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Discomfort

Discomfort

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What if discomfort isn’t something to avoid—but an invitation into expansion, aliveness, and self-trust?

In this episode, Rosa and Aaron dive into the strange, surprising terrain of discomfort—anticipation, dread, exhilaration, growth—and what it means to meet it with curiosity instead of resistance. From skydiving and long flights to creative risks and self-talk, we explore why everything you want really is on the other side of some new form of discomfort—and how to cross that threshold with celebration rather than self-punishment.

You’ll hear:

  • Why anticipated discomfort is usually worse than the real thing

  • How novel discomfort (not familiar pain) is where growth actually happens

  • How to reframe dread as excitement and discomfort as aliveness

  • Why “experiments” and “mistakes” are the true markers of expansion

  • The danger of proficiency fatalism (and how to start anyway)

  • Practices for befriending discomfort: movement, reframing, self-encouragement, and awe

We're here to remind you that discomfort doesn’t stand in your way—it just happens to be in front of you.

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