So often we struggle because we’re resisting, fixing, changing, or even “transcending” our experiences. What shifts when instead of pushing our emotions away, we invite them closer in? What changes when we learn to relate to our emotions like a welcoming friend? And, what changes when we are able to access the place in which there is no welcomer and no separate thing to be welcomed?
With Caverly Morgan recorded on October 16, 2016.
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