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Living in 3D Power Podcast
Discover how to live authentically and lead courageously with Dr. Amber M. Sessoms on the Living in 3D Power podcast. Explore transformative questions, liberatory storytelling, and heartwarming insights her 10-year-old daughter, Emma, to uncover your power through Discovery, Discernment, and Determination. New episodes every week!
Living in 3D Power Podcast
Episode 49: The Power of Both/And: Holding Grief and Joy at the Same Time
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What if joy isn’t something we earn after everything is okay…
but something we practice while life is still unfolding?
In this episode of Living in 3D Power, Dr. Amber Sessoms and her daughter Emma explore the power of both/and—the ability to hold grief and joy, anger and sadness, tension and calm at the same time.
Through storytelling, somatic practices like pendulation, and a real-life parenting moment, they unpack what happens when emotions feel overwhelming—and what it means to feel unheard, misread, or dismissed.
Together, they offer a powerful reminder:
your body holds wisdom, and your emotions are telling the truth.
This episode is for anyone navigating big emotions, healing old wounds, or learning how to respond with curiosity instead of control.
Chapters
00:44 — What Both/And Means
01:44 — Grief and Joy Together
02:37 — Pendulation Body Practice
04:30 — Finding Calm in Stress
06:33 — Energy Awareness and Qigong
08:06 — Mixed Emotions
08:54 — Anger as Sadness
13:14 — Coping Through Journaling and Drawing
14:12 — Present vs Past Emotions
16:37 — The Shorts Moment
17:22 — Emotional Escalation
18:04 — Feeling Unheard
19:39 — The Need to Be Seen
20:41 — Listening That Heals
21:58 — The Generational Gap
23:36 — Helping in Hard Moments
25:14 — Being Misread
27:52 — Grounding in Crisis
29:09 — Naming What You Need
30:36 — Chicken Nugget Wisdom
31:37 — Outro
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