Hey guys, this is a bonus episode of the Rachel Hollis podcast and it actually wasn't my idea for real.

Yesterday at our Hollis company meeting we called the HoCo Combo, so every single week we get together the entire staff and we talk about what's going on and we do our gratitude practice every single week, people go around and they say what they're grateful for.

We try and model HoCo Combo after our start today journal, but yesterday I did something a little different and my podcast producers, I guess, enjoyed it so much.

They thought it would be a really cool thing to share with you guys. Just a little bonus something that might be helpful to you as you navigate this week.

See, here in the US it's Thanksgiving week, which for many of us is going to look different than it ever has before. Some people will get to see family, some people won't.

Some people will be surrounded by loved ones, some people will be surrounded by loved ones who they also sometimes hate and feel overwhelmed by.

There are a lot of emotions for all of us and as I was preparing for my company meeting yesterday, I was thinking about my team and how they might be struggling this week.

So I decided to lead them all through a meditation, a meditation on gratitude.

See, here's the magical thing about a gratitude practice. It is impossible for you to feel fear and gratitude at the same time.

It's impossible for you to feel anxiety and gratitude at the same time.

If you can tap deeply into the blessings in your life, there is incredible power. It makes you feel centered. It makes you feel optimistic. And if you're heading into a moment with family or frankly any stressful situation in the future, you can always come back to this practice as a way to ground yourself before moving forward.

So yesterday on our company wide zoom call, I took the entire staff through this meditation and we thought we would share it with you.

I hope that it's helpful and I hope you have a safe and blessed holiday with your family. I love you guys.

That feels like meditation music. Okay, so, so feet planted firmly on the floor and I'm going to ask you to begin to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.

And if you've never done a guided meditation before, just listen to the sound of my voice and don't judge yourself. If you find your mind beginning to wander, just bring it back to the sound of my voice and your own breath.

In through your nose and out through your mouth. And as you continue to breathe, I want you to imagine that there is a bright light shining down on the top of your head.

Imagine a bright light shining down on the top of your head and that light is so warm that you can actually feel a top of your head warm up in sensation.

I like to think that that light shining down on us is the universe or our creator or the source.

And that's what we're seeing us. So as you continue to breathe, I want you to see that light filter down through the top of your head and make its way slowly down your body.

Imagine it almost like honey and it's slowly working its way down your head, past your ears, down the neck. And as that light rolls down through the body, every muscle that it touches relaxes.

Continue to breathe and allow that light to work its way down your arms into your fingertips, down your chest, into your belly, all the way down your legs, into your toes, and into the floor.

And as the light works its way past your toes, I want you to wiggle your toes and feel your feet planted firmly on the ground.

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