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Good morning and welcome to Wake Me Up.

The podcast Where Morning People Are Made. In today's episode I

have a little story for you from my own front yard. Hopefully it will remind you of your own extraordinary ability to survive, overcome, and succeed even if you don't think you can.

But before we get there, let's take a moment

to wake ourselves up.

So whether you're in bed or you're up and about already. It doesn't matter. Let's all pause together and

take a big breath in. Fill all the way into your belly.

And then slowly exhale. Just let all of that air go. And as you face the beginning of this day, think of a reason you're happy to be here.

Something you've got to look forward to,

an adventure you'd like to see happen.

Friends, we have so much to be thrilled about today. Friends, we have so much to be thrilled about today.

Let's not waste another minute. If you're in bed,

roll over and make your way to standing up.

All right, now that we're all up let's take one quick but nice and big stretch

So stand up straight take a deep inhale and reach your hands to the sky.

Stretch all the way out.

Then exhale and fold forward.

Release.

Let everything relax.

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