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Hi, it's Eve here. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday.

So I went on a silent meditation retreat recently.

It's been a difficult and stressful time and I was actually getting anxious about being on the retreat for six days.

I wasn't going to be able to do all the other things that were calling for my attention.

And I joked with a friend that even though it felt like the worst time to go on retreat,

it was actually the best time because it was the worst time.

So I arrived at the retreat with a big ball of anxiety firmly planted in the middle of my chest.

I did actually say to the teacher that I was finding the anxiety hard to manage.

And she said to me, see if you're able to name the anxiety. I see you anxiety.

I feel you anxiety.

Very often when we experience discomfort or pain, we want to turn away from it. We want to resist or avoid it.

And that can actually make it worse.

So during the retreat, I was able to get curious about why I was feeling anxious in the first place.

You see, I have a long standing fear of things going wrong.

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