January 2, 2025 • 19 mins
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Have you ever felt exhausted from always putting others first, only to feel unappreciated and out of sync with yourself?
In this Thursday Thread episode, we’re pulling a key idea from Rhonda Parker-Taylor’s Tuesday conversation to talk about the importance of a “me-first” mindset. We’ll explore how prioritizing your own needs can strengthen relationships and lead to more fulfillment in your life.
You’ll hear why boundaries matter and how letting go of overworking and over-serving can help you reclaim your energy and focus on what truly matters. This isn’t about self-care as a buzzword—it’s about practical ways to honor your own happiness and align with your goals.
We’ll also challenge some of the societal messages (especially for women) that push us toward self-sacrifice and talk about how to shift away from that mindset. To wrap it up, I’ll guide you through a quick breathwork exercise to reconnect with your energy and purpose.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hi and welcome to Untethered with Jen Liss, the
podcast that's here to help youbreak free, be you and unleash
your inner brilliance.
I'm your host, jen, and in thisepisode we're going to talk
about how a me-first mentalityis better for everyone.
Let's dive in.
Hey there, unicorn, it's Jen.
(00:37):
Welcome back to the podcast forthis Thursday thread.
It's a Thursday thread.
We are pulling a little threadout of the episode with Rhonda
Parker-Taylor.
Rhonda's big message that shehas to share with the world is
to do more for you.
What about your projects?
What about the things that youreally care about?
So many of us put everybody elsefirst, and this can happen
(01:01):
whether you're a mother, whetheryou're a father, whether you're
a father, whether you're not aparent.
You're a daughter, a friend, acolleague.
We can put everybody else'sneeds first, our clients' needs,
and we start to really look tothe outside in order to inform
our inside, and this leads totrouble, and a lot of us have
(01:24):
lived our entire lives this way,and I'm raising both of my
hands very high to say, yes, me,me lived most of my life
looking to the outside and Istill catch little ways all the
time, with my own coach, with myown therapist around the ways
in which I am looking to theoutside in order to inform how I
feel inside, and the tiny voiceinside of my head.
(01:47):
When I get really quiet, get soquiet with myself.
The voice, the message that Ioften hear, is you're okay,
you're okay.
You don't need anybody else totell you that you're okay, you
are okay, and so I forward thismessage along to you.
You are okay, and so I forwardthis message along to you.
You are okay.
You don't need anybody else toconfirm that for you.
(02:11):
You are perfect and wonderful,this sparkly ball of magic
inside, exactly as you are.
When we do this, when we fullyunderstand that we're okay and
we don't need anybody else tovalidate that for us, and we
don't need to help everybodyelse in the world in order for
(02:31):
them to feel okay.
We don't need to fix the world.
We don't have to be out therefixing everybody else's problems
in order for us to feel okayinside, there's this massive
shift that happens for us, andI'm not saying that this is easy
.
It's definitely not easy,especially if you have been
raised in this way that we feellike we need to care for
(02:53):
everybody else.
But, truly, putting that mefirst, your desires, what brings
you joy, is actually thegreatest thing that can help
everybody else in the worldaround you.
Every single relationship thatyou have will be better off in
the long term.
When you take a me firstmentality and I don't mean this
(03:15):
to be like greedy type ofselfish, but really
understanding that you don'tneed everybody else to feel okay
with your decisions.
Your decisions and your choicesare your choices, and if you're
making those choices inalignment with what's great for
you, then that's better foreverybody, because we're not
(03:36):
creating this really, reallytethered, funky web of like well
, if that's what you want fromme, then I'll do this.
And then you start to feel kindof resentful about it and it
just becomes this like you'reall pulling on each other all
the time.
It's this really weird thingthat most of us are living all
the time, and this is what Imean when I say become
(03:56):
untethered.
When you start doing thingsfrom your heart-centered place
in this place of I am okay, Idon't need anybody else to tell
me that I am All of thosetethers that we had on ourselves
in all of our relationshipsstart to fall away, and that
might be uncomfortable.
