with a feeling without judgment?

And also, how do we know when we're actually being with it,

feeling it, and not dwelling on it, not dwelling on the thoughts around it.

So let's start with the first piece.

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