Strength in Pain and Heartbreak

Emotional pain intensifies when we resist it:

• Suffering = pain × resistance
• Allowing feelings creates space for healing
• The present moment can hold even deep sadness
• Stillness dissolves pain more than distraction does

The Purpose Formula transforms any experience—even suffering—into meaningful contribution:

1. Capture the experience fully (embrace rather than avoid it)
2. Appreciate what it's taught you
3. Share the lessons to help others

This formula works ...

While shared happiness is a very pleasant state, sharing someone's suffering, such as a loved one, can be very difficult.

Our brain activity in the regions associated with pain is partially mirrored. At worst, people feel "empathic distress," which leads to apathy, withdrawal, an...