June 13, 2024 • 18 mins
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Do you trust your own instincts? How much faith do you put in your own decision making?
This Thursday Thread episode pulls out a bit from Tuesday's conversation with business mentor, Kelly Roach, where we discussed how your instincts are a compass leading you to unimaginable achievements...but how many people haven't learned to listen in and honor their own instinctual nudges.
In the episode, I share some personal reflections on the transformative instinct-based strategies that have worked for me (and many other entrepreneurs and leaders). Despite what many of us have been taught, trusting the path of your inner knowing will always guide you to the next best step.
That doesn't mean you won't feel resistance! But the cool thing about resistance is that it's always pointing you right back home. It can even be a big signal to your next evolution or stage of growth! Heck, many times when you're feeling resistance, you're like a hermit crab that has outgrown your current shell – it's time to step out of your comfort zone and find a new spacious place to grow!
This is easier said than done, of course. As you step outside your comfort zone, it's natural for fear to arise. As you expand your capacity for all things, your nervous system will go on red alert!
When this happens, reach for a tool that can help you expand your capacity. Because the moments when you want to tap out are the best moments to turn inward and signal safety so you can expand.
In fact, I invite you to expand your own capacity at the end of this episode using the powerful practice of breathwork, a tool that can revolutionize your emotional agility and capacity for joy. I guide you through a breathing exercise designed to help anchor you in the present, allowing you to expand your energetic capacity and flourish even under pressure.
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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 I'm going to share why
you are so freaking capable.
It's Jen.
(00:33):
Welcome back to the podcast forthis Thursday thread.
It's a Thursday thread,thursday thread.
Pulling out a little piece fromKelly Roach's episode on Tuesday
Totally cool if you didn'tlisten to Kelly Roach.
I think she is a phenomenalbusiness mentor.
If you're an entrepreneur andyou haven't checked out her
podcast, you haven't listened inand connected with who she is.
(00:54):
I highly recommend it.
As I mentioned in the lastpodcast episode, she does a
really wonderful job of breakingdown business concepts in a way
that we can connect andimplement.
So definitely go connect withKelly if you haven't yet, and
listen to that episode as well.
It's okay, though, right now ifyou have not listened to that
(01:15):
episode.
You'll still get somethingreally, really juicy and
wonderful out of this episode.
Some of the things that Kellytalked about that I would like
to piece out.
One of the biggest things thatshe is talking about right now
is expanding your energeticcapacity as a leader, and part
of that is really trusting yourinstincts, learning to trust
(01:38):
what it is that is being calledon your heart, learning to trust
that you are following yourunique journey.
That trust is such a key part.
When you look at athletes whoare just doing spectacular
things in the world, they aretrusting their instincts.
When you watch a footballplayer that jukes one way and
then the other, the bestfootball players are following
(02:00):
their own instincts.
They're not overthinking things, and so often we find ourselves
in that realm of overthinkingand it's an energy drain.
It drains the energy right, thefrick, out of us.
And one of the things thatKelly talked about is that idea
that you didn't come this farjust to come this far.
(02:24):
And so often in entrepreneurship, in life, it's like we start
something and it's reallyexciting in the beginning and
then, all of a sudden, it getshard.
And when it starts to get hard,what we do a lot of times is we
look at ourselves and we thinkthat we can't do it, or we
fucked up, or we don't know whatwe're doing or which.
Nobody knows what they're doing, by the way but we start to
(02:46):
turn inward with this negativemindset like, oh, I chose wrong,
I'm doing it wrong, something'swrong, instead of just seeing
that everything as itexperiences a period of growth
has a little bit of a resistance.
Think about the flower budright before it opens.
There has to be just so muchresistance to get that little
shell to break open so that thepetals can flourish.
(03:08):
That's what we're experiencingso much of the time.
But we will quit because westart with that negative
self-talk and we don't allowourselves to grow and to
flourish and to let it unfurl inthe way that it's meant to
unfurl.
