72: Feel the Pain to Avoid the Suffering

Life is damn hard sometimes. When we allow ourselves to feel life’s pain, we no longer need distractions to avoid the pain. This is a beautiful thing because those distractions often cause unnecessary suffering.

In this episode, I talk about feeling pain in order to avoid suffering, and I give you examples from my life that are currently coming up for me.

You’ll find this episode helpful if you tend to drink, eat, scroll, or watch TV when challenges come up instead of feeling through them. So get comfy, and let’s work through this thing called life.

Then, read these lifey articles

• Seven Things that Make Life Harder than it Has to Be
• 11 Things to Remember When You’re Crying Because Life Sucks
• Struggle and strength
• Sometimes you just have to sit in it

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