It's not always comfortable forthose shifts to occur.
(04:19):
Say, you always do the groceryshopping for your mother-in-law.
It's something that you've donefor a long time and maybe
actually used to bring you joy,and so you would do it because
you knew that it delighted herand it was something that you
enjoyed doing.
But now it's not fitting intoyour schedule so well because
you took on a new hobby and allof a sudden it has become a
burden and it's not somethingthat you want to do and you find
yourself not wanting to do it.
(04:40):
What do you do in that scenario?
Most people just keep doing itand eventually get resentful and
it starts to impact yourrelationship with your
mother-in-law, because the nexttime that she asks you to do a
little something extra, youmight be a little bit irritated
I'm already doing all of thesethings for you.
Or she asks you to pick up alittle something extra, you're
like there's this tether that ishappening now between your
(05:05):
relationship.
So what do you do?
Well, you could offer to puther order in for her to the
grocery store and have somebodyelse go pick it up, have your
husband or have your siblings gopick it up.
Find a new way that will free upyour time and make that
(05:25):
decision for yourself.
Might that instigate somethingin her where she's like, well,
why don't you want to get mygroceries anymore?
Then you can have an honestconversation and just say I have
a new hobby that is really funfor me and it's taking up a
little bit more of my time, so Iwould like to find a new
solution.
This seems very practical andobvious.
And yet let's think about thishow many things in our lives do
(05:49):
we just continue to do for otherpeople when it's really not
bringing us joy anymore?
But it might have.
It might have at one time, itused to, but now it doesn't,
because you have other thingsthat are bringing you joy and
other things that this might notbe working anymore, but will
just keep doing it.
(06:09):
And do you know what that'sdoing?
Here's how it is good foreverybody Because your
brother-in-law, say, startshelping out with it, finds out
that it actually brings him joyto support his mom in that way.
Nobody had ever asked himbecause it was always assumed
that the women in the familywould do it and he'd never been
asked, and actually it makes himfeel so good to help.
(06:32):
It was better for him that yousaid, this isn't something I
want to do anymore, or I want tofind a way to help somebody,
have somebody else come in.
A friend of mine had a verysimilar thing with her son
recently, where her brother hadnever been asked to watch the
kids because he was a man andhe'd never been asked to watch
(06:53):
the kids before and she said noto her other sibling, like I
can't, I can't, and normally shewouldn't.
She's like this was so hard forme to say no, but it gave her
brother this opportunity becausethey turned to him.
So it's like there's alwaysthese are just two very simple
examples but always your no tosomething that is not aligned
(07:16):
for you, that is not supportingyou, that's not supporting your
dreams or that might be gettingin the way of you accomplishing
your dreams.
Something might be getting inthe way of you sitting down to
write that one page a day,something that Rhonda said.
She said if you write one pagea day of your book, by the end
of the year, after 365 days, youhave a novel.
(07:38):
One page a day, and so many ofus who have a dream of writing a
book do not sit down and dothat one page a day, and so many
of us who have a dream ofwriting a book do not sit down
and do that one page a day.
And so often it's because we'retaking on things from our
clients, taking on things fromour jobs, taking on things from
our family spending time onsocial media, caring what other
people think about our post allof the things that are not
(08:02):
putting your dreams first.
And how many people have beenhelped by Rhonda writing her
book.
They enjoyed that thrill, theysat down and it just brought
them so much joy, or they hadsome introspective moment for
themselves that shined a lighton something in their
relationship with themselves.
Because she sat down and shewrote the book.
(08:24):
She prioritized the thing thatshe wanted to do.
Think about that your creativegifts, whatever it is that
you're creating in the world,whether it be a course, maybe it
is a book, maybe it's a songthat you want to write, maybe
it's a children's book, maybeit's a poem, maybe it is posting
some funny memes on socialmedia that could change somebody
else's media, that could changesomebody else's day, that could
(08:44):
change somebody else's life.
