About this episode

Polly Warren discusses navigating emotional challenges during recovery from knee surgery and the importance of feeling emotions with awareness and compassion.

In this episode, I open up about how I’ve been navigating the emotional ups and downs of recovery after knee surgery. I share a recent wobble I experienced, and why learning to feel your emotions, rather than push them away, is such an important part of moving through difficult moments. It’s not about getting stuck in how you feel, but allowing those emotions to move through you with awareness and compassion. I also talk about the power of a good cry (something we often underestimate), and th...

People in this episode

Host: Polly Warren

Topics covered

• emotional recovery
• knee surgery
• mental health
• emotional awareness
• self-compassion
• coping strategies

Keywords

• emotions
• recovery
• knee surgery
• self-improvement
• mental health
• emotional awareness
• coping
• self-compassion

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