self soothing

Hi everyone! In my quest to lower my stress level and to soothe my hypersensitive nervous system, I’ve been deliberately reading only very upbeat gentle books. I recently read two very good ones. I highly recommend these feel-good and well-written books. One is a Christmas story, but it...

Ok, so one part of Alan's program talks about self soothing and teaching your body that it's safe in spite of what you're feeling and another part talks about leaning into your feelings. So here's my question. When do you do which? I deal with a lot of fear. Like this morning I woke up with my...