The Reasonable Part of All Sorts of Feelings During the Day, Every Day

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🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:28.5	From Nicole, I'm a long-time listener, my husband's girlfriend, and my kid's mom.
0:34.3	Today I spent much of the day feeling overwhelmed and a bit depressed.
0:38.2	Oh, gosh. And a tiny bit sorry for myself. I was about to venture into the kitchen and eat a whole bag of cookies.
0:45.9	And all of a sudden your voice popped into my head. Get up. Get off the couch. Go for a walk.
0:52.4	Breathe in the fresh air. Listen to music. listen to a podcast, so I chose one of your
0:58.4	recent episodes on Sirius and just keep walking. So I did. Toward the end of my walk,
1:06.9	my head was clear. My heart was less heavy. I felt ready to take on the week ahead.
1:13.1	I must have been smiling when I got home because my husband said, wow, that walk must have been a good one.
1:20.9	Thank you for being the voice inside my head so many times throughout my life.
1:26.6	And then she said something sweet to me and I'll keep it to myself.
1:30.1	But, whoa, that's the triumvirate.
1:33.3	You're going to have all kinds of feelings during the day, every day.
1:39.5	And that's just a reasonable part of being alive and being a human being.
1:45.6	That's number one.
1:47.7	Number two, you have more control over your mood than you think.
1:58.5	Should I go to a therapist and get medicine?
2:04.6	Not necessarily.
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