Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of The Man Talks podcast. This is a midweek check-in. It is Wednesday. It's middle of the week. It's time to really check in with how you're doing. It's been a crazy week. Let's be honest. No matter what your political affiliations are, it's been a bit of a weird one. And frankly, any week where we lose a Leonard Cohen and gain

a Donald Trump is definitely a strange one. You know, there's probably some guys out there

who are feeling a little stressed about the situation. And I came across a great article that I wanted to share with you today.

The article was from Mindful magazine. I'm not sure if you guys have read Mindful before, but it's a

fantastic magazine that promotes mindfulness and gives you all sorts of really great tips and tools.

And they sent me this article called Now What, and I wanted to share it with you,

and I'll share the direct link on our show notes.

But essentially they outline 10 things you can learn from having a mindfulness practice

that helps foster resilience in the face of whatever life brings.

And let's be honest, we could all use a little bit more of that right now.

So the author is Diana Winston, and she starts out by saying,

here's what I know for my practice.

I know that, one, things change.

So emotions change, thoughts change, the breath changes, nothing is static, and ideologies change.

Political movements come and go.

And if I try to hold on to the way I think things are supposed to be, I'll surely suffer.

And I think that's something we can all take into account right now that, you know, there is always going to be change, whether that's a new political party

or whether you're seeing a candidate that you're backing, unfortunately, not win, or perhaps

one that you aren't happy to see you have won when things are going to change.

But that doesn't mean that you can't have opinions.

It's not unmindful to deeply want the

world to be a certain way. By no means are you supposed to just cower and sit back and say,

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