This is episode 1,857 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I'm honored you are here.

Getting ready to give yourself a little more peace, energy and

clarity as you discover a meditation technique you can do on the go or in your meditation ritual today.

And that is the theme of this week's series.

It's all about meditation techniques you can do when you are right smack in the midst of

your most stressful moments. And that's often when you need these techniques the most.

Your meditation techniques are not just reserved for your time seated in your meditation chair or on your meditation cushion.

When you take these techniques and weave them into the busy stressful moments of your days, you will begin to notice you respond

so much better to stress.

In fact, what you do is pretty significant. You actually

create new neural pathways in your brain. This is the final episode of our seven-part series of Stress On the Go.

And in the final episode of each series I share with you a reflection meditation technique that is

what I believe to be one of the most powerful ways you can begin to become aware of stress in your life.

It all starts with awareness. It's so common to feel numbed out to emotions and to stress and to distractions. You may find that distractions and even overwhelm

is a way to soothe yourself when you are experiencing stress.

So you may make a habit out of distraction.

You may find yourself googling the days news or looking at text messages or

checking email or even looking at certain YouTube videos or television or any other addiction

including substance addictions, that help you feel as though

you're relieving stress. It makes you feel comforted because you've trained yourself to feel this way when you do these certain activities

So you've attached meaning in your brain.

Meditation can help you reverse that by allowing you when you're under stress to access the critical thinking part of your brain at your

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