Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We’ve all been told to “feel our feelings,” but what does that actually mean, and how do you do it? I talk with trauma therapist @Simonecsaunders about how to go from knowing your patterns to being able to do something about them, particularly when things get intense.
Key Topics:
0:00 Intro: overthinking, cognitive bypassing, and intellectualizing
5:08 What it means to “be in the body”
10:13 Bottom-up approaches and trauma
19:00 How to recognize disconnection and functional freeze
27:47 [Sponsor] Rocket Money
29:01 Moving out of a dictatorship and into a partnership with your body
35:15 How to actually feel your feelings
46:53 The difference between emotions and feelings
52:36 Meeting your needs
56:44 [Sponsor] MasterClass
58:02 The limits of self-understanding, frameworks, and tools
1:00:30 Moving into experiments, titration, and when you feel too much or not enough
1:17:50 Recap
I'm not a clinician, and what I say on this channel should not be taken as medical advice.
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We’ve all been told to “feel our feelings,” but what does that actually mean, and how do you do it? I talk with trauma therapist @Simonecsaunders about how to go from knowing your patterns to being able to do something about them, particularly when things get intense.
Key Topics:
0:00 Intro: overthinking, cognitive bypassing, and intellectualizing
5:08 What it means to “be in the body”
10:13 Bottom-up approaches and trauma
19:00 How to recognize disconnection and functional freeze
27:47 [Sponsor] Rocket Money
29:01 Moving out of a dictatorship and into a partnership with your body
35:15 How to actually feel your feelings
46:53 The difference between emotions and feelings
52:36 Meeting your needs
56:44 [Sponsor] MasterClass
58:02 The limits of self-understanding, frameworks, and tools
1:00:30 Moving into experiments, titration, and when you feel too much or not enough
1:17:50 Recap
I'm not a clinician, and what I say on this channel should not be taken as medical advice.
Subscribe to Being Well on:
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-well-with-dr-rick-hanson/id1120885936
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5d87ZU1XY0fpdYNSEwXLVQ
Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.
Subscribe to Rick on YouTube: youtube.com/@RickHanson?sub_confirmation=1
Get Rick's Free Newsletters: rickhanson.com/writings/newsletters-from-dr-rick-hanson
Follow Rick Here:
🌍 rickhanson.com
📸 instagram.com/rickhansonphd
You can follow me here:
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🌍 forresthanson.com
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