September 8, 2025 • 16 mins
In this episode we talk a little about self doubt and imposter syndrome and have a quote from Don Miguel Ruiz to help get our meditation started.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello again.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I'm Michael Beckermeier with Mindful Meditations for Calm the Bleep Down,
a show where each episode we bring you a brand
new meditation. This time we're going to get over our
imposter syndrome. Let's go ahead and get started. As always,
(00:24):
we have a mindfulness quote to help get us started,
and this time our quote comes from Don Miguel Ruiz,
who wrote the Four Agreements. The quote says, whenever we
hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement
and it becomes part of our belief system. This quote
(00:47):
jumped out of me because it's been a while since
I've recorded a new Calm the Bleep Down meditation, and
I personally was going through some I don't know, imposter
syndrome every time it's been a while since you've done
something and you're feeling a little rusty maybe, and I
started thinking about that quote made me think about not
(01:10):
just what the quote says itself, but the opinions we
tell ourselves about ourselves. We spend so much time staring
in the mirror being you know, really cruel to ourselves.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Fat.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You need to lose ten pounds. That shirt doesn't look
right on you, blah blah blah blah blah, you ate
too much yesterday, you didn't go running yesterday. All of
that stuff, All of those things we say to ourselves
that we would never say to anyone else. But we
have a running commentary in our head all the time
of the cruelest thoughts and sounds and the soundtrack of negativity,
(01:54):
and and they're not true. Those things aren't true. Those
things are our opinions. But when we hear an opinion
and believe it, we make an agreement. We agree that
that's true, and it's not really the case another I'm
(02:19):
reading the Four Agreements right now, and one of the
things that he talks about is the fact that everything
that happens to us is a dream. It's filtered through
our minds and remembered, and memories are more like dreams
(02:41):
than the truth. And so we need to be mindful
of that. It helps, I guess, to be mindful of
that when we are navigating ourselves through our own day,
and we are navigating ourselves through that little voiceover in
our head, the narration we give ourselves, and we're really
(03:09):
an unreliable narrator. A lot of the times you can't
really trust us, because it's all how we're feeling that day.
Is it a good day or is it a bad day?
And it can run rampant if we're not mindful of
the fact that our thoughts are not real. Anyway, that's
(03:29):
what that quote made me think of. And hopefully we
are here to meditate and to work ourselves out of
those little imposter syndromes and negative speeches we give ourselves.
So let's go ahead and get started. First, I want
(03:50):
you to close your eyes, take a couple of deep breaths,
settle in, get comfortable. You can sit down or lie
down for this meditation doesn't matter. You just want to
make yourself comfortable, and you want to slow down. And
maybe even since we're talking about negative self talk, maybe
(04:12):
you want to take this moment to congratulate yourself for
taking a few minutes to quiet down, bring yourself back
into this.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Current moment.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
The only thing that we truly have is right now.
What happened a minute ago, a few minutes ago, yesterday,
last year, those things are gone now. And what may
or may not happen in the next five minutes, ten minutes,
twenty minutes, week, month, year, Those haven't happened, yet we
(05:00):
don't know what will happen, what will come. So there's
no sense in getting worked up about it, convincing yourself
that it's all gonna be bad. So take this time
to yourself and settle in. Get comfortable. Reward yourself this
(05:30):
quiet few moments of precious.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Calm.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
As you start to deepen your breath, maybe start feeling
the sensations in your body. Feel the weight of yourself
pressed against your mattress or chair, wherever you're seating, wherever
you're sitting lying down, Feel the weight of yourself pressing down,
(06:14):
Feel the resistance from that object pushing back up against
your body. Start to feel the breath come all the
way in your lungs, all the way back out. Let's
(06:36):
take a couple of long, slow, deep breaths in. Let's
take a long, slow, deep breath in right now in,
hold it, let it out. Let's do that one more time.
(07:01):
Hold it.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Let's do one last time and hold it, let it out.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Feel yourself entering this present moment. In this moment, you
are right where you are supposed to be. You have
chosen to be here, You have time, you have space.
