Hey everyone, it's Dora here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand new

call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers along with

some amazing new friends are answering your questions about relationships, work, life,

mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've ever

created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every Tuesday

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Hi, I'm Samantha and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday. We all know someone who has tremendous

potential but is stuck by their limiting beliefs about themselves. If they could just mute

their inner critic, they'd be freed up to live a life that they were really passionate

about. In the world of mindfulness, one area that fascinates me is this idea of catching

the stories that our minds tell us. Our minds uncomfortable with uncertainty try to

predict the future and protect us from disappointment. It's like our mind has a story machine

that spits out positive or negative stories about how things are depending on whether we

feel sad, happy, energized or exhausted. But there are ways we can interrupt the story

and rewire our habits of mind, which is literally what we do when we meditate. I have to admit

that early in my career therapy clients would come to me with their problems and issues

and I would sometimes dread an upcoming session because I felt this tremendous pressure to

perform and to immediately fix the problems that were being presented to me. And this

dread would sometimes paralyze me. It was truly terrifying and I searched widely for a

way to stop this reaction so I didn't burn out. The story my mind was telling me was that

I was only valuable if I was fixing problems quickly. However, deep down, I also knew from

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