I saw my ex in oregon in december. I went to visit my kids and she and her husband brought them over to the coast. It was the bestess trip and i had an enormous amount of fun. Me and my girlfriend stayed at their house on the last night of the trip (It was newyears). The next morning, Kris (my ex wife) was up early watching birds out the window on the rainy day. I got up and kept her company a bit. She started talking a little about some baggage and it caught my attention. It wasnt what she was talking about, just that she was talking. Before, i use to let people share or vent and take it all. It left me feeling terrible some times. I learned to ground and did it the usual way with roots growing out of my feet into the earth, or an 8 sided black obsisdian crystal with a red cross on each face to reflect the negative energy. They work good, but neither worked excellent for me. This time, when i felt the need to ground, i tried a new way with never before achieved success! I imagined that it was me growing out the roots of my feet. My whole consciousness poured into the ground and my body was like a prong sticking up on the earth as a marker of where others saw me. I listened and interacted with her, but i was in the ground. It is a bit tricky doing this at first. It was like rubbing my belly and patting my head at the same time. I had to do 2 things at once. But it was the best grounding i have ever done.