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I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

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Hello and welcome to episode 238 of the Mindful Kind podcast. In this episode, I thought

I'd share some strategies to help you reduce daily minor frustrations. They're the little

things that might be mildly annoying or

irritating, but over time they can build up into bigger problems. A small frustration could be a

dog barking next door, getting stuck at traffic lights when you're driving, your partner or

child leaving empty cups on the coffee table or even a hole in your sock.

For example, a recent minor frustration I experienced was starting to get a sore lower back

when I was sitting in my new desk chair. After a few days, I found an old shoebox and started

using that as a makeshift footrest. Having my feet a little higher

helped relieve some of the pressure on my back so it didn't start aching. I've also been doing

more yoga at the end of the working day to help relieve any tension in my back. Even though this

was a small issue at first, it was the kind of thing that could have turned into a long-term

injury or pain down the track. There might not always be a simple way to solve problems,

but you can usually find ways to make those problems a bit less annoying. My partner and I currently

have an outside bathroom and waking up in the middle of the night and having to go to the

bathroom isn't my favourite thing. But we've also done our best to improve this situation by keeping a torch

in the same place so it's easy to find at 2am and having slip on shoes so the process is a bit

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