This week we are excited to welcome a new guest to the podcast: David Grosh. David describes himself as a soul on a healing journey. About 5 years ago, David experienced a cascade of events resulting in numerous symptoms of trauma, including chronic anxiety and extreme insomnia being held in his body. He found that he did not have the skills to alleviate his symptoms, and mainstream practices like talk therapy were not successful for him. So he forged his own self-guided path which included studying Eastern spirituality and somatic psychology. One of the key components to David's healing has been cold exposure therapy.

David describes his experiences with cold exposure therapy, and some of the science behind how it paradoxically can reduce our experience of suffering. He says that our brain's goal is to reduce or avoid discomfort, yet avoiding discomfort altogether actually causes more suffering because we don't learn how to process and move through discomfort effectively. We must learn to surrender, relax, and get out of the body's way, creating space for the body to process the emotions we so often characterize as negative or shameful - fear, anxiety, anger. He says that with practices like cold exposure we can actually release trauma that has been stored in the body.

We are so inspired by David's story, and admire his resilient spirit. David describes many tools besides cold exposure, like breathwork and meditation, many of which can be practiced by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Take the plunge with us into the depths of David's journey and hear about what makes him a mental health warrior.

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