Dear Headspace Handling Difficult Conversations, with Kessonga
Aug 12, 2025
Delve into the art of mindfulness during tough conversations and the role of resilience in healing from intergenerational trauma. Discover practical techniques like the STOP method to manage negative emotions and enhance self-awareness. The discussion also touches on the bittersweet dynamics of parenting and the importance of honoring one's ancestors, even amid complex feelings. Personal anecdotes bring to life the significance of chosen family and learning from historical figures on the journey toward emotional growth.
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Make Healing A Daily Practice
- Treat healing as a lifestyle rather than a finish line you reach and stop practicing.
- Keep meditation, journaling, and self-care as regular habits even after pain softens.
Therapy Changed How She Held Her Trauma
- Kessonga described a psychotherapy client who couldn't speak about a past rape without bursting into tears at first.
- After months of therapy she could speak for an hour without breaking down though the pain remained.
Change Your Relationship To Pain
- Shift your goal from erasing pain to shifting your relationship with it using practice.
- Meditation creates space so feelings can settle and become less tumultuous over time.