Mindful Tools For Anger, Sadness, Fear, And Recovery

We share simple, grounded ways to feel anger, sadness, depression, and fear without judgment, then channel that energy into healing and meaningful action. We also invite you to a live online retreat with practices, Q&A, and resources to support resilience.

• naming natural emotions after a public tragedy
• why feeling is essential for healing
• mindful steps for anger, sadness, depression, fear
• opening within your window of tolerance
• resources from Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Maté, Rick Hanson
• live retreat schedule, format, and accessibility
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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Hi everyone, I'm Sean Fargo, founder of
Mindfulness Exercises.
And here in the wake of thisweek's tragic school shootings
in Texas, a lot of people arestruggling with really strong
emotions of anger, sadness,depression, and fear.

(00:23):
And I wanted to let you knowthat I'm feeling all of those
things too.
That no one is above thesenatural human emotions.
It means that we care, that wewant things to be better.
We want things to be kinder andultimately safer.

(00:53):
In stressful moments like these,I think it's really, really
helpful to remember that it'sokay to feel what we feel.
It's okay.
We're human.
And even more accurately, I'dsay it's important to feel what

(01:15):
we feel, to give ourselves thespace and the time to be with
our feelings, to sense intothem, to allow them to be
expressed, either throughjournaling or verbally, and to

(01:37):
try to soften judgments we mayhave around these feelings.
So not judging them to be rightor wrong, good or bad, but
rather these natural humanemotions that come and go.
So if we don't do this, thenwhat we bottle up inside becomes

(02:00):
increasingly toxic.
And the energy that we reactwith divides us from others and
also divides us from our ownspirit.
And so, in terms of mindfullyfeeling anger, we can ask

ourselves (02:22):
well, how does this anger feel in my belly or my
head?
How can I express it in ahealthy way, either verbally or
written?
How can I help create realchange that I want to see in the
world without hatred orbitterness?

(02:50):
For sadness?
How does a sadness feel aroundthe heart?
Can I cry without judgingmyself?
Or without judging the sadnessto be right or wrong?

(03:10):
For depression, how does thisdepression feel when I'm curious
about its sensations in thebody?
Am I capable of meeting itwithout judgment?
Am I capable of asking for alittle bit of help from others

(03:31):
or from myself?
So can I feel more capable?
Because you are capable.
For fear.
How does this fear feel inside?
Can I allow it to be here just alittle bit more without hiding

(03:56):
from it?
Can I open to it a little bitmore within my window of
tolerance?
And remember that this is anatural human emotion that we
all have, and that it's okay.
So for all of these questions,we're gonna be adding links to

(04:20):
some trainings on meeting eachof these emotions.
Most of them are interviews andpractices that I've had with
Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Mate, andRick Hansen.
So links to those practices canbe found below.

(04:41):
And for some of us, thechallenge may not necessarily be
how to feel what we feel, butwhen to do this.

(05:08):
And so to give you theappropriate space and time to
honor your emotions, I'll beoffering a live meditation
retreat where we'll meditatetogether and we'll do these
practices together in a safespace where we can tend to

(05:30):
ourselves.
It'll help you to recover, torest, to regain your sense of
balance and resilience.
And I'll be offering the bestmindfulness meditations I can to
support you through thesedifficult times.
Whether you've done a lot ofretreats or not, I invite you to

(05:54):
join me and a couple of mycolleagues, where we'll be doing
a lot of these mindfulnesspractices together.
The next retreat is early June,so I encourage you to check that
out.
But our retreats, we do aboutone a month now, from Friday

(06:17):
evening until Sunday afternoonPacific time.
We'll meet together on Zoom forrestorative meditations,
mindfulness talks, QA sessions,where we'll offer personalized
guidance for you on this andtimes to connect with each other
as well.

(06:38):
We don't need to come to everysession.
We don't take attendance unlessyou want a certificate of
completion, which we do offer.
And every session is recordedfor you to watch anytime,
anywhere in your members area.
To make these retreats moreaccessible, especially these
days, we've lowered the price ofthese retreats by half.

(07:03):
And we're also including thesecertificates of completion and
more than$300 worth ofdownloadable bonuses for you if
you're one of the first peopleto register.
And to support our communityeven further, for a few days,
we're offering 50% off most ofour trainings, including the

(07:27):
teacher certification programand our brandable curriculum.
Coupon code and the link aredown below, but that will expire
shortly.
But I just wanted to share thesepractices with you in case it's
helpful, in case, you know, wejust need a little bit of
encouragement to open to theseemotions that are unpleasant.

(07:55):
You know, of course, we want tofeel happy and joyful.
The paradox is that to feelthose things, we also need to
feel what's unpleasant as well,without deeming it to be wrong
or bad.
But just to feel these naturalemotions.

(08:16):
If you have any questions aboutthese practices, if you want to
learn more, feel free to textme.
You can text me at 510-800-7422.
Again, that's 510-800-7422.

(08:38):
And I'll reply with somepersonal guidance and some
practices from my own phone.
And you can feel free to ask anyquestions that you may have.
So I hope you're doing well.
I wish you well.
And remember, we're all in thistogether.

(09:01):
So I wish you a great day andlooking forward to connecting
again soon.

unknown (09:07):
Bye.