Holding Ourselves Through the Hard Stuff (S20E3)

About this episode

Henny Flynn discusses navigating life's challenges with self-compassion and awareness while sharing her current experience in a hospital setting.

I'm recording this from a hospital. I've found a quiet corner - it's Saturday morning and you might hear lifts beeping, trolleys, maybe some voices. I'm here seeing a loved one. It's why there wasn't an episode last week. This isn't my story to tell, so I can't talk about details, but I wanted to share the context I'm in. This episode is about how life throws curveballs at us, and how the work we do in quieter moments supports us when we're facing the bigger stuff. You'll hear: Why this experience has been the most beautiful painful reminder of why compassionate self-enquiry matters How our humanness still shows up even when we have the tools - old patterns reassert themselves, we get triggered, we think 'I thought I didn't do that anymore' Why holding all of that with compassion gives us the spaciousness to choose our next response The moment my brain went completely offline mid-sentence (a sign of holding a lot right now) How self-awareness with self-compassion can be our greatest tool Lastly, I want to share a gentle reminder: if you're facing something hard right now, hold space for yourself, resource yourself, reach out to people who can support you - it is this that enables…

People in this episode

Host: Henny Flynn

Topics covered

• self-compassion
• mental health
• life challenges
• self-awareness
• support systems

Keywords

• self-enquiry
• compassion
• mental health
• support
• life challenges

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