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 188 of the Mindful Kyan podcast.

I hope you're really well in having a great start to August.

I've been resting and taking things easy as I've been sick with a cold and a nasty cough,

but it gave me some time to reflect on the first half of the year and think about what I want

to focus on for the rest of the year.

I've heard a lot of people saying that they can't believe it's August already and Christmas will be here before we know it

and it's really made me think about how I can be more determined to slow myself down for a bit

and get clear on where I'm at now and where I'd like to be at the end of the year.

So I've been setting some goals and I would love to invite you to join me. Let's set some

awesome goals now so that when the end of the year does roll around, we can say we really

made the most of the last few months of 2019. Now, during my psychology studies and health studies

and a lot of my own experience with goal setting,

I've realized the importance of setting balanced goals.

Focus too much on work goals and you might miss out on opportunities

to improve your health and relationships.

Set an unrealistic health goal and you might find yourself sacrificing self-care.

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