Hudson: Unprocessed Fear Becomes Chronic Anxiety and Mental Rumination
Russ Hudson · #91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence · Sep 1, 2020 · at 1:14:50
Russ Hudson describes the Enneagram Head Triad's core emotion of fear/anxiety to Shane Parrish.
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“When we don't process fear, it becomes this backlog of sort of jitters and unease and not being able to sink into ourself, and it keeps our mind turning and turning and turning.”
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