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Hello, welcome to Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets mindful. I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, Life Coach and Psychotherapist, and on today's

episode, I'm sharing a meditation inspired by gusto. Melt like butter.

So if you're a long time listener of the show, you know that we think of gusto, our standard

poodle as the show mascot, and I often teach from a pet's perspective. For so many of us, our pets are the example of unconditional love.

In this way, I think pets are better than we are as human beings. It's hard for us to embody an unconditional love for ourselves and for other people.

Our pets are gurus of emotional intelligence in this way. Our dogs have a way of being present in a way that we struggle with, especially in this modern society that pulls at us, that expects us to be on top of countless, countless details.

So in honor of my sweet, sweet boy, I'm offering this meditation.

So let me tell you about melt like butter. This is a thing in my house. So gusto, he's a standard poodle. He's a big 80 pound ball of fluff, and he's a big goofball. He's a siliguse.

And when he does this thing where when we're patting him, he sort of melts into the ground.

And I started calling it melt like butter. So when I'm patting him and he does this thing where just every muscle in his body goes limp, and he just slides onto the floor as if he becomes one with the floor, like a puppy with no bones.

I started saying this so much to him, aw, sweet boy. Oh, yeah, melt like butter.

But I said it one day from across the room when he had like little sleepy puppy face. Those of you who are parents, I know you notice the face of your child, and there's a very specific little tired face that we can see.

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