Hey everybody. Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle. You can handle it. Can I tell you, I have been repeating that to myself. I won't even just say every day this week, every hour this week. I don't know what's going on.

Someone said something to me about an eclipse or a moon or who knows what. I'm not in tune with

that kind of stuff. But this week has thrown me for a total loop. I am on the roller coaster. It is a lot.

On Tuesday, I felt as though I got hit over the head with imposter syndrome and negative thoughts.

And it was so persistent. And I could not get out of this cycle that felt just so rude.

And there were tears.

It was everything.

You're following.

And so I did on Tuesday the things that show me that my breathwork and mindfulness practice is starting to pay off and that I

asked myself, what is it that I am capable of doing in this moment, even though I just felt like

I was completely incapable. The first thing I did was text a friend to see if she wanted to join me

at one of my favorite yoga studios, Lionsden, the following morning for a class.

I have navigated some really tough stuff there in the past. Most notably, it feels like yesterday,

but it was actually eight years ago, my last real breakup. I remember going there after little to no

sleep, feeling like a total shell of myself and showing up on that mat exactly

as I am and it felt so therapeutic. So to this day, when I am struggling with something, I automatically

think to go there. So I made a date to do that. I got up from my computer, which in my line of work,

being someone that works for myself, is a privilege. But in doing that

and actually sending a couple of emails that said, I'm taking a personal day. I'll get back to you

tomorrow. I really realized how almost everyone expects me to be available all of the time. And I have

taught them to treat me that way. I am widely available.

That is a conversation for another day. I then made it a priority, despite not wanting to really talk

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