Letting Loose

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

It's easy to get caught up in what others think of us. But the thing is, we ultimately can't control people's thoughts! Today, Sam explores ways to be less inhibited. Sam has taught mindfulness and social emotional learning to teens, families and adults all over the world for more than 12 years. She obtained her master’s degrees in clinical and educational psychology from Columbia University, and an M.S. in emotion science from Mid-Sweden University. You can reach out to Sam on Instagram here! Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, happy Friday and welcome to Radio Headspace.
0:18.6	It's Sam here.
0:21.0	I hope you have something enjoyable you're looking forward to this weekend.
0:25.1	I personally love being active during most weekends and I've been especially enjoying
0:29.8	playing tennis.
0:31.3	I feel a release because I can express all of my emotions during gameplay, grunting loudly
0:36.9	when I hit the ball and cheering when I score.
0:40.6	It's so satisfying and such a release of energy and it just feels wonderful to not have
0:45.8	to hold back.
0:47.6	So this got me thinking about how important these moments are by reflecting on the people
0:53.0	and experiences that bring out our authentic selves and savoring the moments while we're
0:58.2	in them.
0:59.2	We feel called to do more of what brings that out in us and give ourselves permission
1:03.6	to be more authentic wherever we are.
1:08.5	When we're feeling self-conscious we start to constrain parts of ourselves that can make
1:12.6	us feel stifled and exhausted.
1:15.4	We need people, we need experiences that invite us to fully express ourselves without feeling
1:20.8	self-conscious, without holding back.
1:24.1	So with this in mind, I invite you to just take a moment and think, who can you be yourself
1:29.6	around?
1:30.6	And start to think of all the mental gymnastics that go on in our minds when we're in situations
1:36.1	where the stakes are higher, like at work.
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