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Radio Headspace

Not Fun, But Funny

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We don't have to let spoiled plans get us down. Today, Sam talks about finding the humor and joy in whatever life throws at you.  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

Transcript

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Hi everyone, Sam here.

0:16.4

Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Friday.

0:20.9

So I recently went on vacation and on our trip my husband, stepdaughter and I faced some

0:26.9

unexpected challenges.

0:29.4

It started when we took a ferry from the Greek island of Naxos to Mekonos.

0:34.6

On the ferry over we encountered an absurd scene of mass sea sickness.

0:40.3

When we finally got off the boat, shaken and stirred, I thought about having to take another

0:45.5

boat to our final destination, the peaceful island of Samos.

0:50.3

But I insisted that we stay in Mekonos for the night as I couldn't imagine getting on

0:54.4

another boat until my lingering sea sickness subsided.

1:00.8

What I didn't know was just how popular, loud and expensive Mekonos was going to be.

1:06.3

We spent hours trying to find an available taxi and a hotel.

1:10.6

While we were trying to figure out all of these logistics, we were sorting out two major

1:14.6

fraudulent charges on my account.

1:17.0

And it was at this moment that I was grateful to have my mindfulness practice.

1:22.0

I thought, things rarely turn out the way we expect them to.

1:26.1

And then I chose to surrender and just laugh at it all.

1:32.6

Mindfulness offers so much in moments like these.

1:36.7

We can call on our resilience and flexibility when we need it the most.

1:41.0

We're able to rebound from the difficult emotions and thoughts that arise from these

1:45.7

unexpected setbacks and then flexibly choose how we want to respond to them.

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