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Louis CK on what it means to be emotionally engaged

9/23/2013

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Great clip on the power, beauty, and joy of letting your sadness in, byLouis CK on Conan:
I started to get that sad feeling and reached for my phone, but I thought 'don't' — just be sad, let it hit you like a truck," he explains. "I pulled over and I just cried like a bitch, it was beautiful. Sadness is poetic."

We can sometimes be so afraid of feeling sad that we miss out on the full range of human emotions:
Because we don't want to feel that first bit of sad, we push it away with phones or with food, and you never feel completely sad or completely happy.  You just feel kind of satisfied....
This is exactly the kind of thing I tell the brides I work with.  In his own coarse way, Louis CK is describing what it means to be Emotionally Engaged.  

"Don't stand in the way of sadness," he says.  

To that, I'd add: because that's how you get to the joy.  

Go to 1:55 for rant on the beauty of sadness.

Need a little help "going there" emotionally?  Contact me for a free 15-minute video consultation.

Allison Moir-Smith
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"I was grateful to feel sad, and then I met it with true, profound happiness." Louis CK on Conan. Go to 1:55 for the benefits of sadness rant.
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AliceG
8/24/2016 09:47:44 am

Gotta love Louis. He's actually got some great advice for those of us who are divorced as well. Look for his bit on divorce on raising kids as a single Dad. It's hilarious and insightful. For those in Canada going through divorce, check out www.thistoo.co - they made filing for uncontested pretty straight forward and they should be more popular. Cheers, Alice

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