When Anxiety Poses as Urgency: How to Hold Your Discomfort | Ep136

In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore how urgency often masks discomfort — and how building the capacity to pause can transform your relationships and self-connection.

Georgianna shares a story about resisting the pull to resolve relationship tension in the middle of the night, choosing instead to stay with her own sensations until the moment felt right. Steph reflects on her past patterns of relational urgency, codependency, and drama-fueled timing, and how she’s learning to embrace the pause as a tool for genuine connection.

Together, they walk through everyday ways to grow this capacity — from breathing through physical tension, to sitting with emotional discomfort, to choosing intention over impulse when it matters most.

Discover how:

• Urgency often serves anxiety, not connection

• Simple body-based practices can build your “pause muscle”

• Staying with discomfort creates more choice in how you respond

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"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.

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Georgianna & Steph