And in that period, in thatspecific period of time, we
(03:30):
started something and it was funand it was exciting, and
entrepreneurship especially.
We're getting it going and wehave all of these hopes and
dreams and big.
And then we start to hit theholy shit.
Not as many people areinterested in this as I thought.
Or the system isn't working out, or this tool is too hard.
(03:51):
Did I choose the wrong thing?
I made a bad decision.
We can really get in thatheadspace and we start to just
shrink and shrink and shrink andshrink and our belief in
ourself is shrinking andshrinking, and shrinking and
shrinking.
And all of a sudden, thatexcitement and that enthusiasm
that was helping us to feel sofreaking, capable and so excited
(04:12):
is gone and we are just dimmedout and we are the bud on the
flower that never comes tofruition.
We just let it fester and itjust drains the life out of us.
We've all been there right.
We have all started something.
Whether you're an entrepreneuror not, we have started
something that when it gets hard, we stop.
(04:35):
Especially, especially,especially, especially if you're
an achiever and if you aretethered by the tethers of
achievement, of pleasing, ofproving, we will definitely
fizzle out at that phase becausewe're not getting the immediate
reward, and I fall into that asmuch as anybody.
(04:56):
But it can make us feelincapable.
I want to feel capable all thetime.
I want to feel capable all thetime and I think most of us do.
But when we face a challengewe're obviously going to get a
little bit rocky, and that'snormal.
Just want to normalize that.
(05:16):
That is true.
But if we let the rocky part,if we just let ourselves fall
into the ocean and we don'tattempt to find our balance,
then we will stay in thatincapable and we'll go try to
look for capable somewhere else,when really what Kelly is
saying is that the capable comeswhen you're willing to stay on
(05:37):
that rock and find your balance,and then you find that groove,
and then you're able to get onan even harder rock and find
your balance and stay in thatgroove, and then a harder one,
and a harder one, and a harderone.
That's where we actually growin our energetic capacity.
That's actually how we becomemore and more capable over time.
(05:59):
Is letting ourselves stay in thediscomfort instead of fleeing
the discomfort.
Every time we flee, that sameincapable comes with us, and
then you're going to trysomething new and you're going
to hit that same level andyou're going to get on that
rocky rock, on that wiggly rock,and you're going to face the
(06:20):
exact same thing again.
And so that problem is chasingyou.
It just chases you and chasesyou and chases you until you're
ready to face it.
And as soon as you face it, assoon as you just let yourself
sit in the freaking discomfort,let it settle down.
The truth, the solution, thegrowth it happens for you.
(06:43):
It's really hard.
It's really hard.
I have faced this myself as anentrepreneur time and time again
.
I've also, as an entrepreneur,time and time again, been the
person who is running from rockto rock and letting a problem
chase me, we've all done that.
We don't just do it inentrepreneurship, we do it in
(07:06):
our relationships.
There's something that we don'twant to face, there's a hard
conversation that we don't wantto have, so we avoid it.
Well, then it ends up coming upsomewhere else.
It's always going to pop up.
We truly get better at thingswhen we stop overthinking them
and we begin to trust ourinstincts.
And sometimes that takes alittle bit of work.
To get to the point of trustingyour instincts, I think about
(07:34):
when I very first startedlearning to become a breathwork
facilitator and I rememberhaving a conversation with my
partner, who was in that programwith me, and I said you know, I
feel like at first you have todo it the way that you're taught
.
You have to follow theframework and do it exactly the
way that you're taught, becausewe need something, we need a
plan, we need somebody's actionplan.
But I said at some point Icalled her and I was like you
(07:56):
know, what I'm realizing is thatnow that I know that plan, I
can start to bring my owncreativity into it, and that's
where this is starting to getfun.
A lot of times we don'trecognize that moment when we
will stay in something.
We'll follow the plan.
We'll follow the plan.
We'll follow the plan.
The plan's not working or itstops working.
(08:17):
It was working for a little bit.
