507: Sadness, Anger, Fear: What Do We Do With Our Emotions?

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Liz Burkholder for a real, unscripted conversation about emotions, what they're here to teach us, and how to move through them in a healthy way. We talk about anger, grief, sadness, fear, anxiety, and what happens when we keep pushing our emotions down instead of allowing them to move through us.

Liz and I also explore what it means to truly hold space for ourselves and for other people, why so many of us were never taught how to feel our emotions, and how emotional repression can show up in the body, in relationships, and in everyday life. This is a powerful conversation about learning to stay present with what you feel instead of bypassing it, fixing it, or trying to make it go away.

In this episode, you'll hear: 

• Why anger is a healthy emotion and how it can help you set boundaries
• The difference between feeling anger and projecting it onto other people
• How emotions like sadness and anger can sometimes cover for each other
• Why grief needs space, presence, and support instead of being rushed away
• What anxiety and depression can reveal about unfelt emotions
• How emotional repression can impact the body, relationships, and nervous system
• What it looks like to let emotions move through you instead of storing them inside
• Why so many of us were never taught how to process emotions in a healthy way

Liz Burkholder is the founder of Go Within Institute. She helps people heal through breathwork, subconscious work, nervous system regulation, and deep emotional processing. Her work supports clients, clinicians, and coaches in learning how to move through life with greater presence, connection, and self-trust.

Resources from this Episode:

GoWithin Institute | Heal Yourself

Listen to Liz's podcast: We Are The Medicine Podcast

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