E51: End-of-Year Anxiety Relief: Close Out The Year With Joy & Clarity

As the year comes to a close, it’s super common to feel the weight of stress alongside the excitement of new beginnings. If you’re struggling with end-of-year anxiety or feeling overwhelmed by the holidays, this episode is for you!

Join us as we:

• Unwrap the greatest gift you can give yourself, one that will open your eyes and heart to the lessons of the year
• Explore the real magic of this gift and what it is actually giving you
• Celebrate the good, the bad, and the ugly—embracing everything as part of your journey

Tune in to discover how to close out the year with intention, reduce stress, and step into the new year feeling empowered, joyful, and ready for what’s next. 

Wanna kick off 2025 feeling vibrant, calm, and grounded? The Anxiety & Stress Reset is your invitation to prioritize yourself—without the overwhelm. 

Through simple, science-backed techniques, you’ll learn how to release tension and build resilience in just 2 minutes at a time, so you feel energized and ready for whatever life brings.

This is not about adding more to your plate—it’s about creating space for what truly matters: your well-being. Commit to a healthier, happier you. You deserve it. 

Grab your spot here: https://www.megan-nolan.com/resetjan

#Anxiety #EndOfYearAnxiety #EndOfYearReflection #StressRelief #PersonalGrowth #MentalWellness #NewBeginnings #YearEndCelebration #AnxietyRelief #GrowthMindset #HolidayStress #SelfCare

Please find the show notes below. Since it is a transcription there may be spelling errors and/or weird grammar. Ignore that and enjoy!

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Well, hello and welcome back. Today we're

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talking about the very best

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gift that you can give yourself at any

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time of the year, on your birthday, on a

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random Tuesday, on whatever day you want.

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But it is so much more powerful and

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effective and supportive than, you know,

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a spa day or a new car or a purse. And

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it's actually something you can give to

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yourself like that. So what is it?Oh,

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just wait a second and I'm going to tell

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you and I'm going to give you some tools

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to unpack it a little bit more. But

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question for you before we get started.

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I'm willing to bet that somewhere on your

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intentions list for 2025

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is something along the lines of.

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Stress less, feel better, make myself a

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priority, show up for myself daily with

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exercise, yoga, feel happier,

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feel lighter, integrate all the tools

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that I have so I can fully embody my most

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powerful, energized self and cultivate

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the life that I'm meant to live.

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Something like that. Is anything like

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that on your list?Because if anything

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like that or something even just a little

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similar is, is that you're going to want

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to grab a spot at the anxiety and

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stress reset which is happening live in

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2025 and you should join us Speaking of.

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A gift to give yourself and it's

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only $37. It's crazy. I know it's 60

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bucks off because I want to make it as

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accessible as possible because this is

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the foundation for everything. This is

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literally the starting point, but it's a

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game changer. And when you have these

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tools, it's going to change how you feel

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in each and every moment, shift your

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inner state, cultivate that deep level of

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self-awareness and self-compassion and

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calm in minutes. It's incredible. So

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grab your spot. We're kicking it off live

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on January 13th. So what is this

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amazing gift that you can give yourself?

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And actually, I should have told you

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this. It actually doesn't cost anything.

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Whoa, really?Yeah.

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What is it?What is this gift?What is

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this present?Well,

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Let me tell you where I realized that and

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this inspiration. So I'm not gonna lie.

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Earlier this week I had a full and proper

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meltdown. I had a kicking and screaming.

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What am I even doing with my life?Is this

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all there is?Holy moly, what is happening?

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Bring me the matches and the gas canister

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because I'm about to blow this up because

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I don't think I can do this anymore. Sort

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of moment. Happy holidays. You

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know, there was a lot of factors

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involved. If you listen to last week's

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episode, you know, the holidays are a bit

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challenging for me. My father passed away

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on Christmas. You know, it's just

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stressful. It's the end of the year,

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you know, there's that. And then it's my

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birthday coming up. And so it's just a

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lot of things, you know?And so there was

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just a lot of things that were happening.