Eventually it's going toplateau that plan all of a
sudden.
It's either not as much fun foryou, you're experiencing a lot
of resistance, you're not reallywanting to do it anymore.
Here's a sign when you noticethat you're not really wanting
to do something anymore.
There is a sign for you totrust your instincts a little
bit, more, to do it in a waythat is more fun for you,
(08:41):
because the plan no longer iswhat you're meant to be doing.
You're meant to be starting toforge your own path, to bring
your own creativity, your ownfun, your own magic into what it
is that you are doing, your ownflair.
You're taking your littlewhack-a-mole thing and you're
hitting it in your fun way,bringing your little movements
into it, just like the footballplayers bringing their own
(09:04):
little movements into it.
And that's what works for them,because they're following their
path, they're following theirinstincts.
That's when we truly start tofeel fully capable, because
we're trusting ourselves andwe're having fun.
And when you're having fun,everything flows so much more
naturally.
(09:24):
Remember that when you arefeeling resistance in your life,
when you're feeling discomfortin your life, when you're
avoiding things, you are like ahermit crab.
You've outgrown your shell.
You've outgrown the shell insome way.
That framework is not workingfor you anymore and it's time
for you to leave the shell andgo find something new and give
(09:46):
your own little fun, spin, move.
As you leave the shell, it'stime for you to start bringing a
little bit of your own magicinto it, and that's where you
build your capacity.
All of a sudden, your capacityis so much bigger, so much
roomier, because you're havingfun, you're opening up space for
(10:08):
yourself.
It's really, really importantthat we see this, because a lot
of times we get to thatdiscomfort and we get to the
point of it being hard and wejust leave and that's not going
to grow your capacity.
That's not going to grow yourfeeling of I am so freaking
capable Now at the same time.
(10:29):
Here's where I'm going toconnect breathwork and nervous
system work for you.
Is that that energetic capacitythat is your actual nervous
system tapping out.
You can only handle a certainamount of joy.
We can only handle a certainamount.
Your capacity is your capacity.
(10:50):
It is what your body is used to, and so it is what your body
can hold.
You've never stood on this rockbefore and felt so wobbly.
You're tapping out.
Your nervous system is likeholy shit, what's she doing?
And it gets scary.
And when you can take a deepbreath and turn inward and say,
(11:12):
ah, okay, this is new,automatically your nervous
system has activated somethingnew.
Now, if you flee and you jumpoff the rock, your nervous
system is used to that.
It knows how to flee.
It knows how to say, oh, we'redone tapping out, let's go.
You're keeping it exactly thesame.
But if you stay on that rockand you say, okay, what is here
(11:39):
for me, I'm going to reflect andI'm going to learn and I'm
going to see the gift in thisand I'm going to stay at it, all
of a sudden your capacity hasphysically grown.
You're in your body.
Your energetic capacity forstaying this, for seeing it
through, for introspection, whatyou can hold, has suddenly
grown.
This is science.
This is science.
(12:01):
Your body can only handle somuch.
And those moments when you tapout are the moments to really
look inward and to grow.
And you can do this viameditation, you can do it via
breath work.
You can do it simply viapausing and taking a break, via
journaling.
Turn inward every time you feela desire to flee and maybe that
(12:26):
reflection will help you seethat really it is time for you
to turn.
And maybe that reflection willhelp you see that really it is
time for you to turn.
Maybe that reflection is goingto show you something really
beautiful and that you are socapable of staying exactly where
you are and growing right inthe space that you are planted.
Thank you so much for listeningto this episode.
As always on our ThursdayThreads, we pause for a moment
(12:49):
to breathe, and let's breatheinto your own energetic capacity
, breathing into your personalbelief, your personal knowing of
your capabilities, what ispossible for you, what you are
(13:09):
capable of achieving.
If you're seated, you'll beable to close your eyes with me.
If you're driving, pleaseeither keep your eyes open and
fully aware, lightly listeningin, or come back and listen to
this later.
