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Podcast: Beyond the basement
Episode: Anger + sadness = a perfectionist’s traffic jam
Description: In this episode, let’s dive into a pattern I see in myself and many other perfectionists: when anger and sadness happen simultaneously and get stuck in the body. I talk about that moment of feeling wronged or unseen - the surge of “I want to act” colliding with shame, grief and the impulse to shrink. It’s like driving with one foot on the accelerator and one on the brake: so much energy, but no movement.I share how I’m learning to slow down, sense anger and sadness as separate forces, and give each a cle...