When challenges arise, it's easy to get flooded with emotions and want to lean into a "top-down" approach where we focus on our executive functions—finding solutions and tasks to fix the situation.

But it's important to balance this "top-down" approach with a more bottom-up, intuitive, bodily one— trusting the deep, innate wisdom within us. Being aware of our feelings and engaging with them is a key part of personal growth. We don't need to change our feelings or circumstances right away—we can simply observe them, which can lead to deeper understanding.

In this weekly talk, Dr. Rick Hanson talks about the three ways to practice—letting be, letting go, and letting in—and how we can heal and grow with a bottom-up approach. This method offers a clear path to personal change, showing how self-directed efforts can yield lasting results.

You can find the meditation on Calm Like a Mountain, Open Like the Sky that goes with this talk, here: https://rickhanson.com/meditation-tal...

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