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Speaker 3: Hold release, repeating internally to yourself as you connect to

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Speaker 3: my voice. I am deeply well. I am deeply well.

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Speaker 3: I am deeply I'm Debbie Brown and this is the

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Speaker 3: Deeply Well Podcast. Welcome to Deeply Well, a soft place

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Speaker 3: to land on your journey. A podcast for those that

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Speaker 1: Expand in higher consciousness and self care. This is where

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Speaker 1: are we heal, this is where we transcend. Welcome back.

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Speaker 1: I'm Debbie Brown. This is Deeply Well. And on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we are going to dive into all things nourishing your

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Speaker 1: in the way your internal world feels. It all feels

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Speaker 1: different based on what we're around. And so thinking of

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Speaker 1: that this holiday season, start to think about what are

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Speaker 1: some of the ways if you are feeling reactive, you

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Speaker 1: might like to soften or cozy up your environment to

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Speaker 1: better help soothe your senses. I feel like something I

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Speaker 1: was talking about at the beginning of this episode is

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Speaker 1: I really was able to have an experience with that

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Speaker 1: while I was in Miami working because I was so

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Speaker 1: activated and was having such sensory overload in a way

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Speaker 1: that is not as common for me these days, and

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Speaker 1: it really showed me like what my needs were in

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Speaker 1: real time and what I had to change. And so

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Speaker 1: even in my hotel room, I brought some amber night

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Speaker 1: lights and I plug them up everywhere. I always bring

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Speaker 1: my meditation bell with me. I always bring sage with

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Speaker 1: me everywhere. So I was able to support myself by

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Speaker 1: recreating an atmosphere that felt a little more homelike for me.

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Speaker 1: So if you're happening to be traveling this year, you

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Speaker 1: might want to think about that. Or even if you

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Speaker 1: are in the same city but you're just going to

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Speaker 1: be somewhere for a prolonged amount of time, what is

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Speaker 1: the toolkit you need to have with you. I always

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Speaker 1: have to have essential oils with me. I love like

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Speaker 1: a little sauje roller or just a little bottle of

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Speaker 1: sacred freakingcense. I got to have it close and anytime

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Speaker 1: I need it, I take a little whiff, take a sniff,

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Speaker 1: take a deep breath, and let it soothe me. I

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Speaker 1: do the lighting that I talk to. I take longer,

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Speaker 1: hotter showers, I do more goshaw. I will usually like

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Speaker 1: bring like again stage or a little candle or a

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Speaker 1: chime or sound, or I'll have a playlist close something

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Speaker 1: that I can just attune to privately. This can be

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Speaker 1: something you do privately. This can be something that other

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Speaker 1: people see. This can be something that you invite other

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Speaker 1: people to. That is all your choice. But what are

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Speaker 1: some things that you're like, if I bring this, this

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Speaker 1: is kind of like my tool, my aid and my

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Speaker 1: security blanket. Is there something you can keep in your

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Speaker 1: pocket you can just kind of like rub when you

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Speaker 1: need it, or bracelet you can just kind of like

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Speaker 1: grase your hands over that gets you back in your body,

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Speaker 1: that gets you back present. You may not have all

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Speaker 1: the answers for that now, but it could be really

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Speaker 1: nice to sit and think about it with a little

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Speaker 1: more detail before you get ready to kind of be

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Speaker 1: in environment that may feel more stressful. So notice what

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Speaker 1: is your individual ritual recipe that is necessary for you

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Speaker 1: and try to meet that need a little bit more deeply.

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Speaker 1: Energetic clearing is really, really, really important. And I know

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Speaker 1: we have all been seeing these like massive bundles of

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Speaker 1: sage all over the gram right, and it's like, oh,

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Speaker 1: I need to clear the space. I need to clear

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Speaker 1: the energy. Yes, and in littler ways and easier ways

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Speaker 1: it can be done too, like pulling off like one

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Speaker 1: leaf from the sage and just holding it and lighting

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Speaker 1: that one leaf. Just take what you need, right, No

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Speaker 1: need to kind of overdo any of it that in

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Speaker 1: a way that's not necessary, But clearing energy can be

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Speaker 1: really really helpful energetically, sensory wise in terms of just

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Speaker 1: creating a little space for yourself. So this can be

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Speaker 1: in the environment you're going into if that's possible, but

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Speaker 1: especially in your home. I'd recommend something I did last week. Actually,

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Speaker 1: one of my dear friends who has been a guest

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Speaker 1: on this show twice, doctor Sheila Marie Campbell. She has

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Speaker 1: an incredible energy practice. She's a doctor of Chinese medicine,

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Speaker 1: and we just did this big ritual at my house

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Speaker 1: that I hadn't done in about five years, where she

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Speaker 1: came in and we energetically like cleansed each room in

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Speaker 1: my house, in each area and kind of set a

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Speaker 1: prayer and an intention in each room and in each space.

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Speaker 1: And it is something that feels like such a gift

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Speaker 1: to my life whenever I have the time and space

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Speaker 1: to really do that, and it felt really useful for

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Speaker 1: me going into this year. So think about for yourself

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Speaker 1: but also just do this like it can feel really good.

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Speaker 1: Stay to the whole room. Go room by room you

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Speaker 1: know in your house. Do the kitchen, do the entryway,

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Speaker 1: do the shower, do the closet. If you have other

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Speaker 1: rooms in your home, do those other rooms. Did the garage,

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Speaker 1: do the attic, do the nook. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: you got, what's your looks like, but get into each

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Speaker 1: of those spaces, Get into the crevices, get into the cracks.

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Speaker 1: Light the sage, open the windows, take some deep breaths,

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Speaker 1: a beautiful chant or oh gosh, the Incredible Incredible Women

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Speaker 1: of Beautiful Chorus. Maybe put on one of their albums.

