Hey everyone, my name is Rosie and I'm one of the new hosts of Radio Headspace.

I'm an author and a yoga meditation teacher and my new episodes are debuting February of next year.

I can't wait to share them with you.

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It's a call and advice show where Headspace teachers answer questions each week about anything and everything.

We talk about family, relationships, mindfulness and so much more.

You can find Dear Headspace on the Headspace app or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

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Greetings. My name is Kaisanga and I welcome you to Radio Headspace.

And Happy Friday. This is actually the first Friday of the new year 2022. Pretty exciting.

Today, we will discuss the mindfulness concept of non-striving.

This concept of non-striving provides us with some guidance in an effective way to accomplish any goal that we set for ourselves.

So in today's world, there's a general notion of achieving and advancing, setting goals and accomplishing them.

I think it really starts from when we are babies. I remember when our daughters were born.

The goal or accomplishment my wife and I immediately instilled until our newborn babies was to effectively latch onto my wife for breastfeeding.

If they weren't successful, then we gently encourage them to keep trying.

And when they were successful, then we praised them for it.

I'm positive this is common for many new parents and their infants.

And even though the baby doesn't understand the words that are being said, remembering that 80 to 85% of communication is non-verbal,

I believe that the baby is able to get the idea of what's going on.

They receive the message that there's a goal to accomplish.

And so this continues as the baby is learning how to walk, learning how to talk, and then school starts, kindergarten to elementary, middle school, high school, college, and then it's on to the career and beyond.

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