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Hi, I'm Sam and welcome to Radio Headspace. It's Thursday morning and I'm at the Headspace

Recording Studio. I find myself here more and more these days, which has been a lot of fun.

I recently recorded a set of meditations and when we record we contend with outside noises.

Every time we hear a plane or lawnmower or some other mysterious sound we have to pause and

re-record parts of the meditation. And on most days we only have to pause a few times over the

course of a few hours. But on this particular day we had to stop every few minutes.

So I noticed that I was getting frustrated as my meditative state was continually interrupted.

I had to re-establish my energy and focus and I was feeling some frustration and exasperation.

In these moments I'm so grateful to have the tools of emotion regulation at my disposal.

And I started to think about all the moments when I had developed these skills and then taught them

to children. I've been teaching mindfulness and emotional regulation to children, teens,

and families for over 10 years and I've worked in schools, treatment centers, and universities

both around Los Angeles and abroad. And there were so many times working with children when

I had to start and stop as they learned the basic art of sitting still, sometimes for just 5 to 10

seconds at a time. I learned to let go of my plan and expectations pretty early on in my career

and I adapted the sessions by meeting them where they were. I celebrated each incremental victory,

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