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Welcome to the Meditation his podcast

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mine shifting Meditations to help you

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take those three deep breaths. Prefer

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Signal into your body and mind

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that it's time to relax, to

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unwind, to let Strasse cares and.

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Worries drain. Away. Knows

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you take those three breaths

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just focused on the sound,

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my voice, and Nike to

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imagine the most relaxing color.

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What color With that be?

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And imagine with each and

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every breath and newer breathing,

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that color and. Your body.

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Imagine what it would be like

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with every breath. that color, allowing

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it to begin to spread

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through your body, relaxing,

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unwinding, and letting

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go. And with every

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exhale, your exhaling stress cares

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and worries. As

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you breathe in that comforting

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color, sending it all

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the way to the tips of your toes

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and your fingertips and the top of your

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head with each and every

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breath. Breathing

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in tranquility and

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exhaling substance. And

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as I count from 10 to

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0, you may find it interesting

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to imagine yourself walking down some

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stepping stones on the side of

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a beautiful little hill. And

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the forest perhaps are moving

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towards a little waterfall.

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Maybe you prefer to walk down a

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spiral staircase. You

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choose what feels good right for you

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and then just imagine yourself

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drifting down and letting go at 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. And

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at the bottom of the hill or

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at the bottom of the staircase now.

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And now allowing yourself to find

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a comfortable place where you can

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sit and relax and reflect, making

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yourself comfortable there. Maybe it's

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a little mossy bit or maybe

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it's a hammock or

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a sofa or a chair or

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just that perfect little space

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between the ground and the

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tree where you can find

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that place of comfort to just

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sit, reflect and be.

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And as you I'd like you to

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allow yourself to turn back time to

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a time in this past week or

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the week before when you made a

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mistake, maybe with other people at work

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or at home, you acted perhaps

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in a way in which you would have preferred

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not to. You made some

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through the mistake. And we're going to

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change that memory. So

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go ahead, see yourself there in the past

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having made that mistake and watch

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yourself from that third person perspective.

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You see that you doing what you did

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now rewind it back to the beginning and

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from your third person perspective,

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you have the ability to

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stop, rewind and redo as

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many times as you need. Now

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see yourself in that past handling

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things better, differently. But

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here's the thing when it comes to

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mistakes that we make. In

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our thinking about it, we cannot try

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to change what other people might say

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or do. We can only focus on

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ourselves and so let that be true

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too for you. As you

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see yourself handling that situation in the

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past in a way that allows it

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to be better than it was because

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mistakes are merely opportunities to do

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things better the next time. And

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so imagine there in your mind that

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past moment, what would you do differently

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that would make it better? And

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like I said, if you need to, you

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can rewind several times until you find

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the right combination for you

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to change that path. You

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see yourself doing that successfully, handling

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that situation that in the past

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was a problem for you, that

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handling it now with greater strength

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and dignity. Now

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going to another situation in the past, maybe

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It was a bigger problem or maybe

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it's something really old that you've carried

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with you. And once again, see yourself

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from that third person perspective. So you're

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there and you're just watching that other

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you. And from

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your viewpoint, you have the ability to

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stop, rewind and redo everything that

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that other you does. And

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so let that moment play through the way it

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did in the past. See the

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mistake. Now

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rewind it and make the

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change that will allow

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you to handle that situation with

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greater strength and

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dignity. And

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see yourself having righted that mistake,

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changed it, made it better in some

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way. It doesn't have to be perfect,

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but it can be better and

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better each and every day. And

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notice how good that feels to see

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yourself handle that situation in a different way.

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And now I'd like you to move forward

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to the future and imagine a time in

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your mind that's maybe similar to one or

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both of these situations. The time

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that in the past would have tripped you

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up, maybe made you angry or just acted

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in a way that you would have really

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preferred not to. Maybe you

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have a habit of not gathering

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enough information before making a decision

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and that's where mistakes are made. Or

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maybe you have a tendency

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to quickly react emotionally when standing

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and taking a step back a

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few breaths would be better. I

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don't know what your patterns and habits

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are, but you do because you've

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been living with yourself for quite some

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time. And so use that information to

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your advantage now with a smile. As

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you move forward in time, see yourself in

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a situation that in the past would have

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been a problem for you and see yourself

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once again in that third person person. perspective

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and you can stop and rewind and redo

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until you see that you who

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has learned from their mistakes in

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the past and is using this

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new situation as the opportunity it

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was meant to be. You

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can see yourself handling it. Feel

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how good that feels. Imagine

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what that would be like if it were true.

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If you could finally overcome that thing that used

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to be a problem for you. Imagine

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how amazing that would feel and

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see yourself proud and you're feeling

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proud. I'd like you

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to walk over and congratulate that

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other you for a job well

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done. And as

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you do, hug them and feel

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them step into you as

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the two become one and

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you feel that good positive

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feeling through and through. This

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is you feeling so good

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about what you choose to

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do and how

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you choose to take those

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mistakes and turn them into

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positive opportunities. That's great.

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And now see yourself walking up

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the steps into the light feeling

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really good as you walk up

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those steps, bringing all of these

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good learnings with you, becoming more

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and more a part of you

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and what you choose automatically.

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And as you reach the top of the staircase

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in the light and go

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ahead now and come up to

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the number one with a deep

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cleansing breath into your lungs to

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more and more alert and aware

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three noticing your body there in

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the chair for very alert now

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and five eyes open

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wide wide awake and

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non-suggestible one two

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three four five eyes open

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wide wide. awake. Have

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a fantastic week. If you need me, you know where

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to find me. shell at

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shell hamilton.com