(07:56):
This is where you are meant to be. Someone once said.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
To me, if.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You have such a if you have a hard time
being negative towards yourself with a negative commentary running in
your mind, try picturing yourself when you were younger, five, six,
(08:43):
seven year old, you sweet, innocent yourself, who probably wanted
nothing more than just just to play have fun. If
(09:05):
you wouldn't say these things to that child, why would
you say them to yourself? Because really, that child is you,
That child is still inside of you, and we were
all sort of thrust into this big, scary world. We
(09:32):
did not ask to be here. It didn't not ask
to be forced to grow up, pay bills, deal with
stressful things, cruel people, cruel things, harsh realities.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
None of us asked for that.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
So deep down inside we are still just that child
that is wondering why the world is such a big,
scary place.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And if that's.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
True, why would you ever be cruel to that child?
Why would you ever be cruel to yourself? In that state,
(10:51):
deepening your breath even further, feeling yourself sink even deeper
to your seat, heavier and more relaxed, your arms so
(11:14):
heavy you might not even be able to lift them.
They feel so heavy and your legs heavy, So you
sink deeper into this relaxed, calm state. You take long, slow,
(11:41):
deep breaths in and feel that breath into.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Your lungs and back out.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Where you feel that breath exit your lungs, over and
over again, just you and your breath in this moment,
(12:17):
this ever present, never ending present moment. Your breath is
always right here, right now. If you were ever feeling stuck, worried,
(12:38):
left without a choice, you can always return to this space.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
And breathe in and out.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
It's the most basic necessity in this moment, his breath.
If you are choosing to breathe, you still are the
one in control of your life. In our last few
(13:55):
moments together, take a few more long, slow, deep breaths
in and out, feeling all the way in and all
the way out, in.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
And out, in and out.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
One more time in and out, coming back into your body.
Now to this moment settling in. Take a moment for
(15:04):
the stillness and calm, to settle in for one more breath,
and now, when you're ready, you can open your eyes
and go about your day. That's it for this time.
(15:32):
I'm your host. Michael beckameire with mindful meditations for Calm
the Bleep Down. If you like this podcast, please send
us an email a click like on the episode, follow
us on social media, or Calm the bleep Down pretty
much everywhere, and until next time, I'm here to remind
you to please calm the bleep down. We'll see you again.
Thank you, and anomous day.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Don't me matter, Don't you
Hello again.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I'm Michael Beckermeier with Mindful Meditations for Calm the Bleep Down,
a show where each episode we bring you a brand
new meditation. This time we're going to get over our
imposter syndrome. Let's go ahead and get started. As always,
(00:24):
we have a mindfulness quote to help get us started,
and this time our quote comes from Don Miguel Ruiz,
who wrote the Four Agreements. The quote says, whenever we
hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement
and it becomes part of our belief system. This quote
(00:47):
jumped out of me because it's been a while since
I've recorded a new Calm the Bleep Down meditation, and
I personally was going through some I don't know, imposter
syndrome every time it's been a while since you've done
something and you're feeling a little rusty maybe, and I
started thinking about that quote made me think about not
(01:10):
just what the quote says itself, but the opinions we
tell ourselves about ourselves. We spend so much time staring
in the mirror being you know, really cruel to ourselves.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Fat.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You need to lose ten pounds. That shirt doesn't look
right on you, blah blah blah blah blah, you ate
too much yesterday, you didn't go running yesterday. All of
that stuff, All of those things we say to ourselves
that we would never say to anyone else. But we
have a running commentary in our head all the time
of the cruelest thoughts and sounds and the soundtrack of negativity,
(01:54):
and and they're not true. Those things aren't true. Those
things are our opinions. But when we hear an opinion
and believe it, we make an agreement. We agree that
that's true, and it's not really the case another I'm
(02:19):
reading the Four Agreements right now, and one of the
things that he talks about is the fact that everything
that happens to us is a dream. It's filtered through
our minds and remembered, and memories are more like dreams
(02:41):
than the truth. And so we need to be mindful
of that. It helps, I guess, to be mindful of
that when we are navigating ourselves through our own day,
and we are navigating ourselves through that little voiceover in
our head, the narration we give ourselves, and we're really
(03:09):
an unreliable narrator. A lot of the times you can't
really trust us, because it's all how we're feeling that day.
Is it a good day or is it a bad day?
