Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're

getting a little better at life. I'm your host, Cory Muscara. In today's episode

we're going to talk about taking periodic breaks in order to continue doing what

we do best in the world. More to come on that in a moment. First let's settle

in together with the Sound of the Bells.

So this will be a shorter episode today. Primarily I want to use it to remind you

that every inhale requires an exhale. I think when we really assess how we're

going about our lives we're trying to get a lot of inhales in and I don't mean

the actual inhale. I mean the metaphorical inhale. More information, more

experiences, more money, more fill in the blank. And this is a beautiful part

of life experiencing new things, learning and growing. All of this makes life

rich and we might even perceive it as the oxygen that keeps us going. But we

must remember that when it comes to breathing following every inhale is an exhale.

And that exhale is what allows for the next inhale. So what I encourage you to

assess today is do you feel like you have healthy integration of exhales in

your life? These exhales don't need to be every three seconds like your breathing

pattern might be. Nor do they need to be sitting completely still and doing

nothing. But there should be some moments where we're not pushing so hard and

we're not focused solely on getting more into our experience. But instead an

opportunity to let something go might be a few moments of relaxing the

shoulders while you're at your computer. There may be taking a walk during the

day where you're not doing anything. It could also be sitting with your

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