Hello, Thrivers. This is Laura Monk with Thrive Therapy and Counseling. And in this podcast today, I wanted to talk about why it is so important to cry. If you cry immediately when you're upset or overwhelmed, this is your body trying to rebalance itself. So why do we cry? Most people think we cry because we're sad and that can be true. But crying is connected to our nervous system and our body's natural impulse to self regulate