They might be inspired by yoursilly meme and start their own
silly meme page because they'relike, oh my gosh, she created
that, she did that.
Did you make that yourself?
Heck, yeah, I did.
And then they get inspired togo do that themselves.
Prioritize the things that youwant, and it helps other people.
(09:05):
So often we really struggle todo it for ourselves.
That's, ultimately, what weneed to do is do it for
ourselves, but if you can't beto that point yet, do it for
somebody else.
Remember that every choice youmake for yourself is better for
everybody else.
Resentment does not breedhappiness for anybody.
(09:27):
That is such a huge fuckingtether.
Slice it.
We've got to start cuttingthose, and I know it's hard.
It's so hard.
I think I shared a coupleepisodes ago that I had a moment
with a friend where I had tocut something and I had to say
you know what?
It's not something that I liketo do.
Just got to be honest with you.
(09:48):
It's not, and that was the bestthing I could have done.
Was it easy for either of us?
Hell, no, it was not easy foreither of us, but it was the
best thing that I could do forour relationship.
It's not what we've been taught.
It's not especially women.
It's not what we've been taught.
It's not especially women.
It's not what we've been taught.
We've been taught that we'vegot to hold onto that and we've
(10:09):
got to be martyrs.
And nobody needs to be a martyr.
You don't need to do that, wehave plenty of saints.
The Vatican is full of statues.
You don't need to be one unlessyou truly feel like that is
your calling, and I actuallywould.
I think it's safe to say thatmost of those people probably
(10:31):
actually moved more from thisspace of doing for themselves
and serving others than they didfrom living a life of
resentment.
It does not win you any medals.
When I worked in corporate, Iwas working late one night and
somebody stopped by my desk andsaid there's no reward for
(10:52):
staying late.
Nobody gets a medal for stayinglate, and I was kind of
irritated with him that day thathe said that because I had so
much stuff to do and I was sobehind and I couldn't get
anything done that day because Iworked in the spot in the
office where everybody wanted tostop and talk to me and wanted
to stop and say things, and myADHD brain is like seeing
(11:13):
everybody walk by and couldn'tfocus on my work, and so it was
the only time I could focus onmy work.
So I was honestly annoyed.
But a couple years later Ireflected on that moment and I
was like it was such wisdom hewas imparting on me.
There truly is no medal foroverworking yourself.
There is no medal for overdoingand over-serving the needs of
(11:39):
others and actually stealingthem the effort that they need
to put forth to their own dreams.
Taking away the opportunitiesthat they could learn from their
own failures is not servinganybody.
So start putting yourself first.
Do something for yourself.
I would challenge you to, nexttime you notice yourself
(12:01):
starting to do something thatyou know you don't really want
to do, challenge yourself tomake the choice for yourself and
say you know what I actuallydon't want to.
You could also offer anothersolution If that feels really
good to you.
You could say but what I woulddo is this and offer that.
Say what would be good for you.
(12:21):
That can be a really, reallypowerful way to build the
relationship from a much morebeneficial place for both
parties.
As we do in every ThursdayThread episode, I would love to
close today's episode with amoment of breath.
It's checking in with yourselfand giving yourself a moment to
be fully present in the here andthe now.
(12:43):
Nothing complicated today.
Let's just breathe into our ownpresence, our own magic within
ourselves.
If you're able to close downyour eyes, if you're sitting in
a place where you can completelygo within, invitation to do
that.
If you're in a place where youcan soften your gaze, invitation
to do that.
If you're driving, you can comeback to this, or you can keep
(13:05):
your attention on the road andjust listen in.
When you're ready, taking aninhale into the nose, on your
exhale, closing your eyes downif you're able, or softening
your gaze, there you go, takinganother inhale, filling up the
(13:25):
belly, really feeling thatexpansion of the belly,
simultaneously bringing yourawareness to the feet, feeling
so supported whilesimultaneously expanding.
