Releasing the Morning Rush, Day 2: "The Five-Minute Reset" meditation series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Day 2 is about letting go of the stress that often builds from the moment we wake up. The morning rush can set a tone of hurried anxiety for the entire day. This meditation is designed to release that tension, so you can begin with a sense of clarity and ease.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S SERIES: "THE FIVE-MINUTE RESET"
Welcome to The 5-Minute Reset, your daily dose of calm in a chaotic world. This series is designed for anyone who feels they don't have enough time to meditate, proving that even a few minutes can profoundly change your day. Each episode is a focused, bite-sized practice that will help you de-stress, re-center, and reclaim a sense of peace, no matter how busy you are. By the end of this week, you'll have a powerful toolkit of quick techniques to use anytime, anywhere.
This is day 2 of a 7-day meditation series, "The Five-Minute Reset," episodes 3367-3373.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 3,368 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I am Mary Meckley and I'm honored you are here showing up for yourself, getting ready to do one of the most important things you could do for yourself all day long as you |
| 0:25.1 | give yourself permission to slow down and I wonder how you're doing today and I'm excited to share with you today's five minute reset. |
| 0:41.4 | The theme this week is to give yourself a daily dose of calm with a five minute reset. And today, |
| 0:53.5 | on day two, you're going to be releasing the morning rush and you're going to be |
| 1:03.6 | using a reset technique called an affirmation an affirmation is a positive statement that you repeat out loud or usually it's a |
| 1:20.5 | thought you think to yourself and you want to reinforce this thought. |
| 1:34.6 | And so you make it short, simple, and basically concise. |
| 1:37.9 | So you remember what the affirmation is. |
| 1:39.4 | So you remember to say it. |
| 1:46.4 | And I'll introduce to you this week's featured affirmation. |
| 1:52.9 | It is, I connect to my inner joy. |
| 1:58.7 | So when you're giving yourself a five minute reset, |
| 2:03.8 | which you will be doing very soon, I'll be guiding you through this process I'll be sharing with you as I always do daily insight and this is a way |
| 2:13.5 | for you to go a little more deeply into the week's theme. So make sure you subscribe so you |
| 2:21.2 | don't miss a single episode. The consistency with your meditation ritual is so important for you |
| 2:31.4 | to begin to reap the benefits of more peace, energy, and clarity that |
| 2:39.7 | science is proving more and more as there's a lot more research on how meditation impacts |
| 2:48.6 | your mind and body. |
| 2:50.7 | So make sure you show up for yourself consistently by subscribing. |
| 2:57.6 | Now for your insight for today, I want to share with you about what we all experience and that's that hurried rush feeling we often feel |
| 3:14.1 | in the mornings. So you'll be releasing the morning rush. When you let go of the stress that often |
| 3:23.7 | builds from the moment you wake up, you begin to approach your day in a different way. |
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