Episode 7 Between Worlds: Disability, Sucidality, and Sacred Pain
In this episode, Xander lays down with Anusuya in her living room bed for a conversation about conflict, energy, altered states, and what it means to stay present inside a body that has limits.
What began as a reflection on being “the bridge” in conflict opens into a deeper inquiry about capacity, chronic illness, and the cost of holding others.
Together, they explore:
conflict as intimacy
the nervous system cost of being the bridge
chronic illness and limited energy
stories vs raw emotion
empathy without fixing
altered states and other ways of perceiving
the sacredness inside pain
This is a conversation about choosing where your energy goes, and what it means to care without losing yourself.What connects us can also exhaust us. Together we talk about learning when to stay and when to step back.
Stay tender. Stay tangled. Stay held together.
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