Learning to Feel Again - Bill Moran on Fear, Growth, and Emotional Healing

In this deeply personal episode of Billified: The Bill Moran Podcast, Bill opens up in an audio-diary style conversation about what it truly means to fully live. He shares why feeling both scared and excited is often the clearest sign that you’re on the right path, and how leaning into those feelings can change your life.

Bill reflects on his journey as a grad student in St. John Fisher University’s Licensed Mental Health Counseling master’s program, diving into the challenges of group work and rediscovering things he hasn’t done in years. He also draws on lessons from a powerful book written by a therapist, exploring how unacknowledged feelings can become trauma that silently steers our lives.

With raw honesty, Bill unpacks his own long-standing habit of dismissing emotions—joking that he has “no nerve endings”—and reveals the deeper truth behind that line. From a moment when someone told him his heart felt cold, to the realizations he’s now having about why he stopped himself from feeling, Bill brings you into his ongoing transformation.

This episode will not only give you insight into Bill’s journey, but may also challenge you to reflect on your own. Why do you head in the directions you do? How much of it is driven by feelings you’ve avoided? Bill leaves you with a simple but powerful message: don’t bury your emotions—feel them, even the darkest, scariest ones. They’re not your enemies; they’re your indicators.

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