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Hi, this is Kaisanga and I welcome you this Wednesday to Radio Headspace. As I previously mentioned,

for the first few days of this new year, I will be discussing the eight pillars or concepts

of mindfulness and how they may relate to any new year's resolutions you may have. Today,

I will be discussing the ever important concept of acceptance. Acceptance simply means seeing

things as they actually are in the present and doing so without judgment. Now this doesn't

mean that you have to like what's present but not liking something and harshly judging

something are really two different things. Harsely judging yourself or being too self-critical

are key elements to resistance and the more resistance that's present, the harder it will

be to make any of the changes that you want in your life. Any change that you want to make

happen always starts with acceptance. So with any change that you want to occur, you have

to first be aware of and accept things as they are right now in the present moment. This

reminds me of an incident that occurred a few inches ago when I refused to admit that

I was sick. One thing I absolutely dread is catching a cold. The way it incapacitates

you so that you're not able to get anything done. On this particular day, I woke up feeling

the scratchy throat and the headache, all the symptoms of having caught a cold. I refused

to accept that I was indeed sick and my day was miserable. I was sneezing, coughing,

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