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Speaker 1: Apogee Production.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the shep Risers Podcast. I'm Ashley and I'm Tiana.

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Speaker 3: This podcast is about female empowerment and encouraging you to

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Speaker 3: be your biggest and boldest and most authentic version of yourself.

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Speaker 2: We help you shed the shame grows to a new level.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna laugh, cry, and talk about the topics everyone

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Speaker 2: else is too afraid to talk about.

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Speaker 3: Get ready for your next level of self.

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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, welcome back to the podcast. Today, we're going

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Speaker 1: to do a beautiful gratitude meditation and this has been

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Speaker 1: requested by quite a few women and we just think

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Speaker 1: it's something that everyone can incorporate more into that day

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Speaker 1: to day life. More gratitude, more calm, more nervous system relaxation.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna get straight into it, all right, if

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Speaker 1: you're driving, maybe wait to your home or pull over arts.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go for six minutes. So getting in

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Speaker 1: a really comfortable position, taking some big breaths wherever you are,

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Speaker 1: were you to take a moment to arrive. This is

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Speaker 1: your time, just for you, This is your space.

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Speaker 3: Together, we are going to breathe to ground and to

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Speaker 3: really center ourselves in the powerful energy of gratitude.

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Speaker 1: Now, gently close your eyes if that feels safe, and

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Speaker 1: allow your body to settle in how deeply through your

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Speaker 1: nose and exhil slowly through your mouth.

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Speaker 3: Feel your shoulders softened and inhale again. Feel your lungs,

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Speaker 3: your heart, your belly, and exhale, letting go of any tension,

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Speaker 3: any worry, or anything that is not serving you right now.

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Speaker 1: Let's do one more big breath together. Inhale, you pause

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Speaker 1: and exhale.

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Speaker 3: Beautiful, Now bring your awareness to your body. Feel the

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Speaker 3: ground beneath you, strong, steady and supportive. You are held,

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Speaker 3: You are safe, You are here.

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Speaker 1: Let gratitude begin in your body. I want you to

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Speaker 1: thank your feet for every single step they've taken you

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Speaker 1: to get you to where you are right now.

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Speaker 3: Keep breathing and start to thank your legs and your

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Speaker 3: hips and your strong foundation for holding you upright in

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Speaker 3: this world. Can start to thank your hands, your arms

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Speaker 3: for all they've created, held and healed.

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Speaker 1: Ready to thank your heart for beating, for loving, for

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Speaker 1: being so resilient through all that you've been through. You

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Speaker 1: are a living, breathing miracle.

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Speaker 3: Now begin to call into your mind the things that

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Speaker 3: you are grateful for. Big or small picture the one

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Speaker 3: thing that brings you the most joy. Maybe it's the

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Speaker 3: sound of laughter, the warmth of sun on your skin,

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Speaker 3: or the embrace of someone who truly, truly sees you.

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Speaker 3: Really want you to hold that image in your heart.

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Speaker 1: As you're holding it, feel it expands. Now bring to

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Speaker 1: mind a woman in your life, could be a sister,

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Speaker 1: a friend, a mentor someone who's really lifted you up,

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Speaker 1: and feel the gratitude rise in your chest for her

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Speaker 1: presence in your life.

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Speaker 3: I want you to whisper the words thank you in

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Speaker 3: your heart so the gratitude that you have for this person,

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Speaker 3: allow it to feel that love expanding from your heart.

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Speaker 3: And now turn that love inward. Think of one thing

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Speaker 3: about yourself that you were grateful for.

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Speaker 1: Is it your strength? Is it your intuition, your kindness,

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Speaker 1: maybe your fire? Say it in your mind, I am

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Speaker 1: grateful for who I am, and let that truth echo

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Speaker 1: through you.

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Speaker 3: As you feel that gratitude for who you are today.

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Speaker 3: Let's speak some affirmations together. You can repeat them in

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Speaker 3: your mind or out loud if you feel called to.

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Speaker 1: I am enough exactly as I am. I honor the

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Speaker 1: woman I've been and the woman I'm becoming.

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Speaker 3: I radiate gratitude, power, and love. I trust the path

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Speaker 3: that I am on.

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Speaker 1: I am grounded in grace and rising in strength. Every

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Speaker 1: single day I grow more aligned with my truth.

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Speaker 3: I am grateful for this life and for the woman living.

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Speaker 1: In Begin to bring your awareness back to this moment,

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Speaker 1: right here, right now, I want you to slowly such

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Speaker 1: a weird your fingers and your toes.

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Speaker 3: And just take one more deep, nourishing breath in and

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Speaker 3: exhale gently, really let your shoulders sink all the way down,

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Speaker 3: and when you're ready, you can open your eyes.

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Speaker 1: That was so beautiful and know that this calm, beautiful, grateful,

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Speaker 1: inspired energy is always there to access. Sometimes we just

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Speaker 1: need to fully slow down, take some breaths in, and

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Speaker 1: connect back with our heart and our body and just

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Speaker 1: sit with ourselves. So thank you so much for sharing

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Speaker 1: this space, for honoring yourself, and for walking this path

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Speaker 1: with intention and grace.

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Speaker 3: And just remember, the more gratitude that you carry day

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Speaker 3: to day, the more empowered you are going to feel

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Speaker 3: day to day, and the more beautiful your journey will become.

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Speaker 1: So don't forget. We're going to leave this here. You

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Speaker 1: are so powerful, you are so worthy you were safe,

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Speaker 1: and you were deeply, deeply loved. We love you, guys,

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Speaker 1: We love you. Have a beautiful day.

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Speaker 3: Bye.