Today we're talking about Spring cleaning... but not just your home, spring cleaning of the mind and energy! It's about letting go of clutter and worn out thinking. This is a phone chat recording episode today, so why not settle in and have a listen!
Happy Spring!
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We also have some affirmations in today's podcast, to help us with our self-cleaning of the mind and spirit energy. Here are the affirmations used in the episode:
1. I release all thoughts and beliefs that no longer serve me.
2. I am worthy of love, abundance, and happiness.
3. I let go of past hurts and forgive myself and others.
4. I trust in the process of life and know that everything is unfolding as it should.
5. I am deserving of all the good that comes my way.
6. I release fear and doubt and embrace courage and faith.
7. I am free to create a life of joy, fulfillment, and purpose.
8. I release the need to control everything and surrender to the flow of life.
9. I am grateful for the lessons of the past and excited for the possibilities of the future.
10. I let go of comparison and embrace my unique gifts and talents.
11. I release negative self-talk and replace it with self-love and compassion.
12. I trust in my inner wisdom and follow my intuition with confidence.
13. I release the burden of perfection and accept myself as I am.
14. I am open to new opportunities and experiences that align with my highest good.
15. I release the need to please others and prioritize my own well-being and happiness.
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Episode Transcript
Hi, This is Stefano over atPositive Affirmations and audio Stories bringing you inspiration,
motivation and good energy to start yourday. And if your day has
already started a little bit of loveand good energy to help you keep going.
Today we're going to have a littletalk about spring cleaning, not your
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house, spring cleaning your mind.Not just for the physical space, it's
also important to practice mental and spiritualspring cleaning. When we declor our homes,
our wardrobes, our closets, weget rid of stuff that we no
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longer need or use. So it'simportant to do that very same thing with
our minds. Declutter our minds andour spirits of thoughts and beliefs that no
longer serve us. The metaphysical writerFlorence Scoville Sheen. She's the author of
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the book called The Game of Lifeand How to Play It and many other
metaphysical books. She said, Ilet go of one out things. That's
what she counseled one of her clients, to free them up for a greater
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abundance. I let go of wornout things. And so I've added to
that one out thoughts. So manytimes we have stuff just going round around
our head stuff years ago, monthsago, weeks ago, days ago,
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hours ago, worn out thoughts,thoughts that don't do us any good or
anybody else. I'll let go ofworn out things and worn out thoughts.
This kind of pledge to ourselves canbring a sense of renewal and freedom really
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and allow us to create space fornew growth, new possibilities in our lives.
But it's often not the kind ofthing you say at once and then
boom, everything's gone cleared out.We have to repeat that with affirmations,
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which we will have a few ina bit. The mental spring cleaning.
It helps us to eye, dn'tify, and release those negative thoughts and behaviors
and emotions that no longer serve us. If we examine our thoughts and habits,
maybe is something that has to bedone a little bit of it at
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a time. Maybe it's not somethingwe sit down once and all done.
Bit by bit, examine our thoughtsand habits and we become more aware of
the mental and emotional barriers that holdus back from reaching our full potential,
or somewhere near the full potential,just reaching a state of feeling better about
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ourselves and our lives. Some ofthe things that we can get from doing
this mental spring cleaning exercise in prooffocus and clarity. Because we're not thinking
about so many things at once,we can prioritize what's really important and focus
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on our goals of the now,not what we were aiming to do you
know some time ago. Focus onour goals of the now. And it
can help us too to reduce stressand anxiety because we're dumping a load that's
been on our shoulders like a tonof bricks. We're letting go of some
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of those negative thoughts and reducing thestress and the anxiety. Even if we
didn't know that we were stressed,it reduces it. We can feel a
bit lighter, and we can becomemore self aware by doing this little bit
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of self reflection. Doesn't have tobe totally deep, just opening our eyes
and being aware of what's going onright now and what needs to go with
love but what needs to So that'sone of the first steps, isn't it.
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Just acknowledge the thoughts and beliefs thatare weighing us down, Like negative
self talk. We might think we'repulling ourselves up, we're encouraging ourselves,
but sometimes putting ourselves down. Sometimeswe don't need other people to put us
down because we're so good at doingit ourselves. That kind of stuff has
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to stop somehow, bit by bit, but it has to stop this negative
self talk, that limiting beliefs.We could have some grudges, traumas,
just outdated beliefs about ourselves and theworld around us, these kind of things.
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As much as we're able, let'stry to clear them out. And
talking about myself as well, I'mnot talking to you, I'm talking with
you, but recognizing these thoughts andbelieves, we can then release them as
best we are able and make roomfor more positive and empowering thoughts and feelings.