If you're walking, you'rewelcome to soften your gaze,
ensuring your own safety, takinga deep inhale into your nose.
(13:37):
If you're seated, closing youreyes down, taking another big,
deep breath into the nose,filling belly, sighing it out on
your exhale, pausing for amoment here to notice your
(13:58):
breath, releasing control of thebreath, just noticing your
breath flowing in and yourbreath flowing out, noticing the
rise and the fall of your chest, of your belly.
(14:19):
There you go, maybe placing onehand on your chest, one hand on
your belly, seeing if you canbegin to draw more air, more
expansion into the belly.
That's it.
(14:45):
Seeing if you can expand theback body, not just the front of
the belly but also the back,Not just the front of the belly
but also the back On your nextinhale, also expanding the sides
(15:13):
On an inhale, expanding thatbreath full 360 degrees, front,
back sides, all the way around.
(15:37):
Noticing, even here now, withthis simple breath, that you are
capable of energeticallyexpanding, moving that breath
into your body and expanding itin a way that it previously
wasn't Beautiful.
(15:58):
Releasing control of thatbreath, just breathing once
again into the nose, out throughthe nose.
Recognizing that you are socapable, even with this simple
breath, reminding yourself thenext time that you feel like
(16:24):
you're not, that you can't, thenext time you feel like fleeing,
reminding yourself to pause Tobreathe, to recognize your
(16:46):
capability for doing new things,for physically expanding, for
taking control of your breath,of your nervous system,
reminding yourself.
I am so capable, taking onelast inhale in through the nose,
(17:08):
exhaling completely, maybe witha sigh ah, feeling the ground
beneath your feet, maybe givingyour toes a wiggle, your fingers
a wiggle, placing your handsback on your lap, fluttering
(17:32):
your eyes open when you're ready, coming back fully into the
present.
Eyes open when you're ready,coming back fully into the
present, remembering thisfeeling of expansion, feeling of
choice in your body and howfully capable you are.
(17:53):
Thank you so much for listeningto this episode.
It means the world to me thatyou would listen, that you would
pause to breathe with me andgive yourself this beautiful
gift of recognizing your owncapacity.
If something connected with youin this episode, whether the
breath or the message, Iencourage you to share it with a
friend.
Send it to somebody who wouldenjoy it, somebody who could
(18:14):
learn something, who could feelsomething from it.
If you really enjoyed theepisode, you can also share it
with all of your friends.
Take a screenshot of theepisode itself and put a little
link.
Share it on social media, linkpeople out to the episode.
You can also tag me ontetheredjen on Instagram.
I will always reshare yourposts if you tag me.
Thanks again, so much forlistening.
(18:35):
Truly means the world to me.
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 I'm going to share why
you are so freaking capable.
It's Jen.
(00:33):
Welcome back to the podcast forthis Thursday thread.
It's a Thursday thread,thursday thread.
Pulling out a little piece fromKelly Roach's episode on Tuesday
Totally cool if you didn'tlisten to Kelly Roach.
I think she is a phenomenalbusiness mentor.
If you're an entrepreneur andyou haven't checked out her
podcast, you haven't listened inand connected with who she is.
(00:54):
I highly recommend it.
As I mentioned in the lastpodcast episode, she does a
really wonderful job of breakingdown business concepts in a way
that we can connect andimplement.
So definitely go connect withKelly if you haven't yet, and
listen to that episode as well.
It's okay, though, right now ifyou have not listened to that
(01:15):
episode.
You'll still get somethingreally, really juicy and
wonderful out of this episode.
Some of the things that Kellytalked about that I would like
to piece out.
One of the biggest things thatshe is talking about right now
is expanding your energeticcapacity as a leader, and part
of that is really trusting yourinstincts, learning to trust
(01:38):
what it is that is being calledon your heart, learning to trust
that you are following yourunique journey.
That trust is such a key part.
When you look at athletes whoare just doing spectacular
things in the world, they aretrusting their instincts.