And it can run rampant if we're not mindful of
the fact that our thoughts are not real. Anyway, that's
(03:29):
what that quote made me think of. And hopefully we
are here to meditate and to work ourselves out of
those little imposter syndromes and negative speeches we give ourselves.
So let's go ahead and get started. First, I want
(03:50):
you to close your eyes, take a couple of deep breaths,
settle in, get comfortable. You can sit down or lie
down for this meditation doesn't matter. You just want to
make yourself comfortable, and you want to slow down. And
maybe even since we're talking about negative self talk, maybe
(04:12):
you want to take this moment to congratulate yourself for
taking a few minutes to quiet down, bring yourself back
into this.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Current moment.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
The only thing that we truly have is right now.
What happened a minute ago, a few minutes ago, yesterday,
last year, those things are gone now. And what may
or may not happen in the next five minutes, ten minutes,
twenty minutes, week, month, year, Those haven't happened, yet we
(05:00):
don't know what will happen, what will come. So there's
no sense in getting worked up about it, convincing yourself
that it's all gonna be bad. So take this time
to yourself and settle in. Get comfortable. Reward yourself this
(05:30):
quiet few moments of precious.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Calm.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
As you start to deepen your breath, maybe start feeling
the sensations in your body. Feel the weight of yourself
pressed against your mattress or chair, wherever you're seating, wherever
you're sitting lying down, Feel the weight of yourself pressing down,
(06:14):
Feel the resistance from that object pushing back up against
your body. Start to feel the breath come all the
way in your lungs, all the way back out. Let's
(06:36):
take a couple of long, slow, deep breaths in. Let's
take a long, slow, deep breath in right now in,
hold it, let it out. Let's do that one more time.
(07:01):
Hold it.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Let's do one last time and hold it, let it out.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Feel yourself entering this present moment. In this moment, you
are right where you are supposed to be. You have
chosen to be here, You have time, you have space.
(07:56):
This is where you are meant to be. Someone once said.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
To me, if.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You have such a if you have a hard time
being negative towards yourself with a negative commentary running in
your mind, try picturing yourself when you were younger, five, six,
(08:43):
seven year old, you sweet, innocent yourself, who probably wanted
nothing more than just just to play have fun. If
(09:05):
you wouldn't say these things to that child, why would
you say them to yourself? Because really, that child is you,
That child is still inside of you, and we were
all sort of thrust into this big, scary world. We
(09:32):
did not ask to be here. It didn't not ask
to be forced to grow up, pay bills, deal with
stressful things, cruel people, cruel things, harsh realities.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
None of us asked for that.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
So deep down inside we are still just that child
that is wondering why the world is such a big,
scary place.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And if that's.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
True, why would you ever be cruel to that child?
Why would you ever be cruel to yourself? In that state,
(10:51):
deepening your breath even further, feeling yourself sink even deeper
to your seat, heavier and more relaxed, your arms so
(11:14):
heavy you might not even be able to lift them.
They feel so heavy and your legs heavy, So you
sink deeper into this relaxed, calm state. You take long, slow,
(11:41):
deep breaths in and feel that breath into.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Your lungs and back out.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Where you feel that breath exit your lungs, over and
over again, just you and your breath in this moment,
(12:17):
this ever present, never ending present moment. Your breath is
always right here, right now. If you were ever feeling stuck, worried,
(12:38):
left without a choice, you can always return to this space.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
And breathe in and out.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
It's the most basic necessity in this moment, his breath.
If you are choosing to breathe, you still are the
one in control of your life. In our last few
(13:55):
moments together, take a few more long, slow, deep breaths
in and out, feeling all the way in and all
the way out, in.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
And out, in and out.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
One more time in and out, coming back into your body.
Now to this moment settling in. Take a moment for
(15:04):
the stillness and calm, to settle in for one more breath,
and now, when you're ready, you can open your eyes
and go about your day. That's it for this time.
(15:32):
I'm your host. Michael beckameire with mindful meditations for Calm
the Bleep Down. If you like this podcast, please send
us an email a click like on the episode, follow
us on social media, or Calm the bleep Down pretty
much everywhere, and until next time, I'm here to remind
you to please calm the bleep down. We'll see you again.
Thank you, and anomous day.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Don't me matter, Don't you
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