Breathing Technique to Calm Frazzled Nerves, Day 3 Managing Conflict
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
"I find I often get in my own way. When I recently asked my co-worker for help, I was surprised by how eager he was to actually help me. I had hesitated to ask him for help in the past for fear of rejection."
~ Your fellow meditator, Kevin from Wyoming, USA
Have you been feeling distressed by the social, political, and economical conflicts around you? In this week's series, you're going to be guided as you discover 7-steps to manage conflict. You're also going to be going on a quest that may take you out of your comfort zone. Your weekly Quest is to ask someone to help you in some way every day this week. You can do this! We need human connection more than ever these days. Begin to trust others and to form connections as you request help. Allow others the grace to help you.
This is day 3 of a 7-day meditation series, Managing Conflict, episodes 2383-2389.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Asking For Help Quest
Ask one person every day to help you in some way. Ask a different person each day. Include loved ones, neighbors, colleagues, and even strangers in your Quest. Have fun connecting and trusting others!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Episode 2,385 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Mary Mechley. |
| 0:08.8 | Welcome to Day 3 of our series. |
| 0:12.0 | This week our theme is Managing Conflict. |
| 0:17.0 | How are you doing? |
| 0:19.0 | How is your challenge coming along? |
| 0:22.0 | Every week you have a challenge, |
| 0:24.0 | which I encourage you to do every single day. |
| 0:28.0 | This week your challenge is to ask for help. |
| 0:35.0 | Think about who you might ask for help. |
| 0:39.0 | It might come up organically as you go throughout your day |
| 0:42.0 | to where you need some help, |
| 0:44.0 | so you reach out and ask someone for help. |
| 0:47.0 | Make sure that at the end of the day |
| 0:50.0 | you have asked at least one person to help you with something. |
| 0:56.0 | This can restore your faith in humanity. |
| 1:01.0 | Now you might be declined, help, and that's okay. |
| 1:06.0 | But you might find that if you ask somebody again for help, |
| 1:12.0 | they're likely to help you. |
| 1:15.0 | I heard from a fellow meditator, Kevin from Wyoming. |
| 1:22.0 | Kevin reached out to say that there's someone he works with |
| 1:27.0 | who rarely helps him set up and open up the place where he works |
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