The Blue Collar Buddha Podcast

Episode 12 | What If It Was You Holding Your Own Hand?

12 min · 26 de may de 2026
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I didn't plan this one. I almost didn't record it. This morning during my little ritual before I got behind the microphone, something hit me that I've never let myself think before. I was beat with an extension cord as a child. And in that moment, I dissociated — stood across the room watching it happen, holding the hand of what I thought was an angel by the window. This morning I wondered for the first time: what if that was me? What if it was my 57-year-old self holding that little boy's hand, squeezing it gently, saying it's going to be okay? I've got tears going down my face recording this. I'm not going to pretend otherwise. This episode isn't about the how. It's not a method or a process. It's a confession and it's a truth — that you are an extraordinary person in a world that has spent a lot of time making you feel like you aren't. And at some point you're going to have to get a little selfish. You're going to have to turn toward yourself with the same compassion you've probably spent your whole life giving everyone else. Maybe it's time to kneel down, hold your younger self's face, and say it'll be okay.

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