Dr. Julie Smith

So, you know, I had those moments and the way that I deal with those sort of big emotions and that overwhelm, was to allow it to be there and to recognize, you know, I've sat in so many rooms with people and just helped contain those feelings and help people through them, not to eradicate them, but to sort of hold their hand as they experience it.

So, you know, I had those moments and the way that I deal with those sort of big emotions and that overwhelm, was to allow it to be there and to recognize, you know, I've sat in so many rooms with people and just helped contain those feelings and help people through them, not to eradicate them, but to sort of hold their hand as they experience it.

So, you know, I had those moments and the way that I deal with those sort of big emotions and that overwhelm, was to allow it to be there and to recognize, you know, I've sat in so many rooms with people and just helped contain those feelings and help people through them, not to eradicate them, but to sort of hold their hand as they experience it.

So I talk about that in the book, actually, this idea that your inner world is a bit like a sauna. There are benefits to being there, but only if you don't stay too long. So, you know, when you're really struggling, the best thing you could possibly do is reach out to a human being that you trust and connect in that moment because they will help you to kind of regulate that emotion.

So I talk about that in the book, actually, this idea that your inner world is a bit like a sauna. There are benefits to being there, but only if you don't stay too long. So, you know, when you're really struggling, the best thing you could possibly do is reach out to a human being that you trust and connect in that moment because they will help you to kind of regulate that emotion.

So I talk about that in the book, actually, this idea that your inner world is a bit like a sauna. There are benefits to being there, but only if you don't stay too long. So, you know, when you're really struggling, the best thing you could possibly do is reach out to a human being that you trust and connect in that moment because they will help you to kind of regulate that emotion.

But if you don't have someone there in that moment, being sort of in a...

But if you don't have someone there in that moment, being sort of in a...

But if you don't have someone there in that moment, being sort of in a...

position where you're not trying to numb it you're not trying to push it away you're just allowing it to wash over you then that's exactly what it will do and i did a video ages ago about the idea that if you stand in the ocean up to your waist right and the waves are coming and when the wave comes they kind of it lifts you off your feet a bit so imagine if you try to hold back one of those waves you're gonna end up taking a tumble and mouthful of water and it's not gonna be pretty

position where you're not trying to numb it you're not trying to push it away you're just allowing it to wash over you then that's exactly what it will do and i did a video ages ago about the idea that if you stand in the ocean up to your waist right and the waves are coming and when the wave comes they kind of it lifts you off your feet a bit so imagine if you try to hold back one of those waves you're gonna end up taking a tumble and mouthful of water and it's not gonna be pretty

position where you're not trying to numb it you're not trying to push it away you're just allowing it to wash over you then that's exactly what it will do and i did a video ages ago about the idea that if you stand in the ocean up to your waist right and the waves are coming and when the wave comes they kind of it lifts you off your feet a bit so imagine if you try to hold back one of those waves you're gonna end up taking a tumble and mouthful of water and it's not gonna be pretty

But if you accept that those waves are coming, then you do something different, right? So maybe you turn to the side or you brace yourself and bend your knees so that when you do come off your feet, you're going to land again. And in the acceptance of that sort of emotional wave coming, you're better prepared to then deal with what it does to you.

But if you accept that those waves are coming, then you do something different, right? So maybe you turn to the side or you brace yourself and bend your knees so that when you do come off your feet, you're going to land again. And in the acceptance of that sort of emotional wave coming, you're better prepared to then deal with what it does to you.

But if you accept that those waves are coming, then you do something different, right? So maybe you turn to the side or you brace yourself and bend your knees so that when you do come off your feet, you're going to land again. And in the acceptance of that sort of emotional wave coming, you're better prepared to then deal with what it does to you.

And it will naturally pass without causing you too many problems. And that's really what emotion does. If you can kind of soothe your way through it, knowing that it's temporary, knowing that it will, even if it goes away and it comes back again, you can do that again and again and on repeat and listen to what it says.

And it will naturally pass without causing you too many problems. And that's really what emotion does. If you can kind of soothe your way through it, knowing that it's temporary, knowing that it will, even if it goes away and it comes back again, you can do that again and again and on repeat and listen to what it says.

And it will naturally pass without causing you too many problems. And that's really what emotion does. If you can kind of soothe your way through it, knowing that it's temporary, knowing that it will, even if it goes away and it comes back again, you can do that again and again and on repeat and listen to what it says.

At that point, when I felt that overwhelm, it was telling me I was scared about what was going to happen to my children and what was going to happen to me and what the future held and how sick I might become and all those kinds of things. And I didn't have the answers to those things in that moment. And so the fear was there and that was okay. And yeah,

At that point, when I felt that overwhelm, it was telling me I was scared about what was going to happen to my children and what was going to happen to me and what the future held and how sick I might become and all those kinds of things. And I didn't have the answers to those things in that moment. And so the fear was there and that was okay. And yeah,