This is episode 1,835. Welcome to the daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I honor you for showing up for yourself today to meditate. There are so many things you could be doing right now. You may even be thinking of

some of those things. But here you are. And I bring this up because it's all part of

trusting yourself, showing up whether or not you feel like it because you know it's important

to do. You know that the benefits will outweigh you not showing up. And this is what our theme for

this week has been all about.

You have discovered, if you've been with us along this trust yourself journey this week,

different meditation techniques in each episode to help you rely on yourself and to trust yourself.

In today's episode, you will discover how to layer the different meditation techniques

you've explored all week long into a meditation.

And as you continue to feel more confident and to trust yourself, know that when you trust

yourself, you won't always be successful. So sometimes when you trust yourself, it won't go so well.

And you may wonder, why did I do that? Why didn't I just rely on this or that or this person or

that person? Well, that's all part of trusting yourself is allowing yourself to

fail. And it's really not failing because you're learning and you're growing, you're evolving.

It's not over until it's over.

So as long as you hang in there and keep showing up for yourself being consistent, you will notice you begin to feel so much more confident and at ease as you go about life.

And sometimes it's helpful when you rely on yourself for something that you really don't want to do.

And especially if this has to do with somehow connecting with others.

So I'll give you an example.

I had a lot to do this week.

It was a major weekend for me. And one of our neighbors I found out

had just had a surgery. And I wanted to deliver a meal for her. But I thought,

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