I am so excited to talk to you about (in my opinion) the ultimate self-care, self-healing practice there is. It's a practice that has truly changed the trajectory of my Being..... Meditation

But realizing the power and impact that meditation had on my life didn't come until months and months later. 

Here's the thing... you don't eat a salad one day after a lifetime of eating fast food every day and all of a sudden lose 20 lbs, have more energy more of the time, and heal your gut health. You will most likely feel better in the moment, but you reap the bigger rewards later on and with consistency. This is the same concept for meditation. You don't meditate just once and all of a sudden reap the benefits of less stress, less anxiety, more patience, more calm, and so many others that will positively impact other areas of your life. You will likely feel better, less stressed, and more calm in the moment after just one meditation practice. But the real benefits from meditation come from all of the consistent,  seemingly insignificant short practices over a period of time.

I talk about how I got started meditating, how the practice has helped me, my current practice, and common preconceived thoughts.... thoughts I also once had.

These thoughts and beliefs included:

• Thinking there was a specific way to meditate
• It was bad to have thoughts come to mind and that I needed to force them out so my mind was clear with zero random thoughts (and would do so with frustration)
• Thinking that meditation was about clearing my mind completely and free of thoughts the entire time
• Believing I had to set up a space specifically for meditation
• Worried I would feel guilty if I didn't meditate every single day
• "I don't have time to meditate"
• "Running is my meditation"

I also share a few specific examples of how meditation has helped those in my social media community.

In the beginning of the episode I chat life updates:

• Coach Care Connect audition
• A (very painful and random) internal stye that I got
• TEDx event I attended + takeaways
• Raw food eating + a mindset shift
• I answer the question "What's the positive from Covid?"
• Decluttering/re-selling clothes/creating an extra income online

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