What if the goal was never to become stress-free?

Or anxiety-free.

Or grief-free.

In this Quick Spoon from my conversation with Dr Eric Goodman, we challenge a myth that many of us still buy into:

That difficult emotions are somehow a sign that something’s gone wrong.

Eric offers a different perspective:

Painful emotions aren’t a design flaw.

They’re part of being human.

And the real skill may not be fighting what we feel…but learning how to notice it with a little more awareness—and a little more compassion.

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QS5 Pain Is Part of Being Human

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[00:01:04] Speaker 2: This one's about a myth that many of us still buy into. That somehow [00:01:10] we're supposed to become stress-free, anxiety-free, or discomfort-free. Eric reminds us painful emotions aren't a design flaw. They're [00:01:20] part of being human. So maybe just notice this week. happens if you stop fighting what you're feeling and simply notice [00:01:30] it?