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Dr. Julie Smith ON: Unblocking Negative Emotions & How to Embrace Difficult Feelings

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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The Problem Is We're Always Trying to Say Things That Will Change How People Feel

We're always trying to say things that we hope will change how people feel. And the truth is, we don't have that power. You underestimate the power of simply walking alongside someone through it and allowing them to just feel heard and cared for. It's interesting se how how things work in therapy. Some one might imagine that they're going to take this feeling in, and the therapist will say something that will make it go am. But actually, what you do as a therapist is sit with them in it. So there is no way that you can remove that pain. No way thatyou can bring the person back, or make it disappear or fix it.

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