What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist

podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to

rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you

take back your motherhood

and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show.

Hi, friend. It is Thanksgiving week. It is almost here. And if you're anything like me,

you might be in full holiday mode, checking off lists, prepping meals, getting the house

ready, or maybe even packing for a trip. So today I want to offer you a little gift. We're going to do

a five-minute gratitude reset. And this is your permission to pause, breathe, and reconnect

with the heart of the season. So wherever you are right now when you're listening to this,

maybe you're in the kitchen, the car, or hiding out in the bathroom for a quick moment of peace,

this reset is for you. So let's start with a grounding breath. So I want you to inhale deeply

and let that breath fill you up and exhale slowly releasing any tension as you breathe out

pay attention to the stress or the tension you might be holding in your jaw in your shoulders those

tend to be my two main points of release as I be intentional about my breath and go through this exercise. It always

feels so good to just like lower your shoulders and then you're like, oh gosh, I guess I guess I

do hold tension there. So try it again. Deep breath. And this time, imagine on your exhale,

all the noise and busyness fading away as you create this small, quiet space here just

for you. Sometimes it's just a few intentional deep breaths and moments to clear out some of that

mental clutter and just be, right? And the next few minutes is about stepping back from the details.

Keep doing your deep breaths in and out and letting yourself, like, soak in the simple joy

of gratitude, being present right here with an open heart.

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