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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

939: How to Reset Your Life with 10 Days of Silent Meditation by Chris Reining

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Chris Reining shares his experience resetting his life with a 10 day silent meditation retreat. Episode 939: How to Reset Your Life with 10 Days of Silent Meditation by Chris Reining (Mindfulness Training & Think Happiness). Chris Reining is a thirty-something guy who provides resources to help manage your money and career to become financially free. His own path to financial freedom has had ups and downs, which is what he writes about on his site. He's been featured in the New York Times, on the Today Show, CNN, CBS, Business Insider, LifeHacker, and more. The original post is located here: https://chrisreining.com/meditation Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

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0:24.0

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0:30.0

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0:34.0

The spark that boosted my confidence online.

0:37.0

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0:40.0

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0:52.0

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0:56.0

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0:59.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 939, how to reset your life with ten days of silent meditation by Chris Rining of Chris Rining.com and I'm Justin Mollick.

1:11.0

Happy Saturday, welcome to one of the only podcasts in the world where blogs are narrated to you for free with permission from the authors.

1:19.0

And today's post comes from Chris Rining, friend of the show.

1:22.0

So let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.

1:29.0

How to reset your life with ten days of silent meditation by Chris Rining of Chris Rining.com

1:37.0

I'm parking my car at a meditation center here in Wisconsin and wondering why I signed up to sit in silence for ten days.

1:44.0

Then I remember it's because I thought I was dying and the doctor at Urgent Care told me to learn how to meditate because it's better than taking a vacation.

1:52.0

I don't want to sound all woo-woo, so I'm going to tell you there's a ton of science behind meditation.

1:57.0

It reduces stress and blood pressure, improves attention, and even helps you make smarter choices.

2:04.0

And those are just the short-term benefits. Keep meditating and it increases the grey matter in your brain and improves resilience, mindfulness, and empathy.

2:14.0

Okay, so who goes to something like this?

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