Exhaling completely One more ofthose big inhales.
(13:49):
In exhaling completely One moreof those big inhales, in
feeling both the expansion andthe ground, exhaling with a sigh
when you're ready, beginning torotate your breath into the
(14:14):
nose and out through the mouthat a pace that feels comfortable
to you.
There you go, continuing tobreathe Nice expansive breath in
(14:39):
Nice full belly, feeling thelungs expand and exhaling,
keeping your awareness on thebreath, on any sensations of the
breath as it moves in and outof your body.
(15:02):
There you go, you are safe tobreathe.
You are safe to connect inwardto the breath.
(15:27):
Beautiful, when you're ready,taking one final inhale into the
nose, holding that breath atthe top, feeling into your
(15:50):
energy, feeling into your energy, feeling the energy rise from
the belly up through the chest,up through the throat, up
through your head, when, andonly when, you are ready,
releasing that hold, feelingevery muscle in your body relax,
(16:17):
feeling that clean, energeticcurrent flow through your body
from head to toe.
Bringing your awareness to yourheart space, maybe placing a
hand on your heart, focusingyour awareness on your heart
(16:43):
energy, feeling the magic ofyour heart, of your body, of
your spirit, all connected tothis space, this portal to your
(17:09):
creativity, to your creativity,to your energy, to what keeps
you alive and present right here, when you're ready, bringing
(17:32):
your awareness back into yourfingertips, maybe giving your
fingertips a gentle wiggle,maybe rubbing them on the cloth
beneath your fingertips.
Bringing your awareness back toyour feet, maybe resting on the
(17:55):
ground on the floor, flutteringyour eyes open when, and only
when, you are ready, comingfully back into the present
moment.
Thank you so much for joiningthis episode and for taking a
moment to connect inward, toconnect to your heart, to your
(18:24):
energy, which is your magic.
It means the world to me thatyou would join in this breath,
practice and listen to thisepisode.
Your magic is so needed in thisworld and for you to move from
the space of your purpose, andwhat lights you up is exactly
what the world needs.
If you connected to something inthis episode and you think a
friend would connect with it too, you can share this episode
with them.
You can also share this episodewith all of your friends by
(18:46):
taking a screenshot of it.
Put it on social media.
You can put it on your storieson Instagram and tag me.
I'm untetheredjen on Instagram.
Links are in the show notes.
I will always reshare your postif you share it and tag me.
Thanks again for listening.
You just keep shining yourmagical unicorn light out there
for all to see.
I'll see you next time.
Bye.
Hi and welcome to Untethered with Jen Liss, the
podcast that's here to help youbreak free, be you and unleash
your inner brilliance.
I'm your host, jen, and in thisepisode we're going to talk
about how a me-first mentalityis better for everyone.
Let's dive in.
Hey there, unicorn, it's Jen.
(00:37):
Welcome back to the podcast forthis Thursday thread.
It's a Thursday thread.
We are pulling a little threadout of the episode with Rhonda
Parker-Taylor.
Rhonda's big message that shehas to share with the world is
to do more for you.
What about your projects?
What about the things that youreally care about?
So many of us put everybody elsefirst, and this can happen
(01:01):
whether you're a mother, whetheryou're a father, whether you're
a father, whether you're not aparent.
You're a daughter, a friend, acolleague.
We can put everybody else'sneeds first, our clients' needs,
and we start to really look tothe outside in order to inform
our inside, and this leads totrouble, and a lot of us have
(01:24):
lived our entire lives this way,and I'm raising both of my
hands very high to say, yes, me,me lived most of my life
looking to the outside and Istill catch little ways all the
time, with my own coach, with myown therapist around the ways
in which I am looking to theoutside in order to inform how I
feel inside, and the tiny voiceinside of my head.
(01:47):
When I get really quiet, get soquiet with myself.
The voice, the message that Ioften hear, is you're okay,
you're okay.
You don't need anybody else totell you that you're okay, you
are okay, and so I forward thismessage along to you.
