Working With Anger and Activation
Solo + Partner Withness Practice
Recently, I received a very disrespectful and insulting email from someone telling me I was wrong about an accounting issue that I knew I was actually right about. To make matters more intense, the email included both my boss and theirs and some of their co-workers.
The exchange brought up a lot of anger and activation in my nervous system, and I practiced Withness to help support myself in processing what I was experiencing.
I'm sharing two recordings of myself working with what arose: one through a solo practice and the other through a partner practice.
These are real practices, not demonstrations of how things are supposed to go. My hope is that they give you a sense of what it can be like to turn toward something difficult with curiosity and presence, noticing what unfolds without trying to change or fix what's happening.
Solo Withness Practice
Partner Withness Practice