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  <title>Episode 32: Holding Space for Pain and Heartbreak</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;You are feeling painful, difficult, and scary feelings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I want you to close your eyes and see the emotion inside you and then take a deep breath and I want you to expand all the space around it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Breathe in through nose and out through the mouth.&lt;br&gt;
Imagine that space growing with every breath.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So the emotion stays the same but you expand.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make room for the emotion(s).&lt;br&gt;
Expand.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You are not your emotions. You have emotions.&lt;br&gt;
You are vast.&lt;br&gt;
Your spirit indestructible.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know you don’t like these feelings, I don’t like these feelings too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They feel so painful and they feel they are breaking you, but if your heart is capable of feeling them, then you are strong enough to bear them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Soften into the feeling.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can cry… sob… just keep softening with your breath…stay soft..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s ok… let your heart break. I promise, it won’t break down.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That’s the thing with hearts… the more the break… the bigger and stronger they get… the only way to a resilient heart is to let it feel and let it break. &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>I want you to close your eyes and see the emotion inside you and then take a deep breath and I want you to expand all the space around it.</p>

<p>Breathe in through nose and out through the mouth.<br>
Imagine that space growing with every breath.</p>

<p>So the emotion stays the same but you expand.</p>

<p>Make room for the emotion(s).<br>
Expand.</p>

<p>You are not your emotions. You have emotions.<br>
You are vast.<br>
Your spirit indestructible.</p>

<p>I know you don’t like these feelings, I don’t like these feelings too.</p>

<p>They feel so painful and they feel they are breaking you, but if your heart is capable of feeling them, then you are strong enough to bear them.</p>

<p>Soften into the feeling.</p>

<p>You can cry… sob… just keep softening with your breath…stay soft..</p>

<p>It’s ok… let your heart break. I promise, it won’t break down.</p>

<p>That’s the thing with hearts… the more the break… the bigger and stronger they get… the only way to a resilient heart is to let it feel and let it break.</p>]]>
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<p>I want you to close your eyes and see the emotion inside you and then take a deep breath and I want you to expand all the space around it.</p>

<p>Breathe in through nose and out through the mouth.<br>
Imagine that space growing with every breath.</p>

<p>So the emotion stays the same but you expand.</p>

<p>Make room for the emotion(s).<br>
Expand.</p>

<p>You are not your emotions. You have emotions.<br>
You are vast.<br>
Your spirit indestructible.</p>

<p>I know you don’t like these feelings, I don’t like these feelings too.</p>

<p>They feel so painful and they feel they are breaking you, but if your heart is capable of feeling them, then you are strong enough to bear them.</p>

<p>Soften into the feeling.</p>

<p>You can cry… sob… just keep softening with your breath…stay soft..</p>

<p>It’s ok… let your heart break. I promise, it won’t break down.</p>

<p>That’s the thing with hearts… the more the break… the bigger and stronger they get… the only way to a resilient heart is to let it feel and let it break.</p>]]>
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