Breathe In, Breathe Out

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The stress of this the pandemic is getting to us, and today’s election is only heightening the anxiety for some. On today’s podcast, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta shares some tips for coping with all this extra anxiety. Jeff Warren tells us about his experience with meditation and explains some of the tangible benefits. At the end of the episode, Warren leads us all in a 5-minute guided meditation that can be done even while waiting in line to vote today. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Almost everyone I've spoken to lately is starting to feel the strain of this long pandemic,
0:06.9	the COVID fatigue.
0:08.1	You know, we've talked about it before on the podcast, but with the election today, I have
0:13.2	a feeling that stress might be at an all-time high.
0:17.4	So today, we're going to do something a little different.
0:20.7	We're going to talk to a meditation expert about all the extra weight 2020 has put on our
0:25.3	shoulders.
0:26.3	And after the interview, we're going to offer you something a little special.
0:30.6	We're going to give you a way to help cope with all that anxiety through a meditation
0:35.2	just for you.
0:36.8	I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent.
0:40.9	And this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.
0:50.2	I was a journalist working on a national radio show in Canada, and I had a busy journalist
0:57.0	schedule where I was constantly on these daily deadlines and working long days.
1:03.4	And as I started to meditate, it just really started to make this huge difference in my
1:08.5	life.
1:09.7	That's Jeff Warren.
1:11.2	Jeff started meditating in the early 2000s, and he was amazed with the difference it made
1:15.9	in his life.
1:17.1	I got so passionate about it.
1:18.6	I started writing more about it and eventually just devoted myself whole time to teaching
1:24.0	it and trying to articulate some of the benefits for others and present practices that are
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