This is episode 1,836. Welcome to the Daily Meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I honor you

for showing up for yourself today. I know it can be difficult to find the time to give yourself a little more

peace, energy, and clarity.

And as I record this, it is for a Saturday.

You may be listening to this any day of the week, and that is fine.

But if you are listening to this on the weekend, this can be a great time for you to spend a little longer meditating.

During the week, there can be so much happening your way.

But on the weekend, I hope you will give yourself at least one day per week

where you can go a little longer and go into your meditation a little more deeply.

You will find that you begin to crave this time where you have this space and stillness to connect to the best part of you.

That's the part of you that's often concealed throughout the week because you're so busy

and you may not really have time to fully express your true inner nature.

In today's episode, I want to congratulate you if you've been with us all week long

as we have explored managing distress.

Whether your distress is intense anger or fear or trauma,

maybe from a betrayal in a relationship

or even with a family member or colleague, maybe your distress is from grief.

Whatever kind of distress you may experience at this moment or that you may have experienced

in your past, as you have managed your distress with different meditation

techniques this week know that one of the best ways to really gain an awareness to gauge your progress is by reflecting.

Reflecting over your week.

And this is what I share with you in each Saturday's meditation.

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