Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey

and inspire you to create your own.

Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,

from my personal experiences to useful tools and different

mindful techniques.

Hello and welcome to episode 176 of the Mindful Kyan podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in and I can't wait to share

the topic for this episode with you. See, I've been thinking a lot about how to create a really

positive and meaningful and fun start to the day. I want to share things to inspire you to make your

mornings great so that you'll be able to create

a morning routine that doesn't just involve getting out of bed, preparing for work and going to work

or getting out of bed and immediately being bombarded by busyness.

I'd like to help you incorporate moments of joy and pleasure and fun and relaxation into

your mornings so you can start the day well.

Getting out of bed in the morning was something I didn't used to look forward to.

I'd wake up when my alarm went off, fly in bed thinking about everything that was stressing

me out, and wish I could just stay there under

the covers. By the time I did usually get out of bed, I was often feeling stressed and rushed,

and I think that made a big difference in how my days actually played out. Rushed mornings led to

rushed days, which led to more stress and feelings of overwhelm and

busyness and panic. Now that I try to use better morning routines, I often look forward to

getting out of bed in the morning, because I know I won't be starting the day feeling rushed

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