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Hi there, it's Dora. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Monday. One podcast I've been really

loving lately is The Huberman Podcast, where Dr. Andrew Huberman explores different wellness

topics using scientific research and data. In an episode about the science of gratitude,

he explained that writing down the things we're grateful for doesn't actually have that

much of an impact on our physical and mental well-being, especially when it's forced. I'm

sure we've all been there. Sometimes you pressure ourselves to be or feel certain things

that we aren't. It was reported that in order to activate the circuits in the brain related

to gratitude, we need to put ourselves in the shoes of another person who's receiving

things. So let's take a moment just to try this together. If you can, get comfortable,

then take three big deep breaths, breathing in through the nose, and out through the mouth.

And then returning the breath back to its natural rhythm. And thinking back to this time last

year. What were you doing and who were you with? Maybe there were certain situations you

found yourself in. Just take a moment to reflect with a sense of compassion. And then begin

to thank yourself or appreciate the you that existed back then. And then you can

have a feeling of compassion. And then begin to thank yourself or appreciate the you that

existed back then. And the you that you are now. What has happened in between and what

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