Do you ever get sweaty palms, a racing heart, feel like you're about to have a panic attack, or at least you're about to slip into a bout of nervousness?  You can change the narrative by saying these three words.  I AM EXCITED.  Research shows that when people reappraise anxiety as excitement, they move out of a threat mindset of what can go wrong into an opportunity mindset of what can go right. 

Harvard Business School did a study where they studied this phenomenon of saying, I am excited in 3 situations:  public speaking,  test taking, and  karaoke. 

Participants who said I AM EXCITED beforehand  sang 17 percent better, were 17 percent better at public speaking,  and 22  percent better at taking a math test.

My healing tip for you today is to hold your ring and little finger to help build your confidence and let go of trying to do something vs simply doing it. The practice is called Jin Shin Jyutsu, a 3000 year old healing practice that balances mind, body and spirit, ease physical discomfort and pain, supports you emotionally and so much more. 

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This wise piece of advice comes from my 16-year-old student. 

I had given a random act of kindness assignment to my Yoga for Stress Management students. I teach yoga at a nearby community college. In this episode, I share one of my student's random acts of kindness and an aha she had in her reflection.

She realized simply because your a mom or an adult, you don't know everything. "This is all our first time living and we all get to learn every day!"

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This one word that many of use often can make us sound less confident, less certain and less grateful.

Can you guess what it is? 

Just 

Yes, just. Think about it. We might say, "I'm just calling to ask," vs "I'm calling to ask"

Which sounds more confident? Yes, the second one. 

Using the word just  minimizes whatever comes next.

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Do you work with your energy?

What does that mean? We all have a time of day when we feel the most energized. That's the time of day to exercise, create or start a difficult project because we'll have more stamina. A lot of get stuck because we try to do things when we're energy depleted. 

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When people say something negative to you, do you dwell on it?  Do you find you keep replaying it in your head?  If you answered yes then believe it or not,  you're actually cosigning with that way of thinking. Some part of you is agreeing with what they said. 

Don Miguel Luis.  Author of the Four Agreements says, "Don't take anything personally  because what others say to us has nothing to do with us."  When the speaker's words are unkind or off base, it's because they're being triggered about something.  It has to do with them, not us. And the same is true for us.

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We spend so much time looking to where we're going, but we often don't take time to look at where we've come from. 

Look back a year ago, or maybe five years or maybe to when you were a kid and look at all that you've accomplished. Maybe it's a shift in mindset or a way of being or something else. 

Take time to see where you've come from and where you are today. Celebrate that. 

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So today I share with you a guided Jin Shin Jyutsu meditation that I taught live via zoom on Monday. (All are always welcome to join live. You can get the log-in details in my Sunday newsletter). You can sign up for that via my website: www.suzanneabarron.com

This meditation is all about embracing the magic of today and tapping into your strength, your power, your creativity and your right to be happy. 

This episode is a little longer than my previous episodes of late because it's a guided meditation. 

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Do you ever find yourself saying, I'll do it tomorrow?  Tomorrow I'll  be ready. But guess what?  That which you can create today  with that energy, that outlook, that way of being might not be available tomorrow.

Maybe tomorrow you'll be even more tired or maybe you'll be pulled in a different direction.  

As Elizabeth Gilbert writes about the same thing in her book, big magic, the spark of genius that you feel right now needs to be acted on right now, or it might pass you by. 

What if that dream you have right now won't be as crisp when you're finally ready to act on it.  Think back to something you wanted to do even five years ago. Do you still have the same intimate details of how you were going to approach it? 

The person you are today likely can't conjure up those same experiences.  

My Jin Shin Jyutsu healing tip for you today is to  hold each of your fingers  for three breaths each and each palm for three breaths each. This will raise your vibration. It will calm that chatter about how you're not ready and you're not able and now's not a good time. You'll stop the low level ruminating thoughts. 

If you'd like to learn more about Jin Shin Jyutsu, visit my website: www.suzanneabarron.com

Your gifts need to be realized.  You have  a spark that the world desperately needs. 

Until tomorrow, be well.   

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Once we become impatient, it can stay with us for hours after. It impacts our perspective, how we look at things, how we treat others. 

But, we get to choose how we respond. Do we want to make whatever happened this huge deal? Because that's what we do when we get impatient.  We make such a big deal, so much bigger than it is. so much bigger than it needs to be.  But how do we shift and not allow it take hold of us? 

Use your breath. Focus on your breath. Inhaling and exhaling helps to move that block of energy that impatience creates. It helps to dissipate the annoyance and keep you in a level space. 

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Until tomorrow. Be well. 

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What is it that you really want to do?  Have you ever thought about it?  Or are you simply going through the motions,  checking off boxes on that to do list, errands that you need to run, work that you need to complete?  

Have you taken time  each day  or at least once a week  to dream?  To think about possibilities and opportunities, and even if they feel outlandish,  go with it.

See what you can come up with.  

You can tap into so much of what  you truly want  when you take  time for yourself.

It can be so simple.  You can go for a walk in nature. And if nature's far from you, you can simply go for a walk around the block.  You can take a bath.  You can lie in bed 10 minutes longer when you first get up in the morning.  

It's important to take time to dream,  to look beyond our responsibilities and see what it is that lights us up.  If you're feeling stuck,  set your timer for four minutes  and visualize  a way that you want to feel.  So,  just feel. the sensation of being happy or the sensation of being excited.  You can tap into a time that you were happy or that you were excited to get that energy flowing  because emotions are simply energy in motion. 

And sit in that energy, sit in that excitement, breathing in,  Inhaling in and exhaling out. Simply doing this four minute practice., even if you don't know where you're headed or where you want to be headed to,  will raise your vibration.  Think of it like a radio. Sometimes we'll search for something on the radio and  just getting static.

And a lot of times it feels like static in our life. But when we find the right channel, everything is clear.  Taking the time to raise your vibration, by focusing on a happy memory or something in the future that might light you up, sitting in that emotion for only four minutes  can shift your entire day. 

And once you become more comfortable with thinking about something you might want to be, do, or have, then you focus only on the end result and how it makes you feel, not the how to get there.  That also raises your vibration. And once your vibration is raised,  then your vision is expanded beyond what you can see in front of you. 

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