EP205 The Unexpected Side Effects of Emotional Healing

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What if growth doesn’t make life easier… at least not right away?

In this episode of Be Freaking Awesome, Sami Kinnison and Angela Belford get real about the unexpected side effects of emotional healing, like crying more, feeling stretched thin, questioning your capacity, and realizing that growth doesn’t mean you never struggle again.

This conversation is a follow-up to The Nonlinear Journey of Growth, but instead of theory, this episode lives squarely in the messy middle. From therapy breakthroughs to perfectionism flare-ups, from running out of emotional bandwidth to redefining what “enough” actually means, Sami and Angela unpack what growth really looks like when you’re in it.

You’ll hear:

• Why emotional healing can actually bring more feelings, not fewer
• How growth changes your nervous system, your expectations, and your coping mechanisms
• What it means when you realize you don’t have “enough of you to go around”
• Why bounce-back-ability (not perfection) is a better measure of growth
• A powerful story about letting go before you drown, and why holding on can be the real danger

If you’ve ever thought:

• “I’m doing the work… so why is this still hard?”
• “Why am I crying more now than before?”
• “I thought growth meant I wouldn’t feel like this anymore”

…this episode is for you.

This is an honest, compassionate conversation about personal growth, emotional healing, capacity, burnout, and resilience, and a reminder that having hard days doesn’t mean you’re failing. It might actually mean you’re healing.

✨ Growth isn’t about eliminating struggle.
✨ It’s about how you recover, recalibrate, and keep going.

Listen in, and if this episode resonates, send us a DM or share where you’re at in your own growth journey! We’d love to hear your story.

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