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Speaker 1: the house, not all the lights on, and cleanse the energy.

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Speaker 1: And as you're walking through the house with your incense

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Speaker 1: or your sage, say prayers for yourself. Say prayers for

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Speaker 1: your home if it's challenging some of the people that

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Speaker 1: may be in your home or your space, or even

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Speaker 1: if only your own feelings feel challenging or maybe just stagnating.

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Speaker 1: Speak to that and just say out loud, I am

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Speaker 1: cleansing the energy of and fill that in with your

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Speaker 1: personal story and experience. I am cleansing the energy. And

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Speaker 1: then say, and I am making space four and bring

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Speaker 1: forward your heart's intention. You know, we can't control everything right,

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Speaker 1: but we can create intentions that more gracefully guide the

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Speaker 1: path forward. And so maybe it is you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: cleansing the energy of discord, I'm cleansing the energy of argument.

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Speaker 1: I'm cleansing the energy of disease. I'm cleansing the energy

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Speaker 1: of sickness. I'm cleansing the energy of discomfort and awkwardness

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Speaker 1: from this space in service too, And then call in

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Speaker 1: what you want, you know, say, my intention is that

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Speaker 1: this home is filled with love. My intention is that

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Speaker 1: this home is filled with an authentic feeling of community.

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Speaker 1: My intention is that this home is filled with dignity, integrity,

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Speaker 1: respect for one another. My intention is that this home

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Speaker 1: is filled with joy and excitement and fun. Whatever it

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Speaker 1: is for you, I trust that you'll know what these

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Speaker 1: things are, what needs to be released, what needs to

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Speaker 1: be called in. But then really do it for yourself.

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Speaker 1: And I want you to trust the process. And there's

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Speaker 1: any tears present as this happens, please let them fall.

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Speaker 1: If there's laughter that is creeving to come out, please

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Speaker 1: let it come out. But just be present with your

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Speaker 1: environment and yourself and your needs. And I recommend doing

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Speaker 1: that like now, doing that before anything. And this can

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Speaker 1: also be replicated literally at any time, whether it's Easter

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Speaker 1: or Sunday, football or top of the year or just

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Speaker 1: for you. But do that, and then once everyone leaves,

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Speaker 1: right maybe the next day, take a really really take

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Speaker 1: aside some space and do that again. Clear out the

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Speaker 1: energy of what was there. You may be calling out

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Speaker 1: specific things. Maybe there was an argument that broke out,

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Speaker 1: or maybe there was more peace than you could have

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Speaker 1: ever imagined. What ever it is, be with whatever it

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Speaker 1: is and call it out and say I'm cleansing the

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Speaker 1: energy of this, and I'm calling in this. And thank

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Speaker 1: yourself and think your life and thank your home for

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Speaker 1: what you created, and then remember to do the same

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Speaker 1: for yourself. So one of the things that really helps me,

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Speaker 1: especially when I'm around a lot of people or I'm

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Speaker 1: just around a charged environment, could just be one other person,

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Speaker 1: could just be me, to be honest, I like to

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Speaker 1: do a similar process like that, but with my own body.

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Speaker 1: So definitely before the end of the night, sage yourself

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Speaker 1: your own body, ring a chime, close your eyes, take

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Speaker 1: some deep breaths, cleanse your energy, take a hot shower,

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Speaker 1: and really imagine the day coming off of you and

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Speaker 1: going down into the drain if you can. I would

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Speaker 1: recommend also giving yourself like a good scrub, also scrubbing

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Speaker 1: your scalp. Even if you don't want to get your

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Speaker 1: hair super wetter messed up, just try to get your

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Speaker 1: fingertips in there, maybe with a little frankincense on the tips.

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Speaker 1: But if you do feel like washing your hair, give

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Speaker 1: it a scrub, get out whatever energy got pulled into

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Speaker 1: that thing. It really helps you sink into rest a

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Speaker 1: lot easier and take some of the energy of the

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Speaker 1: day off. And I think when you do ritualistic practices

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Speaker 1: like this, it starts to build your understanding of what

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Speaker 1: is me and what is them? Right, if I was

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Speaker 1: feeling like this throughout the day, was I feeling that

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Speaker 1: because of my feelings, or was I picking up on

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Speaker 1: my environment and feeling everything that was kind of circulating

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Speaker 1: around me. So when you do this practice, you really

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Speaker 1: get to see is it me that's that anxious and

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Speaker 1: out of control or is it just my sense of

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Speaker 1: being so raw and open in my environment. And you'll

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Speaker 1: start to be able from there to tweak based on

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Speaker 1: your needs, the specificity of your needs. You're going to

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Speaker 1: start to discover that. And when you're able to get

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Speaker 1: into the crevices with some of this kind of energetic

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Speaker 1: protection and release and calling in, it really up levels

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Speaker 1: your practice, your ability to care for yourself, tend to yourself,

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Speaker 1: and soothe yourself. So I hope that practice will be helpful.

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Speaker 1: I hope some of the questions we asked will be

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Speaker 1: helpful for you. And I hope this season is really

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Speaker 1: so much better than you could have ever imagined. I

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Speaker 1: really really do. I think a lot of us, and

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Speaker 1: a lot of our families and a lot of our

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Speaker 1: friends are ready to go deeper now. And so if

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Speaker 1: you feel called, trust yourself to follow that path. If

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Speaker 1: you've been listening to this podcast, you're ready. You're ready

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Speaker 1: to take on a new, a different, a more impactful

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Speaker 1: and more purposeful and intentional role within your life and

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Speaker 1: within the groups that you spend time with.

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Speaker 4: So trust it.

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Speaker 1: I hope all of this was helpful. I can't wait

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