Well, it's no secret that life can be hard. In all of its amazingness, life throws in plenty of challenges, difficulties, and pain.

And I see the suffering life hands us in 2 ways: there's the suffering that creates more suffering. And the suffering that creates *freedom*.

When something bad happens we can choose to be with that pain, we can feel what it feels like to have something bad happen. Or we can suffer MORE.

And for why? Let's not suffer more.

A couple examples of how to create more suffering when you're already in pain:

• Complain about it
• Keep doing the same thing that created the initial suffering in the first place.

But...you could point yourself in the direction of freedom instead. When suffering comes knocking, you could:

• Kick off from rock bottom
• Be with the discomfort
• Do it anxious

On this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast, we're going to explore the 2 kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering, and the kind that leads to FREEDOM...

Full show notes are located at: www.kellyhanlinmccormick.com/podcast/187