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And I was really feeling myself, feeling

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the feels right in the power pause

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movement. That's that's our mantra. Feel

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the feels, take a power pause. And

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admittedly. Not gonna lie. I didn't go

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right to the power pause and the

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compassionate curiosity and the

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non-judgmental self-awareness. No, noI

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swirled around in the muck for a little

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bit and I was like, what am I even doing?

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And was hearing these lies that I

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had so long identified with of, oh, it's

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not gonna work. Maybe it's not your mom

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meant for this. And all of those things

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that I could hear going on in my head

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that I've done so much work around, but

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their their tendrils were deep.

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I mean, they're subconscious protective

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patterns. We barely know they're there

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until stuff like this happens. So this in

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itself is actually also a gift. But

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that's another bonus gift, I guess, is

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when these things happen. When you notice

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yourself in these moments, it's an

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opportunity to see what's happening at a

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deeper level, to hear the stories. Of the

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mind, the lies of limitation, we call

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them, and to see these protective

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patterns, right. And for me, this is

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either completely shutting down or, you

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know, trying to fix it or trying to, you

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know, either like power through and just

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overwork myself and and ignore it. But

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I've done so much work around this, so I

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I could see all of this happening. And

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the only reason that I could see this

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happening was that I have. Done

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these practices, right?It's through these

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incredible tools of the yoga practice and

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mindfulness and and nervous system

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regulation that I could see this

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happening. And I allowed it to happen

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because we want to give space for

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emotional expression and all of your

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feelings are valid. But I

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was able to pause

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and take a step back and begin

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to witness what was happening and and the

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stories that were coming back up

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and notice. that I had really identified

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with a lot of them for a long time, and

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they were still kind of there. And so

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what the gift is, is that

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what I recognized was I,

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as a hyper-achiever, you know with high

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functioning anxiety, here I go, just like

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trying to get to the top of the next

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mountain, is that there was always this

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striving. There's always this set another

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goal. Oh, if that one doesn't work, you

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can just set a different goal. You shift

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your different perspective. Like there's

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always this forward momentum. And

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I, in this moment of pausing,

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and this is a tool you can use, is if you

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find yourself really fixated on

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something, we can pause, take a step

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back and widen your eyes. So your

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head stays forward, but just look to the

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corners of your eyes. And this is a

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peripheral gaze. So we tend to have a

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very forward focus. When we widen the

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scope, it gives your nervous system the

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signal like, oh, okay, we're not fixated,

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obsessed with what's in front of us. We

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can see more, we're taking in more

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information. And what I started to

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recognize was is that I had gotten a very

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hyper fixated on this current

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situation and what I was perceiving to

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be, you know,

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results that really frustrated me in that

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moment. And so when I was able to take a

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step back from it and give myself

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permission, and this is the gift, give

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myself permission to be where you're at

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and to pause. Because if we're always

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running up the mountain, we rarely take

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that moment of reflection to

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look at how far you've come.

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And the version of you that you were last

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year at this time, five years ago, 10

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years ago, 25 years ago, you know, 45

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years ago, that version of you

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would be so proud, so

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grateful, so celebratory. But yet, if we

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stay in these protective patterns of the

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mind, then we constantly have

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this insatiable drive for more. And

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that's where we can tend to get really

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tripped up into these patterns and these

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frustrations.

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So that's really what I wanted to share

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with you, is that through this

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willingness to take this time to

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slow down, right?RightAs I record this,

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it's December 16th. We're approaching the

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winter solstice, you know, in different

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parts of the world. It's a a wintering,

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it's a going inwards. And so as we move

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towards the end of the calendar year, can

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we take this opportunity to slow down and

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be present with yourself and to really

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recognize the growth and the lessons and

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the ways that you've won over the last

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year, and to really honor and celebrate

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that from the vantage point of where you

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are and looking back?Because, yes, it's

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important to have these goals that we're

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moving towards, but even more important

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is to witness. And

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lovingly honor and accept

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where you've come, how far you've come,

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right. And so that was the exercise that

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we did in the community is looking

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at the ways that you've won over the last

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year. OK, so making a list of all the

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little wins, the big wins, big

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celebrations. And then here's where it

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gets cool is you write the list and you

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look at the list. And then I want you to

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look at the list as though it's someone

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else's list, as though it's your bestie

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or, you know, one person in your

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mastermind or whoever. You're looking at

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the list as though it's someone else's.