When you watch a footballplayer that jukes one way and
then the other, the bestfootball players are following
(02:00):
their own instincts.
They're not overthinking things, and so often we find ourselves
in that realm of overthinkingand it's an energy drain.
It drains the energy right, thefrick, out of us.
And one of the things thatKelly talked about is that idea
that you didn't come this farjust to come this far.
(02:24):
And so often in entrepreneurship, in life, it's like we start
something and it's reallyexciting in the beginning and
then, all of a sudden, it getshard.
And when it starts to get hard,what we do a lot of times is we
look at ourselves and we thinkthat we can't do it, or we
fucked up, or we don't know whatwe're doing or which.
Nobody knows what they're doing, by the way but we start to
(02:46):
turn inward with this negativemindset like, oh, I chose wrong,
I'm doing it wrong, something'swrong, instead of just seeing
that everything as itexperiences a period of growth
has a little bit of a resistance.
Think about the flower budright before it opens.
There has to be just so muchresistance to get that little
shell to break open so that thepetals can flourish.
(03:08):
That's what we're experiencingso much of the time.
But we will quit because westart with that negative
self-talk and we don't allowourselves to grow and to
flourish and to let it unfurl inthe way that it's meant to
unfurl.
And in that period, in thatspecific period of time, we
(03:30):
started something and it was funand it was exciting, and
entrepreneurship especially.
We're getting it going and wehave all of these hopes and
dreams and big.
And then we start to hit theholy shit.
Not as many people areinterested in this as I thought.
Or the system isn't working out, or this tool is too hard.
(03:51):
Did I choose the wrong thing?
I made a bad decision.
We can really get in thatheadspace and we start to just
shrink and shrink and shrink andshrink and our belief in
ourself is shrinking andshrinking, and shrinking and
shrinking.
And all of a sudden, thatexcitement and that enthusiasm
that was helping us to feel sofreaking, capable and so excited
(04:12):
is gone and we are just dimmedout and we are the bud on the
flower that never comes tofruition.
We just let it fester and itjust drains the life out of us.
We've all been there right.
We have all started something.
Whether you're an entrepreneuror not, we have started
something that when it gets hard, we stop.
(04:35):
Especially, especially,especially, especially if you're
an achiever and if you aretethered by the tethers of
achievement, of pleasing, ofproving, we will definitely
fizzle out at that phase becausewe're not getting the immediate
reward, and I fall into that asmuch as anybody.
(04:56):
But it can make us feelincapable.
I want to feel capable all thetime.
I want to feel capable all thetime and I think most of us do.
But when we face a challengewe're obviously going to get a
little bit rocky, and that'snormal.
Just want to normalize that.
(05:16):
That is true.
But if we let the rocky part,if we just let ourselves fall
into the ocean and we don'tattempt to find our balance,
then we will stay in thatincapable and we'll go try to
look for capable somewhere else,when really what Kelly is
saying is that the capable comeswhen you're willing to stay on
(05:37):
that rock and find your balance,and then you find that groove,
and then you're able to get onan even harder rock and find
your balance and stay in thatgroove, and then a harder one,
and a harder one, and a harderone.
That's where we actually growin our energetic capacity.
That's actually how we becomemore and more capable over time.
(05:59):
Is letting ourselves stay in thediscomfort instead of fleeing
the discomfort.
Every time we flee, that sameincapable comes with us, and
then you're going to trysomething new and you're going
to hit that same level andyou're going to get on that
rocky rock, on that wiggly rock,and you're going to face the
(06:20):
exact same thing again.
And so that problem is chasingyou.
It just chases you and chasesyou and chases you until you're
ready to face it.
And as soon as you face it, assoon as you just let yourself
sit in the freaking discomfort,let it settle down.
The truth, the solution, thegrowth it happens for you.
(06:43):
It's really hard.
It's really hard.
I have faced this myself as anentrepreneur time and time again
.
