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Wake Me Up and to this

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guided morning meditation that will help you

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have a fantastic day. No

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matter what's going on in your life, you

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can be happy today. You

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can be full of positive energy. You

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can be productive and effective. You

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can be an infectious person

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that everyone wants to be around. Because

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all of that is made possible

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by something you are in complete control

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of, your own mental

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state. I

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applaud you for coming this far, for

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choosing this episode, so I

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encourage you to see it all the way through. Take

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this time now to cultivate

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that positive mindset so

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that you can and do have

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a fantastic day. If

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you're starting this episode from bed, I

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do recommend that you roll over and sit up, but

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that's solely so you don't fall back asleep. Wherever

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you are, go ahead and

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find a comfortable position that you'd

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like to meditate in. And

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once you've found that position, just take

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a nice deep breath, fill

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all the way up to the chest and the

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belly, hold

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at the top, and

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then exhale, release, and gently

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go ahead and close your eyes. Take

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this first moment just to settle

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in. .''

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And releasing tension that might be anywhere else

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in your body. And

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once you're physically settled, then

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you can begin to mentally settle

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yourself. And

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the easiest way to do that is

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by resting your attention on

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the breath. As

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your focus on the breath deepens, those

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other thoughts that pop up and

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distract you from time to time, they'll

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begin to fade away. But

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that's never going to be absolute. They'll

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still come up from time to time. And

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that's perfectly fine whenever they

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do. Just bring your

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mind back to the breath. Focusing

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on the breath like this, not

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only calms the body, but

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this is the silver bullet for

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mental happiness, mental

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stability, and mental

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health overall. Because

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by allowing distractions to arise,

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and then retraining the mind to let go of

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them, over

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and over and over, you're

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teaching the mind to

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ignore distractions. And

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this is your superpower.

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This is your

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path to a fantastic day, every

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single day. This

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is your path to a fantastic day. Alright,

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fantastic. Now

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that the body and the mind

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are a little more settled, let's

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begin to visualize what

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this fantastic day might look like.

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And we can do that simply

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by posing a few simple

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questions to the mind, and

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then allowing it to fill

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in whatever pictures, ideas, sounds,

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sensations come up. So

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envision

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what it might be like to

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be happy today. What

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might happen? What

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might you see? What

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might you feel? And

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what might this day be like if

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you were full of positive energy? What

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might it be like today if

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you were productive and effective?

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What might today be like if

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you were that infectious person that

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other people gravitate towards and

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look up to? And

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lastly, what

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might today be like if

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you were the creator of

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a fantastic day? All

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right, great. Well,

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it's about time to wrap up our meditation.

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So let's take one more nice deep breath,

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filling up with all of the

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positive energy of this fantastic day

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you're about to begin. Hold

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and then exhale and

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release any more tension from your body, any

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doubts or fears, any

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limiting beliefs that might be holding you back.

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Perfect. And

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now you can begin to bring yourself back to

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the present, to the space that

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you're in, noticing

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whatever's supporting your body, whether

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that's a chair, the floor or

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something else. Feeling

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that sense of the air on your skin. Now

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inhale deepest breath you've

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taken yet today. Hold

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at the top and

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then exhale, release. And

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when you're ready, you can open your

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eyes, collect yourself, and

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come out of that. Well,

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my friend, I hope you enjoyed

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that meditation and that you're

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ready for a fantastic day. Recognize

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that you stand on the precipice

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of a brand new opportunity, a

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chance to create the life that you've

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always wanted. That

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life can begin today. All

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you have to do is choose to make

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it so, and then put

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it into action. None

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of this matters unless you

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put that visualization of a

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fantastic day into action.

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Believe that you are the kind of

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person who creates this kind of day,

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this kind of life for themselves. Because

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it's true, you are. You

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chose to be here. You clicked

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on this episode for a reason. Because

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there's a seed inside of you that knows.

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So go and be that person

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today. And

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if you have one more second before you go,

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it would mean a lot if you liked

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this episode and left a comment or review.

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And I hope to see you back here soon on Wake Me

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Up. Until then, go

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out and have an absolutely

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fantastic day.