You are okay, and so I forwardthis message along to you.
You are okay.
You don't need anybody else toconfirm that for you.
(02:11):
You are perfect and wonderful,this sparkly ball of magic
inside, exactly as you are.
When we do this, when we fullyunderstand that we're okay and
we don't need anybody else tovalidate that for us, and we
don't need to help everybodyelse in the world in order for
(02:31):
them to feel okay.
We don't need to fix the world.
We don't have to be out therefixing everybody else's problems
in order for us to feel okayinside, there's this massive
shift that happens for us, andI'm not saying that this is easy
.
It's definitely not easy,especially if you have been
raised in this way that we feellike we need to care for
(02:53):
everybody else.
But, truly, putting that mefirst, your desires, what brings
you joy, is actually thegreatest thing that can help
everybody else in the worldaround you.
Every single relationship thatyou have will be better off in
the long term.
When you take a me firstmentality and I don't mean this
(03:15):
to be like greedy type ofselfish, but really
understanding that you don'tneed everybody else to feel okay
with your decisions.
Your decisions and your choicesare your choices, and if you're
making those choices inalignment with what's great for
you, then that's better foreverybody, because we're not
(03:36):
creating this really, reallytethered, funky web of like well
, if that's what you want fromme, then I'll do this.
And then you start to feel kindof resentful about it and it
just becomes this like you'reall pulling on each other all
the time.
It's this really weird thingthat most of us are living all
the time, and this is what Imean when I say become
(03:56):
untethered.
When you start doing thingsfrom your heart-centered place
in this place of I am okay, Idon't need anybody else to tell
me that I am All of thosetethers that we had on ourselves
in all of our relationshipsstart to fall away, and that
might be uncomfortable.
It's not always comfortable forthose shifts to occur.
(04:19):
Say, you always do the groceryshopping for your mother-in-law.
It's something that you've donefor a long time and maybe
actually used to bring you joy,and so you would do it because
you knew that it delighted herand it was something that you
enjoyed doing.
But now it's not fitting intoyour schedule so well because
you took on a new hobby and allof a sudden it has become a
burden and it's not somethingthat you want to do and you find
yourself not wanting to do it.
(04:40):
What do you do in that scenario?
Most people just keep doing itand eventually get resentful and
it starts to impact yourrelationship with your
mother-in-law, because the nexttime that she asks you to do a
little something extra, youmight be a little bit irritated
I'm already doing all of thesethings for you.
Or she asks you to pick up alittle something extra, you're
like there's this tether that ishappening now between your
(05:05):
relationship.
So what do you do?
Well, you could offer to puther order in for her to the
grocery store and have somebodyelse go pick it up, have your
husband or have your siblings gopick it up.
Find a new way that will free upyour time and make that
(05:25):
decision for yourself.
Might that instigate somethingin her where she's like, well,
why don't you want to get mygroceries anymore?
Then you can have an honestconversation and just say I have
a new hobby that is really funfor me and it's taking up a
little bit more of my time, so Iwould like to find a new
solution.
This seems very practical andobvious.
And yet let's think about thishow many things in our lives do
(05:49):
we just continue to do for otherpeople when it's really not
bringing us joy anymore?
But it might have.
It might have at one time, itused to, but now it doesn't,
because you have other thingsthat are bringing you joy and
other things that this might notbe working anymore, but will
just keep doing it.
(06:09):
And do you know what that'sdoing?
Here's how it is good foreverybody Because your
brother-in-law, say, startshelping out with it, finds out
that it actually brings him joyto support his mom in that way.
Nobody had ever asked himbecause it was always assumed
that the women in the familywould do it and he'd never been
asked, and actually it makes himfeel so good to help.
(06:32):
It was better for him that yousaid, this isn't something I
want to do anymore, or I want tofind a way to help somebody,
have somebody else come in.