I've also, as an entrepreneur,time and time again, been the
person who is running from rockto rock and letting a problem
chase me, we've all done that.
We don't just do it inentrepreneurship, we do it in
(07:06):
our relationships.
There's something that we don'twant to face, there's a hard
conversation that we don't wantto have, so we avoid it.
Well, then it ends up coming upsomewhere else.
It's always going to pop up.
We truly get better at thingswhen we stop overthinking them
and we begin to trust ourinstincts.
And sometimes that takes alittle bit of work.
To get to the point of trustingyour instincts, I think about
(07:34):
when I very first startedlearning to become a breathwork
facilitator and I rememberhaving a conversation with my
partner, who was in that programwith me, and I said you know, I
feel like at first you have todo it the way that you're taught
.
You have to follow theframework and do it exactly the
way that you're taught, becausewe need something, we need a
plan, we need somebody's actionplan.
But I said at some point Icalled her and I was like you
(07:56):
know, what I'm realizing is thatnow that I know that plan, I
can start to bring my owncreativity into it, and that's
where this is starting to getfun.
A lot of times we don'trecognize that moment when we
will stay in something.
We'll follow the plan.
We'll follow the plan.
We'll follow the plan.
The plan's not working or itstops working.
(08:17):
It was working for a little bit.
Eventually it's going toplateau that plan all of a
sudden.
It's either not as much fun foryou, you're experiencing a lot
of resistance, you're not reallywanting to do it anymore.
Here's a sign when you noticethat you're not really wanting
to do something anymore.
There is a sign for you totrust your instincts a little
bit, more, to do it in a waythat is more fun for you,
(08:41):
because the plan no longer iswhat you're meant to be doing.
You're meant to be starting toforge your own path, to bring
your own creativity, your ownfun, your own magic into what it
is that you are doing, your ownflair.
You're taking your littlewhack-a-mole thing and you're
hitting it in your fun way,bringing your little movements
into it, just like the footballplayers bringing their own
(09:04):
little movements into it.
And that's what works for them,because they're following their
path, they're following theirinstincts.
That's when we truly start tofeel fully capable, because
we're trusting ourselves andwe're having fun.
And when you're having fun,everything flows so much more
naturally.
(09:24):
Remember that when you arefeeling resistance in your life,
when you're feeling discomfortin your life, when you're
avoiding things, you are like ahermit crab.
You've outgrown your shell.
You've outgrown the shell insome way.
That framework is not workingfor you anymore and it's time
for you to leave the shell andgo find something new and give
(09:46):
your own little fun, spin, move.
As you leave the shell, it'stime for you to start bringing a
little bit of your own magicinto it, and that's where you
build your capacity.
All of a sudden, your capacityis so much bigger, so much
roomier, because you're havingfun, you're opening up space for
(10:08):
yourself.
It's really, really importantthat we see this, because a lot
of times we get to thatdiscomfort and we get to the
point of it being hard and wejust leave and that's not going
to grow your capacity.
That's not going to grow yourfeeling of I am so freaking
capable Now at the same time.
(10:29):
Here's where I'm going toconnect breathwork and nervous
system work for you.
Is that that energetic capacitythat is your actual nervous
system tapping out.
You can only handle a certainamount of joy.
We can only handle a certainamount.
Your capacity is your capacity.
(10:50):
It is what your body is used to, and so it is what your body
can hold.
You've never stood on this rockbefore and felt so wobbly.
You're tapping out.
Your nervous system is likeholy shit, what's she doing?
And it gets scary.
And when you can take a deepbreath and turn inward and say,
(11:12):
ah, okay, this is new,automatically your nervous
system has activated somethingnew.
Now, if you flee and you jumpoff the rock, your nervous
system is used to that.
It knows how to flee.
It knows how to say, oh, we'redone tapping out, let's go.
You're keeping it exactly thesame.
But if you stay on that rockand you say, okay, what is here
(11:39):
for me, I'm going to reflect andI'm going to learn and I'm
going to see the gift in thisand I'm going to stay at it, all
of a sudden your capacity hasphysically grown.