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It might sound like I'm saying thesame thing over and over, but
sometimes we need to hear it indifferent ways because different people have different energies
and they respond in different ways differentkeys. So if we're ready to get
get out of our buckets and ourbrooms, do a bit of spring cleaning
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of the mind. First thing,Let's have some time for reflection. You
don't have to sit and go intothe younger polls. Just quiet space,
take a walk, go sit inthe park, go sit on your sofa,
just have a little time this isthe time that I'm going to work
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on me. Then there's mindfulness,which I interpret as watching your thoughts or
sometimes you can't control them, butwe can catch them and turn them around.
Then there's journaling. Journaling is verygood on your phone or going to
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old school with paper and pen,writing down your thoughts and emotions, letting
them out. Use that journal toexplore and reflect on the clutter and things
going on in your mind. Sometimeswe've got to ask for help too.
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Don't be afraid, but ask forhelp from somebody you trust, not someone
who has their best heart intentions going, because they might try to lead you
in the direction which best serves them. So use your intuition. If you've
got to see support from a friendor family, even a therapist, go
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with someone you trust. Then thisone is, imprinciple, an easy thing,
but sometimes it's so hard because weare so busy. Practice self care
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activities that help us relax and renewour energy and strength, like our yoga,
meditation, nature, going to thegym. Sometimes we can get a
good deal of thought going. Whenwe're at the gym, it kind of
stimulates our bodies, but not onlyour bodies. Simulates our minds, just
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getting that energy flowing through our body. And then some people may think that
is just saying pretty words, butaffirmations really are powerful statements that we are
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programming ourselves with in a positive way. Instead of saying I'm stupid, i
can't do this, I'll never makeit, I'm too old, I'm too
old. I do this. I'mdoing that. Yess declutter positive energy.
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I have here some affirmations. Iwill say them. Ordinarily I would leave
a bit of a space between theaffirmations for you to say afterwards, but
since this is a podcast, youcan replay it. But I'll put these
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affirmations in the show notes. That'swhat I'll do. Then you can see
them, work with them. Whichones resonate with you, Maybe you can
journal them, journal on them.I release all thoughts and beliefs that no
longer serve me. I am worthyof love, abundance, and happiness.
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I let go of past hurts andforgive myself and others. I trust in
the process of life and know thateverything is unfolding as it should. I
am deserving of all the good thatcomes my way. I release fear and
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doubt and embrace courage and faith.I am free to create a life of
joy fulfillment and purpose. I releasethe need to control everything and surrender to
the flow of life. I amgrateful for the lessons of the past and
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excited for the possibilities of the future. And let go of comparison and embrace
my unique gifts and talents. Irelease negative self talk and replace it with
self love and compassion. I trustin my inner wisdom and follow my intuition
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with confidence. I release the burdenof perfection and accept myself as I am.
I am open to new opportunities andexperiences that align with my highest good.
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I release the need to police othersand prioritize my own well being and
happiness. These affirmations the reminders Sometimeswe have good intentions, but we start
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slipping backwards. Affirmations can help usto pull ourselves back up when we find
ourselves faltering in our resolve to letgo of what no longer serves us.
Sometimes hanging on to what no longerserves us serves the purpose of keeping us
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safe. We don't have to movebeyond because of this thing, so sometimes
it can be a safety device,but sometimes we just want to let it
go. There are other ways tofeel safe than putting ourselves down or ruminating
about the past. And these affirmationsthey're not cure alls, but these affirmations
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can help us to move forward.We just have to keep going steady effort,
but I like to think of itas joyful effort, not a pain.
It might be difficult and sometimes,but really we're not punishing ourselves by
moving forward and letting go of thoseold things and thoughts that no longer service
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will bring us joy. It's springtime for us to dig deep and really
really finally get the positive lifestyle thatwe deserve. So this is not just
a collection of words. We willbe living the positive lifestyle that we deserve.
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Is time for a spring cleaning.Everybody, me too, NASA For
today, feel free to tell yourfamily, your friends, everyone about the
podcast. We come out every weekand sometimes we might miss but we do
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have regular episodes to help you liftyour spirits and live a better life.
And we also have our story series, which we'll be going back to next
week with the next episode of theViolet Strange Mysteries. And if you're looking
for some inspiration in between the podcastepisodes, please do feel free to visit
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our co h. You'll find theur L in the show notes, and
over there you can find some inspiration, renovation, just stuff to lift your
spirits. We all need that sometimes. And that's it for now. Take
care, happy spring, be well,
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