Fear Isn't Trying to Kill You - (With Laurel Simpson)
About this episode
Laurel Simpson shares her experience of processing fear during her husband's hospitalization and the insights gained from that challenging time.
In April, Laurel Simpson's husband was rushed to the hospital — and for ten days she didn't know if he would live. In this tender, remarkable conversation, Laurel walks Glenn and Phyllis through what it actually looks like to process Fear in real time when it won't stop coming. Not the tidy version where you feel it once and it passes — the version where Fear arrives wave after wave after wave, and you have no choice but to sit with it. What she discovered in that hospital room will change how you think about the emotion you've been taught to fight your whole life. In this episode: Why Fear feels like it's "coming against you" — and what it's actually trying to do The moment Fear "held hands with Anger" so Laurel could advocate for her husband How Lonely sat with her on the nights she was too exhausted to keep going The near–panic-attack morning Phyllis walked her through the Core Emotion Wheel, one emotion at a time Why "the more I resisted her, the louder she got" Co-regulation and why you were never meant to do hard things alone What our kids actually need from us when we're afraid About Laurel Simpson: Laurel is a certified Connection Coach…
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