Developing the Capacity for Unconditional Love

"Try to limit your pain, and you will also limit your joy and capacity to love." - Emily Gough   Pain is inevitable. Joy and love are not necessarily, because they require you to open yourself up enough to truly feel. In some ways, you are the one that determines how deeply you can feel. But most of us walk around in a state of avoidance, or trying to shut down certain parts of ourselves, prevents ourselves from feelings and experiencing certain emotions because it's uncomfortable. We don't know how to self-soothe or how to manage the emotions and it scares the shit out of us. Particularly when it comes to love, because when we open ourselves up to love, we open ourselves up to the very likely possibility of pain and hurt at the same time.   REFERENCES Room to Grow™ Mastermind   Episode #241, How to Have Hard Conversations & Improve Communication Episode #175, The Uncomfortable Exploration of the Grey Area: Nothing is Black and White Episode #117, The 9 Year Affair: Lessons in Infidelity IG post: @stefanossifandos   Questions?  Comments? Want to connect and chat about this episode? You can email me at [email protected], or DM me over on Instagram @emilygoughcoach or Facebook at Emily Gough Coaching.  I would absolutely love to connect with you and thank you for listening in real life and here any takeaways you had from this or other episodes!.  It makes me day to see you listening to the podcast and fills me up with pure joy. Seriously.  See you on the 'gram! If Instagram and Facebook aren't your jam, send me a good old fashioned email!  [email protected] BRAND NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY Find Emily Online: Emily Gough Coaching Room to Grow Podcast