Could your daily routines use a sprinkle of magic?
Discover how simple moments of mindfulness can infuse your daily tasks with intentionality and gratitude.
Together, we'll reveal a powerful technique to manage anxiety and celebrate the ordinary, reminding you to start small and find joy in at least one aspect of your day.
As the holiday season emerges, we welcome the insightful Cheryl J Reynolds to guide us in cultivating mindfulness.
So, take a deep breath and join us, as we journey through the world of mindfulness..one minute at a time.
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Episode Transcript
It is time for a few sprinkles of mindfulness.
Let's talk about how to findthose mindful moments that make
up your day.
Let's get started.
Welcome to Mindful HypnosisPodcast.
It is time to change your mind.
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Learn all about how to createnew helpful habits and mindset
changes with integrativehypnosis Plus, with a sprinkle
of mindfulness throughout yourday, you can easily shift into a
calmer state of mind.
I am Cheryl, your hypnotist andpodcast host, and I welcome you
to a better way of living yourlife, one minute at a time.
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So listen, I have a techniquethat is very powerful and that
works very well for any kind ofanxiety you may have Anxiety
that you get at Sunday nightthinking about going to work on
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Monday morning, the anxiety youget just because it's the
holiday season.
Or perhaps you're just soexcited to hang out with your
in-laws and you're starting tofeel a little bit of that
anxiety creeping.
Give this technique a try.
It takes less than two minutesand it is very powerful.
Go on over to CherylJRennalscom.
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It's a video and it's free.
Check it out.
Welcome to Mindful HypnosisPodcast.
I am your host, cheryl.
You will notice on every episodethat I mention a sprinkle of
mindfulness.
I actually think it's in myintro, but I'm not sure.
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I'd have to go back and check.
It's definitely one of theconsistent things I do and to me
a sprinkle is a tiny bit.
It's kind of like a micro doseof mindfulness, and for me,
sprinkles are usually added tosomething.
They give something flavor,they give something
intentionality and they justmake things better.
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And when you add a sprinkle ofmindfulness, you're pretty much
doing the same thing to small,insignificant, tiny things in
your life that you may notnecessarily pay attention to all
of a sudden have meaning andthey have this appreciation
underneath them as well.
So when I think of sprinkles, Ithink of sprinkles on cupcakes
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and sprinkles on ice cream andeven sprinkles like sprinkles of
confetti or even sprinkles ofrain.
It's just a delicate way oflooking at something that really
puts us in a state of awe.
We don't realize how manymilestones we miss and how many
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experiences just get brushedaway because we were on our
phone at the time or we weretalking to somebody else.
We're watching the TV and weweren't being present.
So when I talk about sprinklesof mindfulness, I'm actually
talking about bringing inmindfulness small amounts, micro
amounts, throughout your day,in the morning, when you wake up
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before you go to bed at nighttalking to a friend petting your
cat, you know, sitting at alight and just waiting for it to
change.
You can bring mindfulness intoall of these experiences and you
can do it with just littledoses of mindfulness.
It's funny because I often thinkof when I think of sprinkles, I
often think of this time ofyear and sprinkles and
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snowflakes.
You know you never have thesame sprinkle and you never have
the same snowflake.
You know sprinkles are all onthe cookies and you got like you
know sprinkles of, you knowfairy dust all over the place
and you got just it's lit upwith lights that twinkle and
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sprinkle.
For sprinkles, more thananything, sprinkles come with a
sense of celebration and loveand when you sprinkle
mindfulness during this time ofyear, you're kind of sprinkling
in the whimsical and the magical.
And you know sprinkles are tinyand they're delicate but yet
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they pack a punch.
A cupcake doesn't look the samewithout sprinkles.
A Christmas village doesn'tlook the same without a bunch of
glitter that just lights upunder the Christmas lights and
it's.
It's taking these small moments, even going outside for the
first snowfall of the season andallowing yourself to sit in the
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silence and just be present.
It's an amazing feeling.
When you do that, the momentbecomes a moment of joy and
settling in with family andfriends.
When your mindful changeseverything, these experiences
become more colorful and moreagain intentional.
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I want you to give this a tryand if you're wondering where
this came from years ago I meanback in like 2011, when I was
still running one of myspiritual groups I was bringing
in this one minute ofmindfulness and this one minute
of mindfulness became what I did.
It was kind of my thing, andthis also carried over to work
with my clients, and then italso carried over into having a
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podcast before this one calledone minute of mindfulness,
because I felt if I could teachpeople these tiny little doses
of mindfulness less than oneminute, it will literally start
to change your brain and youwill also start to shift into
mindfulness easier.
Try it for 30 seconds, try itfor a minute, do this throughout
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the day and just allow yourselfto become present and mindful,
not to worry if you're doing itright.
The whole idea behind beingpresent is just to be in the
moment with what you're doing,to be aware, to be present, to
be right there.
Thank you, see.
I also needed to do this formyself, because I am an
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over-thinker and I can get in myhead and stay there, and I also
chase, you know, shiny objectsand squirrels.
So for me, learning how to bemindful is so important.
It just settles my nerves andcalms me down.
It also definitely doesdecrease anxiety and stress,
because your brain doesn't dotwo things at once and it's
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impossible to be Thinking andoverthinking and over analyzing
when you're mindful, you can't.
You're either present or you'reoverthinking.
You're not going to do both.
So Give this a try.
Start with the little moments.
There could be anything andjust as some sprinkles
throughout the day, and I wouldsuggest that you find one thing
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where, underneath it, you havesome appreciation and gratitude,
attitude, and that is the oneplace where you can start.
For me, it's my cats.
I can be very mindful with mycats.
I also find my cup of coffee,which you know.
I love my coffee.
I love my cats, yes, me and mycoffee.
I know because when I drink mycoffee, I can bring in all of my
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sensors.
I can get caught up into thesmell and the sight and the
taste and and the feel of thecup and the warmth of the cup,
and so it's always been my go-towhenever I really need to
become mindful and present.
I'm having a hard time, so Ileave you with this.
Where in your life Can you findthat little bit of mindfulness,
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that sprinkle of mindfulness,that tiny little, delicate bit
of mindfulness?
Again, find the one thing thatyou have appreciation for, and
start there, becauseAppreciation is the gateway to
mindfulness.
I'm gonna leave you with thisquote.
It is a funny thing about lifeonce you begin to take note of
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the things you are Grateful for,you begin to lose sight of the
things you lack.
That is from Germany, kent.
So sprinkle that mindfulnessthroughout your day and Enjoy
your holiday season, and I willtalk to you soon.
Take a big, deep breath in andexhale.
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Thank you for listening to theend of this podcast.
Go on over to the show notes atCheryl J Reynolds Com for more
information and valuableresources.
While you're there, sign themfor the newsletter so you never
miss an episode, and If you wantto find the link to work with
me one-on-one, you can find itthere.
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Remember, you have a powerfulmind and it can be changed to
support the life you want tolive in the meantime.
Enjoy your day one minute at atime.
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