A friend of mine had a verysimilar thing with her son
recently, where her brother hadnever been asked to watch the
kids because he was a man andhe'd never been asked to watch
(06:53):
the kids before and she said noto her other sibling, like I
can't, I can't, and normally shewouldn't.
She's like this was so hard forme to say no, but it gave her
brother this opportunity becausethey turned to him.
So it's like there's alwaysthese are just two very simple
examples but always your no tosomething that is not aligned
(07:16):
for you, that is not supportingyou, that's not supporting your
dreams or that might be gettingin the way of you accomplishing
your dreams.
Something might be getting inthe way of you sitting down to
write that one page a day,something that Rhonda said.
She said if you write one pagea day of your book, by the end
of the year, after 365 days, youhave a novel.
(07:38):
One page a day, and so many ofus who have a dream of writing a
book do not sit down and dothat one page a day, and so many
of us who have a dream ofwriting a book do not sit down
and do that one page a day.
And so often it's because we'retaking on things from our
clients, taking on things fromour jobs, taking on things from
our family spending time onsocial media, caring what other
people think about our post allof the things that are not
(08:02):
putting your dreams first.
And how many people have beenhelped by Rhonda writing her
book.
They enjoyed that thrill, theysat down and it just brought
them so much joy, or they hadsome introspective moment for
themselves that shined a lighton something in their
relationship with themselves.
Because she sat down and shewrote the book.
(08:24):
She prioritized the thing thatshe wanted to do.
Think about that your creativegifts, whatever it is that
you're creating in the world,whether it be a course, maybe it
is a book, maybe it's a songthat you want to write, maybe
it's a children's book, maybeit's a poem, maybe it is posting
some funny memes on socialmedia that could change somebody
else's media, that could changesomebody else's day, that could
(08:44):
change somebody else's life.
They might be inspired by yoursilly meme and start their own
silly meme page because they'relike, oh my gosh, she created
that, she did that.
Did you make that yourself?
Heck, yeah, I did.
And then they get inspired togo do that themselves.
Prioritize the things that youwant, and it helps other people.
(09:05):
So often we really struggle todo it for ourselves.
That's, ultimately, what weneed to do is do it for
ourselves, but if you can't beto that point yet, do it for
somebody else.
Remember that every choice youmake for yourself is better for
everybody else.
Resentment does not breedhappiness for anybody.
(09:27):
That is such a huge fuckingtether.
Slice it.
We've got to start cuttingthose, and I know it's hard.
It's so hard.
I think I shared a coupleepisodes ago that I had a moment
with a friend where I had tocut something and I had to say
you know what?
It's not something that I liketo do.
Just got to be honest with you.
(09:48):
It's not, and that was the bestthing I could have done.
Was it easy for either of us?
Hell, no, it was not easy foreither of us, but it was the
best thing that I could do forour relationship.
It's not what we've been taught.
It's not especially women.
It's not what we've been taught.
It's not especially women.
It's not what we've been taught.
We've been taught that we'vegot to hold onto that and we've
(10:09):
got to be martyrs.
And nobody needs to be a martyr.
You don't need to do that, wehave plenty of saints.
The Vatican is full of statues.
You don't need to be one unlessyou truly feel like that is
your calling, and I actuallywould.
I think it's safe to say thatmost of those people probably
(10:31):
actually moved more from thisspace of doing for themselves
and serving others than they didfrom living a life of
resentment.
It does not win you any medals.
When I worked in corporate, Iwas working late one night and
somebody stopped by my desk andsaid there's no reward for
(10:52):
staying late.
Nobody gets a medal for stayinglate, and I was kind of
irritated with him that day thathe said that because I had so
much stuff to do and I was sobehind and I couldn't get
anything done that day because Iworked in the spot in the
office where everybody wanted tostop and talk to me and wanted
to stop and say things, and myADHD brain is like seeing
(11:13):
everybody walk by and couldn'tfocus on my work, and so it was
the only time I could focus onmy work.
So I was honestly annoyed.
But a couple years later Ireflected on that moment and I
was like it was such wisdom hewas imparting on me.
