Welcome to episode 1,800 of the Daily Meditation podcast.

I'm Mary Meckley and I honor you for being here as you get ready to give yourself a little more peace, energy, and clarity.

In today's episode, we continue with our theme we're exploring this week,

where you will discover a different meditation technique you can do as you sit down and meditate

today.

You can also do these techniques as you go about your day. In fact,

I challenge you this week to do these meditation techniques that I share with you right in the

midst of your most stressed out moments of your day. Taking your meditation techniques off your

cushion or chair where you sit to meditate and into your day-to-day life. You will notice that as you

do this more and more, instead of feeling triggered by stress and reacting

in anger or frustration or sadness or depression, you will begin to fall back on these

meditation techniques, where you might do an affirmation or a breathing technique

or one of the other techniques I share with you this week. Today, you'll be guided using a breathing

technique. And this breathing technique is combined with this week's affirmation.

And I challenge you further.

As you explore our theme, which is simplicity in your relationships,

I encourage you to focus on one relationship in your life you'd like to improve.

Just one relationship.

And I challenge you to listen to the person and hear what this person has to say. This can be a relationship with a

loved one, a friend, or maybe it's a more casual relationship with a neighbor or a colleague, someone that you might

want to get to know better or improve your relationship with. So focus on this person and

really listen and hear what they have to say. I'll share with you a little more insight

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