Hey friends, welcome to the Rhythms for Life Podcast where each week we talk about four rhythms

that help you reduce stress and anxiety and take charge of your emotional health. Rest,

restore, connect, create. These ideas come from Rebecca's best-selling book,

Rhythms of Renewal, trading stress and anxiety for a life of peace and purpose. So grab your

copy, invite your friends and let's live in rhythm. Welcome back I'm Rebecca and I'm Gabe

and happy post Valentine's. That's right Valentine's Day those of you who are practicing the rhythm

of connect I hope you were intentional to tell somebody in your life that you love them. It might

have been your daughter like in my case was important. Anyone doesn't have to be like you know

your boyfriend or your husband it can be anyone that's special. Kennedy is so affectionate with

her dog like always wants to remake sure that floor gets remembered on all the holidays as well.

I enjoy now I mean in first grade it takes me back to those days you know providing the little

Valentine's for all the kids to pass out I mean yeah it's so awesome. It's so sweet except now you

really can't do candy it has to be like Play-Doh or a new race. Nothing with peanuts. But

but listen the the pro tip from this weekend is when a Valentine's Day hits on a weekend

it's intense because everybody feels the pressure to make it happen for dinner that night or

going out and for years we've just been very intentional to go out the night before or the day after

I prefer the night before yeah ahead of it there's usually reservations available you don't have

to pay some of the extra cost could they get thrown in with restaurants taking advantage of that now

roses are always cheaper after Valentine for sure and so it's chocolate yeah if you're trying to

on a budget yeah go for the 15th if you're trying to just stay ahead of the curve go for the 14

yeah you could always just get flowers at Costco any day and save some money at that way but this

is not an endorsement. We're here to help you with pro tips on your daily life. Yeah this

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