There truly is no medal foroverworking yourself.
There is no medal for overdoingand over-serving the needs of
(11:39):
others and actually stealingthem the effort that they need
to put forth to their own dreams.
Taking away the opportunitiesthat they could learn from their
own failures is not servinganybody.
So start putting yourself first.
Do something for yourself.
I would challenge you to, nexttime you notice yourself
(12:01):
starting to do something thatyou know you don't really want
to do, challenge yourself tomake the choice for yourself and
say you know what I actuallydon't want to.
You could also offer anothersolution If that feels really
good to you.
You could say but what I woulddo is this and offer that.
Say what would be good for you.
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That can be a really, reallypowerful way to build the
relationship from a much morebeneficial place for both
parties.
As we do in every ThursdayThread episode, I would love to
close today's episode with amoment of breath.
It's checking in with yourselfand giving yourself a moment to
be fully present in the here andthe now.
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Nothing complicated today.
Let's just breathe into our ownpresence, our own magic within
ourselves.
If you're able to close downyour eyes, if you're sitting in
a place where you can completelygo within, invitation to do
that.
If you're in a place where youcan soften your gaze, invitation
to do that.
If you're driving, you can comeback to this, or you can keep
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your attention on the road andjust listen in.
When you're ready, taking aninhale into the nose, on your
exhale, closing your eyes downif you're able, or softening
your gaze, there you go, takinganother inhale, filling up the
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belly, really feeling thatexpansion of the belly,
simultaneously bringing yourawareness to the feet, feeling
so supported whilesimultaneously expanding.
Exhaling completely One more ofthose big inhales.
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In exhaling completely One moreof those big inhales, in
feeling both the expansion andthe ground, exhaling with a sigh
when you're ready, beginning torotate your breath into the
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nose and out through the mouthat a pace that feels comfortable
to you.
There you go, continuing tobreathe Nice expansive breath in
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Nice full belly, feeling thelungs expand and exhaling,
keeping your awareness on thebreath, on any sensations of the
breath as it moves in and outof your body.
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There you go, you are safe tobreathe.
You are safe to connect inwardto the breath.
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Beautiful, when you're ready,taking one final inhale into the
nose, holding that breath atthe top, feeling into your
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energy, feeling into your energy, feeling the energy rise from
the belly up through the chest,up through the throat, up
through your head, when, andonly when, you are ready,
releasing that hold, feelingevery muscle in your body relax,
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feeling that clean, energeticcurrent flow through your body
from head to toe.
Bringing your awareness to yourheart space, maybe placing a
hand on your heart, focusingyour awareness on your heart
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energy, feeling the magic ofyour heart, of your body, of
your spirit, all connected tothis space, this portal to your
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creativity, to your creativity,to your energy, to what keeps
you alive and present right here, when you're ready, bringing
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your awareness back into yourfingertips, maybe giving your
fingertips a gentle wiggle,maybe rubbing them on the cloth
beneath your fingertips.
Bringing your awareness back toyour feet, maybe resting on the
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ground on the floor, flutteringyour eyes open when, and only
when, you are ready, comingfully back into the present
moment.
Thank you so much for joiningthis episode and for taking a
moment to connect inward, toconnect to your heart, to your
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energy, which is your magic.
It means the world to me thatyou would join in this breath,
practice and listen to thisepisode.
Your magic is so needed in thisworld and for you to move from
the space of your purpose, andwhat lights you up is exactly
what the world needs.
If you connected to something inthis episode and you think a
friend would connect with it too, you can share this episode
with them.
You can also share this episodewith all of your friends by
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taking a screenshot of it.
Put it on social media.
You can put it on your storieson Instagram and tag me.
I'm untetheredjen on Instagram.
Links are in the show notes.
I will always reshare your postif you share it and tag me.
Thanks again for listening.
You just keep shining yourmagical unicorn light out there
for all to see.
I'll see you next time.
Bye.
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