#55 | What to Do When Inner Work Triggers Deep Emotional History: Stress Management for Navigating Overwhelm

In this episode of the Wiggle Room Podcast, a participant describes a situation where she started to do The Work and got overwhelmed by the emotional history of the relationship involved. She asks about what to do when this happens.  Another participant does The Work on the thought, “I Need To Have A “Why” To Say No.”   Timeline​   49:24 — Intro 03:55 — Question: What Can You Do When Doing The Work Brings Up Big Topics? 11:16 — Inquiry: I Need To Have A “Why” To Say No 34:32 — Newsletter: Let Your Emotional Part Answer The Questions 43:10 — Outro   Open Session Recording​   Listen to the Open Session recording as we do The Work of Byron Katie.  There is one question and one piece of inquiry in this session. The inquiry part starts with some confusion about what is the stressful thought to question and then gets quite subtle by the end.   Be a participant in Open Sessions each week to do The Work with me, participate in our discussions, or ask your questions.   Newsletter Text   In the second part of the recording, I read my article, Let Your Emotional Part Answer The Questions.  Subscribe to the newsletter to get new articles like this one each week.    Bonus Videos​   If you prefer video, you can watch the following sections of the podcast in HD video.         What Can You Do When Doing The Work Brings Up Big Topics?​ I Need To Have A "Why" To Say No Let Your Emotional Part Answer The Questions     Learn The Work Of Byron Katie     If you enjoy listening and thinking about The Work of Byron Katie, you may want to explore it further. For this, I recommend  The Work 101, my in-depth, online course for learning and deepening your practice of The Work. If you want to question your thoughts about money specifically, take my Living with Money course.   I also offer private sessions for one-on-one work with me.