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This is episode 1,377.

Welcome to your daily guided meditation.

How are you?

I hope you are allowing yourself to shift your mood upward just one notch when you're starting to feel as though

you need a mood boost. How is that going for you? Think about what kinds of things trigger your moods and your thoughts.

And then think about how you can avoid those situations,

or tools you could use when you're in the midst of a situation

you might not be able to avoid. In today's episode, you are going to be guided in a breathing technique.

Meditation.

Breathing techniques are some of the most powerful tools at your fingertips.

And remember, you can do these techniques whether or not you are seated meditating. In fact, sitting down to do a full

meditation can take a little time to get used to doing.

So if you're simply sitting in silence,

just getting used to feeling your body relax and your mind become a little calmer and working with

thoughts that may come your way just that is enough. That's taking things up a notch. It doesn't have to be

perfect every time. You don't even have to come away feeling calm and relaxed after

each meditation. Give yourself a lot of credit for simply showing up because it's that consistency

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