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And as you look at the things that are

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accomplished over the year. Describe

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the type of person that accomplished

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those things, that did those things,

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right?Are they determined?Are they

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enthusiastic?Are they playful?Are they

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committed?And so write that down and

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write those different qualities. OK, so

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you're just going to write that down,

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like look at the list and then write the

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qualities. Confident, grateful, playful,

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fun. And then the final part of it

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is you get to write 2 words in front of

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each of those qualities. I am.

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Because, you know, I did a little trick

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on the on you there because it was

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actually your list and you're still, you

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know, speaking about yourself. But

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sometimes it's really important to have

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that 30,000 foot view. And when you've

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written the words I am in front of all

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those words, I am enthusiastic, I am

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determined. Whatever the list was that

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you just wrote down, then

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you get to place your hands on your body,

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on your heart and and relax your

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shoulders and breathe. And repeat those

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to yourself. Because in that moment of

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honoring and celebration, you are

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witnessing yourself. You are

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giving yourself accolades and praise that

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the the patterns of the mind, the lies of

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limitation, that chatter channel doesn't

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say. It doesn't say stuff like that. And

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your heart wants you to know that. But

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your heart, the wisdom of your heart is

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so. profound, and it's all

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permeating, but it's not loud like that

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squawky channel up in your head. It's

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soft. It speaks to you through emotions.

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It speaks to you through intuition. It

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speaks to you through these little

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moments of downloads.

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that, that quiet whisper of the wise

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version of you within you. And in truth,

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that's your soul. It's your spirit

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speaking to you as a reminder. And

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community, it was emotional.

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For many people, it was very challenging.

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It was easier for them to read it like

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they're reading it to somebody else, not

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be receiving it back in. And

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that it's all information, right?It's

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none of it's bad, and it's none of it's

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wrong. It's just how easy is it for you

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to witness yourself?How

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easy is it for you to pause and reflect

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at how far you've come?Because that's

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ultimately the the greatest gift of all

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of this self-improvement and journeying

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and making our way through these inner

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shifts and, you know, navigating anxiety

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and stress in life. Like it's the

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witnessing and the pausing to become

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present, to really have that level of

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of commitment to. Finding a way to

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be a little more compassionate with

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ourselves, to be a little more kind with

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ourselves, to be a little more loving.

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Because those qualities, those are your

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true essence. The qualities that you list

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and you write the I am words in front,

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that's your true essence. It's none of

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the stuff that we've accomplished. It's

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none of the social media following. It's

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none of the podcast downloads. It's none

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of that. That's not who you are. Those

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are things that you've done, but it's not

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who you are. And so it's so important

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that we have these moments of

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recalibration, right?It's like, you know,

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you got a phone, whether it's iPhone or

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Android or whatever, you're not on the

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same operating system as you did when you

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bought the phone three months ago or two

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years ago. That constantly updates.

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update. how we see ourself and speak to

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ourself to really support and be

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congruent or aligned

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with the version that you are now, right?

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Because the lies of limitation will have

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us telling the same story of that core

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belief of, for me, it was, oh, you'll

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never make any money as a yoga teacher.

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Well, that's not true.

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Had identified for a really long time and

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that, you know, made me feel like I

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wasn't ever going to do it. I felt broken

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and I was broke, you knowAnd so it was

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one of those things of like, what sort of

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stories are we still hanging on to?What

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are we, what are we saying to ourselves

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in those moments of friction when we're

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getting squeezed?And so it's just, it's a

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practice of awareness, right?It's that's

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it's always starts there, always a

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practice of awareness. and a practice of

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of witnessing in this case that we're

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talking about, and really finding that

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level of of acceptance of

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where you're at, because we can't create

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what we want if we're in resistance to

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where we're at. And that was a tough one

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for me because I'm like, but I want to be

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over there. I don't I don't like being

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over here anymore. And it's,

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that is such a, it's so

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insidious because it's it's that sort of

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double-edged sword of goal setting and

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being driven and being ambitious.

