Welcome to episode 1,864 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I want to congratulate you if you have been following along with this week's

meditation series all about managing stress relief for focus.

And this is the final episode of the series. If you are just joining us, you are in the right place.

Each episode is unique and can be done on its own.

We follow a theme all week long,

but each episode is its own separate meditation technique that you can apply right away.

You can go back through the series to listen to

the previous episodes to learn the other techniques we explored throughout the week.

In today's episode, this final episode,

we always in... this final episode.

We always, in every final episode, go back through the week and reflect on the highs and

lows of the week.

My thoughts are that this episode is always the most important episode of a series because when you reflect on what

worked well throughout your week and what didn't work so well, areas where you need

to improve, you gain an awareness of how you live your life. And so this is one of the best ways to recapture your focus.

As you go back and reflect over your week, consider the highlights of your

week. Those moments that stand out. When we come to the end of just about any

week, there are things that we may have trouble letting go of, thoughts, emotions, that we experience

throughout the week.

And the tendency is to carry those with us week after week even month after month or even year after year. And so when you allow yourself to reflect over your week, you lay

to rest those worries, cares, and concerns that you begin to realize often don't matter so much.

And this allows you to focus on what matters most.

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