Thank you for joining us for episode 399 of Live Happy Now.

After a busy holiday season, we all could use a bit of stillness in our lives.

And this week's guest is going to tell us how to find it.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I'm talking with Janine Thompson, a former clinical

psychotherapist and Fortune 50 executive, whose new book, 9-1-1 from your soul is all about

how to learn to listen for what you need and discover your greatest potential.

Today, she's here to talk about how important it is to learn to do nothing and listen to the

lessons that are waiting for us in that stillness. Let's have a listen.

Danine, thank you so much for coming on Live Happy Now. I am so excited and delighted to be with you,

Paula, and your listeners. We're delighted to have you. Our timing on this is so

perfect. It's the beginning of the year. People are really being reflective and thinking about what

they want to do differently. And your idea of stillness is so important, but it's a word that's

become almost foreign in this busy world that we live in.

I mean, we are always on.

It's 24-7.

So I guess before we talk about how to even accomplish that, can you tell us what you mean when you mentioned stillness?

Yeah.

So stillness to me means awareness.

Shifting our attention from our busy brain, our 70,000 thoughts

a day that data says we have, shifting our awareness from our head into the inner intelligence,

our inter-internet. And typically I tell people place one hand on your heart center, one on your

sacral or near your belly button, and just close your eyes. We follow touch in the body, so it'll

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