You're in your body.
Your energetic capacity forstaying this, for seeing it
through, for introspection, whatyou can hold, has suddenly
grown.
This is science.
This is science.
(12:01):
Your body can only handle somuch.
And those moments when you tapout are the moments to really
look inward and to grow.
And you can do this viameditation, you can do it via
breath work.
You can do it simply viapausing and taking a break, via
journaling.
Turn inward every time you feela desire to flee and maybe that
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reflection will help you seethat really it is time for you
to turn.
And maybe that reflection willhelp you see that really it is
time for you to turn.
Maybe that reflection is goingto show you something really
beautiful and that you are socapable of staying exactly where
you are and growing right inthe space that you are planted.
Thank you so much for listeningto this episode.
As always on our ThursdayThreads, we pause for a moment
(12:49):
to breathe, and let's breatheinto your own energetic capacity
, breathing into your personalbelief, your personal knowing of
your capabilities, what ispossible for you, what you are
(13:09):
capable of achieving.
If you're seated, you'll beable to close your eyes with me.
If you're driving, pleaseeither keep your eyes open and
fully aware, lightly listeningin, or come back and listen to
this later.
If you're walking, you'rewelcome to soften your gaze,
ensuring your own safety, takinga deep inhale into your nose.
(13:37):
If you're seated, closing youreyes down, taking another big,
deep breath into the nose,filling belly, sighing it out on
your exhale, pausing for amoment here to notice your
(13:58):
breath, releasing control of thebreath, just noticing your
breath flowing in and yourbreath flowing out, noticing the
rise and the fall of your chest, of your belly.
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There you go, maybe placing onehand on your chest, one hand on
your belly, seeing if you canbegin to draw more air, more
expansion into the belly.
That's it.
(14:45):
Seeing if you can expand theback body, not just the front of
the belly but also the back,Not just the front of the belly
but also the back On your nextinhale, also expanding the sides
(15:13):
On an inhale, expanding thatbreath full 360 degrees, front,
back sides, all the way around.
(15:37):
Noticing, even here now, withthis simple breath, that you are
capable of energeticallyexpanding, moving that breath
into your body and expanding itin a way that it previously
wasn't Beautiful.
(15:58):
Releasing control of thatbreath, just breathing once
again into the nose, out throughthe nose.
Recognizing that you are socapable, even with this simple
breath, reminding yourself thenext time that you feel like
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you're not, that you can't, thenext time you feel like fleeing,
reminding yourself to pause Tobreathe, to recognize your
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capability for doing new things,for physically expanding, for
taking control of your breath,of your nervous system,
reminding yourself.
I am so capable, taking onelast inhale in through the nose,
(17:08):
exhaling completely, maybe witha sigh ah, feeling the ground
beneath your feet, maybe givingyour toes a wiggle, your fingers
a wiggle, placing your handsback on your lap, fluttering
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your eyes open when you're ready, coming back fully into the
present.
Eyes open when you're ready,coming back fully into the
present, remembering thisfeeling of expansion, feeling of
choice in your body and howfully capable you are.
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Thank you so much for listeningto this episode.
It means the world to me thatyou would listen, that you would
pause to breathe with me andgive yourself this beautiful
gift of recognizing your owncapacity.
If something connected with youin this episode, whether the
breath or the message, Iencourage you to share it with a
friend.
Send it to somebody who wouldenjoy it, somebody who could
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learn something, who could feelsomething from it.
If you really enjoyed theepisode, you can also share it
with all of your friends.
Take a screenshot of theepisode itself and put a little
link.
Share it on social media, linkpeople out to the episode.
You can also tag me ontetheredjen on Instagram.
I will always reshare yourposts if you tag me.
Thanks again, so much forlistening.
(18:35):
Truly means the world to me.
You just keep shining yourmagical unicorn light out there
for all to see.
I'll see you next time.
Bye.
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