Coaches like to imagine they can meet any emotion in a session without flinching. But what happens when someone else's anger, tears, or big feeling makes you want to leave your own body?

In this episode, Aila traces how becoming a mother, especially raising her six-year-old and now her three-year-old, gave her a real-time master class in presence that years of her own therapy hadn't reached. She shares what it's actually taken to meet her kids' outbursts without contracting or shutting down, and how that daily practice has changed the way she shows up with clients too.

This isn't about tolerating real danger, or being endlessly calm. It's about the more common moment when someone else's big feeling pulls you out of your own, and the safety and presence that becomes available when you learn to meet it instead.

Thank you for listening! For more information and resources, visit Barb's website and Aila's website.