Well, hello there. My name is Morgan Harper-Nichols. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space where I share words that I hope can make a little room for you to slow down and take a few deep breaths as you prepare for whatever lies ahead. Thanks for being here today. And now on to today's episode. Well, hello, everyone. Today is Monday. And as we head

into a new week, I just wanted to give you five phrases that you can repeat to yourself as you get ready to head into this week.

And I just want to invite you to listen to these and also repeat them. And I also want you to pay

attention. If you hear these phrases and then you start hearing something else that you want to add on to it.

I want you to think of that as a journal entry. I want you to try to remember that and the next time

you're able to record a voice memo or open up your journal. I want you to use that as a prompt

to keep writing. I've been talking a lot about journaling lately.

It's been something that has been such a gift in my own life and I'll make sure I put in the show

notes a link to a video that I recently did on social media called A Case for Journaling

because I truly believe that I missed all the things that go through our head,

whether it's positive or whether it's something that we're trying to work through,

I truly believe that having a safe space that we can talk these things out is so valuable.

And journaling can really be one of those places. So yeah, that's just a little ad for journaling.

Now on to these five phrases

that I want to share with you that you can repeat to yourself as you start this week.

Number one, I will give energy to what I need to give energy to and I will rest where I need to rest.

Okay. to and I will rest where I need to rest.

Number two, I am allowed to ask for help, even for the things that I feel like I should be able to handle myself.

I may not know what lies ahead, but I know that I am still free to create.

Number four of five, I will have gratitude for the little things, even while I wait for the bigger things to fall in place.

And number five, years from now, I will look back and I will find that I was growing in ways I could not see at the time.

I hope that in the space of those five phrases, whether you were able to repeat them or not,

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