I Love You Keep Going with George Haas The Art of Staying With: Building Tolerance for Vulnerability
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Feb 6, 2026 A conversation about staying present with intense emotions and widening your tolerance for vulnerability. Techniques like noting-feeling-states meditation are taught to observe emotions without reacting. Early caregiver responses and predictive brain patterns are linked to how authenticity develops. Practical steps for gradual disclosure, asking directly, and building reliable relationships are explored.
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Caregiver Reliability Builds Predictive Safety
- Predictability and reliability from caregivers build a child's capacity to predict sensory experience and feel safe.
- Haas outlines a multi-level prediction process from sensing to final meaning that underlies security.
Use Noting To Hold Intense Emotions
- Do a noting feelings practice to expand your tolerance for emotional intensity.
- Haas recommends watching waves of emotion arise and pass so intense feelings feel discrete and therefore bearable.
Emotions Come As Short Waves Not Endless Walls
- Emotions occur as short waves, not unending walls, so seeing arising and passing reduces aversion.
- Haas estimates intense waves last seconds to tens of seconds, allowing most people to hold them.