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About Progress

How One Deep Breath Can Change Everything || H&K with Monica Packer

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Struggling with reactivity or feeling out of control? In this powerful clip, Monica Packer explains the science behind deep breathing and introduces a simple, 10-second practice that can help you create space between trigger and reaction. Learn how to use your "response gap" to reclaim calm, control, and alignment—one intentional breath at a time. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/how-to-be-less-reactive-and-more-in-control Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! ⁠Get on the waitlist for Italy!⁠ Single traveler survey ⁠here⁠. More for Moms Conference Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi. takeover. You can find it intentionally wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Monica Packer from About Progress, and this is a hug and a kick, a series where I share a short

1:05.0

excerpt from my extensive podcast archives, one carefully selected to give you the validation

1:10.7

and or motivation you need for the

1:13.3

weekend. Okay, about the deep breath, let's speak to why this is effective. And this is just science,

1:26.0

like what happens to your body when you take a deep breath.

1:29.2

Deep breathing slows down your heart rate. It allows your body to take in more oxygen,

1:35.2

and it signals the brain to wind down. And it also does amazing things to your hormones.

1:41.4

It lowers your cortisol levels. It increases your endorphins in your body.

1:46.1

And the list goes on. And we know this with meditation. And I love meditation. I do it every day.

1:52.3

But guess what my meditation looks like? Most of the time, it just looks like deep breathing.

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