Sitting with Sadness and Holding Space for Past Versions of You

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

When you feel sad, what do you do? Do you immediately search for reasons and explanations? Do you instantly look for “cures” that will bring you back to happy? Today’s episode dives into a practice that Rachel has been working on for many years now: the practice of sitting with discomfort. After waking up feeling incredibly sad, Rachel shares what her day looked like while letting sadness linger. Humans have a need to fix when something feels wrong, but if you avoid your feelings, they just stay bottled deep inside. Today’s episode offers an alternative; a way to invite your feelings into your life as companions and work through them instead of against them. At the end of the episode, Rachel reminisces on past versions of herself and discusses how you can hold space for your previous selves as you move into new seasons of your life. Tune in for a deep, heartfelt episode that will remind you to allow the mess and honor everything you’ve moved through. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I talk about sadness and how oftentimes whenever we feel sad or low or anxious,
0:08.0	we immediately go into problem-solving mode of wanting to fix the problem of that feeling. I share the
0:15.8	practice I've been in for many years now of doing my very best to allow those
0:20.8	difficult feelings when they come my way. The practice of sitting with the
0:25.1	discomfort of those challenging feelings and not going into that place of
0:30.0	trying to fix or solve them. I also share a bit about the nostalgia that I'm feeling,
0:36.6	thinking a lot about the past and how important it is that we hold space for all the past
0:41.1	versions of ourselves as we transition into a new season in life.
0:45.6	It's a deep heartfelt episode.
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