Overcome Self-Defeating Thoughts, Day 4 Managing Procrastination
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
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🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Let go of thought patterns that hold you back.
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This week you're guided to manage one of the most difficult challenges in life -- procrastination. You may be surprised to learn that procrastination isn't necessarily about time management. Be guided as you gain insight each day to help you manage procrastination, and get ready to meditate with more peace, energy, and clarity.
This is day 4 of a 7-day MANAGING PROCRASTINATION meditation series, episodes 2720-2726.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE
You're Invited To Take Part In an Emotional Regulation Quest
Notice your emotional response to stressors. Begin to identify and name the emotions you experience the most when you're under stress. This is a great week to keep a Journal of your emotions.
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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.Let go of repetitive negative thoughts.
This week, you are invited to take part in an emotional healing journey. You'll be guided through 7-steps to heal your emotions. It's all too common to conceal your reactions to stressors in life and to neglect your emotions. This week, you'll be guided to honor your emotional state.
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| 0:00.0 | I welcome you to episode 2723 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Mary Mechley and I'm so honored you are here getting ready to do one of the best things |
| 0:13.8 | you could possibly do for yourself as you get ready to meditate. |
| 0:20.0 | Creating a meditation ritual is one of the gifts that last a lifetime. |
| 0:28.4 | So as you get ready to experience a little more peace, energy, and clarity, |
| 0:36.0 | know that you are in the right place at the right time right here, right now. |
| 0:44.1 | In today's episode, you're going to be guided as we continue along with the week's theme of |
| 0:51.5 | Managing Procrastination. And in each episode, I'm sharing insight with you that you can apply |
| 0:58.6 | to your life right away as you begin to tackle your own procrastination. And as always, I share |
| 1:07.2 | a meditation technique with you as I start you off on two days meditation. I want to thank the |
| 1:16.0 | sponsor of today's episode. This is a resource I've been enjoying immensely and you probably |
| 1:22.6 | understand why if you're a regular listener because I really enjoy sharing insight with you that |
| 1:29.6 | has to do especially with productivity, health, wellness, anything that improves your lifestyle. |
| 1:36.2 | So the sponsor for today's episode short form offers the world's best guides to non-fiction books, |
| 1:45.6 | like super-powered book summaries. They're super detailed. Cover all the books, |
| 1:51.7 | key ideas, have interactive exercises, and add smart insights and analysis. It's a way to take |
| 2:01.2 | books you've always wanted to read and to learn their ideas in a much deeper way. |
| 2:07.6 | Genras that you might be interested in include mindfulness, productivity, health, |
| 2:14.6 | and relationships, and improving just about any area of your life you want to improve. |
| 2:21.2 | Their goals are to make sense of every meaningful idea published in every medium, |
| 2:27.2 | not just in books, but also podcasts, videos, and newsletters. With so much going on in the world, |
| 2:34.4 | I find short form to be so helpful to help me keep up on current events. So I've been reading |
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