This is episode 2,191 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.

I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to day five of our series.

This is a series all about managing negative moods.

And as you launch into your new year, you may notice that you are excited to

turn over a new leaf, or you are feeling a little apprehension and wondering if you're really

going to be able to accomplish all these big goals you may have set for yourself. One of the most powerful ways

you can create this space to be open and receptive to inviting something new into your life

is by managing your moods, not allowing your inner peace to be influenced by whatever

is going on in the world around you, or with the people in your life, or with your job,

or with your health, or with your cluttered home or whatever it might be.

Feeling a sense of peace and feeling grounded in that piece.

So in today's episode, you're going to be guided in a meditation to uplift your consciousness.

So you could think of this as a higher consciousness meditation. And I invite you to consider your mood simply as a state of consciousness. Whatever

you might be inviting into your thoughts at that moment. That's why it's so

vitally important to take good care of yourself. Self care is not an indulgent. It's a vital part

of feeling okay with the world and with yourself.

And many of you likely set a few New Year's goals that have to do with self-care. Maybe you're committed to eating more greens,

or you are committed to doing some body weight conditioning or using a sauna or spending more quality time with loved ones.

Your New Year's goals are likely all over the place because that's how life is.

It's everywhere we can't escape life.

So as you live your life to the fullest,

focus on feeling within yourself

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