86. Raj Jana: How to Build Your Emotional Capacity — A Step-by-Step Guide to Feeling Without Fear

In a world that prizes productivity and logic, most of us were never taught the fundamental skill of feeling our emotions. This emotional illiteracy creates a dangerous buildup of what Raj calls "emotional debt" — unprocessed feelings that manifest as stress, fractured relationships, and even physical illness. When we avoid our feelings, we're not just disconnecting from ourselves; we're paying compound interest on that emotional debt with our health and happiness. In this transformative episode, Raj and Alex unpack the art and science of feeling, revealing practical pathways to expand your emotional capacity and free yourself from fear. Learn how developing this overlooked skillset can become your superpower in an increasingly AI-driven world.

What You'll Discover:

• The hidden "emotional debt" concept — why every unfelt emotion gets stored in your body and how this accumulation affects everything from your health to your relationships

• Why safety is the foundation of feeling — practical techniques to create the internal and external conditions where authentic emotion can finally emerge

• The surprising truth about discomfort — how reframing your relationship with uncomfortable sensations transforms them from enemies to allies

• Why slowing down is revolutionary — discover the counterintuitive practice that creates space for healing in a speed-obsessed culture

• The ancestral connection — how feeling your emotions doesn't just liberate you but helps release generational patterns that have been passed down through your lineage

• The vulnerability paradox — why opening yourself creates ripples of healing that extend far beyond your personal experience

• The difference between emotions and sensations — a critical distinction that can instantly change how you process difficult feelings

• The presence practice — specific techniques to develop the quality that makes you "medicine" for others, creating healing spaces wherever you go

Ready to break free from emotional numbness and discover the profound liberation that comes with feeling fully? Dive into this episode to begin your journey toward emotional mastery—the skill that no AI can replicate and that will transform every aspect of your life from the inside out.

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