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Speaker 1: Appogie production. Hi, I'm Jennifer Cray. Welcome to your evening mantra.

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Speaker 1: If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or

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Speaker 1: lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax

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Speaker 1: your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention

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Speaker 1: to your breath, drawing your breath down into your heart.

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Speaker 1: Thoughts are just thoughts. You are not your thoughts, and

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Speaker 1: your thoughts aren't necessarily factual or truthful. The more separation

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Speaker 1: we can get from our thoughts, the more we see

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Speaker 1: the truth and untruth of thoughts. A helpful meditation exercise

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Speaker 1: is to label your thoughts as they come up. Name

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Speaker 1: what they are planning for future thoughts, reminiscing for past thoughts,

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Speaker 1: story making from making up situations that haven't occurred yet,

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Speaker 1: judging for any critical or judging thoughts. You can make

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Speaker 1: a special name for self criticism, like miss BOSSI or

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Speaker 1: mister not so nice, or maybe whoever your self critic

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Speaker 1: sounds like. If you get distracted from the labeling, feel

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Speaker 1: free to label that too distracted, and then gently bring

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Speaker 1: your attention back to your breath. By labeling, you can

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Speaker 1: easily notice what sort of thoughts you have. You can

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Speaker 1: see themes and patterns. You will experience the separateness from

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Speaker 1: your thoughts and come to know the truth for yourself.

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Speaker 1: Today's mantra, I label my thoughts. Repeat to yourself, either

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Speaker 1: out loud or in your mind. I label my thoughts.

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