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if we're never happy where we're at,

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we're always chasing more. We're never

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slowing down enough to really appreciate

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how far we've come. And for me,

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that was, it was a realization. And it

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was a realization of where I felt like

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I was letting,

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letting things slide. You know, and

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noticing that like I was

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allowing these excuses to slip in and

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where I wasn't completely integrity,

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integrous might be a word, might not

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integrous with who I know myself to

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be. And so it was,

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it was a really powerful moment and

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realization and allowing myself to to be

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in the anger, to be in the frustration

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and to just feel all that, but to go

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deeper, not suppress it. allow it that

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cycle to be completed and notice what was

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underneath all of that was this

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little version of me, younger version of

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me, just wanting to be witnessed and just

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wanting to be seen. And that's an old

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pattern. And I was ignoring and rejecting

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myself. And so there there was

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some love and some acceptance that got to

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come through for that. And that's really

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potent and very, it felt very healing.

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wanted to share with you today is that

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beautiful gift that you can give yourself

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and you can give it at any point, right?

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Any point in the day, any point in the

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week, the month, the year, is that that

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level of presence and a

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level of of

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deep honoring and

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allowing. Allowing,

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becauseYou know, the version of you you

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are now, you dreamed of at some point and

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the life that you're living and the fact

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that you have a life that you're living,

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that you're listening to this on some

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sort of device, you have Internet

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connectivity, you know, you are in a

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body that's healthy and all of those

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things that's we

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sometimes bypass that because we're like,

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but I want to get to 100 million thousand

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followers and I want to do this, that and

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the other thing. And as we kind of we

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forget the potential in the

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simplicity of. Of that deep

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witnessing and gratitude, right?Because

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receiving this as a gift is

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literally it takes you to that place in

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your soul and your spirit that it you

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feel this level of wow,

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this is this is it. This is what I

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want to feel. I wanna feel seen. I wanna

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feel celebrated. I wanna feel honored. I

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wanna feel in celebration. I wanna feel

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in gratitude. Those are the vibes of my

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vision for sure. And when you're able to

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give yourself that gift and it might be a

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little unpacking and pulling away the

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layers and and really coming back to

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that, either quickly or gradually, or

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maybe it takes a while. That's what we're

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doing all of this for, is the feeling,

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right?And when we can calibrate to that

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feeling, that's. That's really,

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it's such a powerful space. And I felt

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like I had been out of integrity with

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that because it's a huge part of what we

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do inside my containers is that

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is that awareness of how we're feeling

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and really giving yourself what you need

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in the moment to come back to that place

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of of feeling grounded, feeling centered,

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feeling supported, feeling like you're

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not going to lose your shit and fly off

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into a tailspin of anxiety, you know,

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whatever, so. That's what I wanted to

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share with you and really honor you and

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celebrate you over this last year. And

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so, yeah, that's what came through. And I

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hope that that was really helpful for

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you. I hope that you do the exercise and

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let me know how it goes. And I will tell

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you is that from this deep dive that I

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did, some really incredible things have

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come forth and they are

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still in the settling phases.

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and the unfolding phases, but they're

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coming through, which is really exciting.

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And And so stay tuned for some

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incredible shifts here on the podcast, as

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well as an added

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layer that I'm going to be integrated

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that gives you tools

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you can use, that takes the

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Work of what we're doing and sharing and

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uncovering in the podcast and

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brings it into the body. I'm not going to

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say anymore, but it's really exciting and

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you're going to love it. So

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yeah, big things are coming. But I

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wouldn't have got there if I had just

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kept powering through. I wouldn't have

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got there if I hadn't been willing to

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take the power pause and slow down. So

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that's what I wanted to share with you.

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If you want to have these tools for

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yourself literally at your fingertips,

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just literally at your fingertips, make

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sure to grab your spot for the anxiety

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and stress reset. We're kicking it off in

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January. I don't think there's a better

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way to start the year. I'm not going to

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lie. I might be biased. But anyways,

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thank you for being here. Thank you for

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taking care of you, and we'll see you

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very soon. Bye-bye.