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Welcome to first this,

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a short mindfulness practice and message

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for any time. I'm

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Catherine Nicolai. Oh,

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good. You came. I'm

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glad we're here together. Let's

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get comfortable. You can sit. You

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can lie down. You can take your legs

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up the wall or onto your sofa. It

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is okay to be comfortable when

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you meditate, really. It

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is okay to be comfortable in your

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life. You're allowed. Once

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you've found your position, draw

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a deep breath in through your nose and

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sigh from your mouth. Again,

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fill it up and

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let it out. Good.

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So lips together and

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just taking relaxed natural

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breaths through your nose. Let's

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go inside. Inside

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with your awareness so

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that what you notice is

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yourself, your

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own systems and sensations. Moment

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to moment, attending

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to how it feels inside.

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If your mind wanders to something else,

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with all the compassion and

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patience you would show to

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a lost child or a lost dog, you

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just guide yourself back to

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what you feel. feel. You

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you you

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Still there this

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field breath coming in And

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going out Here

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is something

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you might fall into,

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especially if you are

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well acquainted with the

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whys of

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your own emotional patterns and

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struggles. You

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might be intellectualizing your

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emotions instead of actually

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feeling them. If

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you notice yourself stepping

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outside of how you feel and

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instead explaining your feelings

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and reactions, PhD level

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awareness, it

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can feel like you are really

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smart about what is happening and

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why. And I'm not saying you aren't, but

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it can be a way out of just sitting

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with the strong and maybe

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difficult feelings. I

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get it. I have a whole podcast about

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it. So

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if that is ringing any bells, let's

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be brave together and

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stop explaining the feelings. We'll

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just feel them. Whatever

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is there to

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be felt right now, don't

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tell a story about it. The

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thing about coping mechanisms is

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that they serve a purpose. They

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don't have to be called bad or wrong. They

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got you to this moment. So, thank

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you, intellectualizing. You got

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me through something. But

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now I want to get back in my body and

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be a little more connected and

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live a little less in my head. Let's take

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one more minute. You

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don't have to understand. Just

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feel. You

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You You

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You You

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You You

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You You

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You You

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Well done today. You might find a

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few more moments as

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you head through the rest of your day to

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bravely step

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into the stream of emotion and

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just let it wash over you rather

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than talking about it from the bridge

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above. This

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whole being human thing and figuring

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how much emotion and

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how much mind to be balanced is

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tricky. See

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that you don't overthink that now. You're

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doing great. Take

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another deep breath in and sigh

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it out. Once

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more, breathe in and

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out. Good.

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in following more of what I do,

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you.