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Today's exercise uses weather the weather as a vehicle for emotional awareness. You will observe both external weather conditions and their internal emotional climate. The episode concludes with a motivating message to stay strong in these changing times.
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This podcast series was created, written, edited, produced and is hosted by Jen deHaan.
Jen has a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Developing Healthy Communities: Nutrition, Behavior, and Physical Activity from Tufts University, a degree in adult education in the arts, and various certifications and experience in group fitness instruction.
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::This is a Stereo Forest production from StereoForest
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::and connect with others are available at StereoForest
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::.com slash Daily Reconnect.
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::This podcast is for informational and educational purposes
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::only and is not a substitute for medical
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::advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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::If you have specific mental health concerns, please
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::consult with a qualified healthcare professional.
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::Now, on to the show.
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::Welcome to the Daily Reconnect.
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::It's March 7th and I'm your host Jen
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::deHaan.
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::You might be feeling disoriented, depressed or dissociated
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::from the world due to stress or something
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::else.
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::It'd be lovely if we were living in
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::mundane, boring, uninteresting, mind-numbing, average times that
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::resembled watching paint dry.
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::But we're not.
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::So here we are.
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::This brief episode will use an exercise to
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::help you reconnect to the present and together
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::we will re-engage with this wild world,
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::our bodies and our minds.
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::So let's get started and reconnect with reality.
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::In the previous exercise on Wednesday, we visualized
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::a root system that extends out and connects
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::us with others.
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::In today's episode, we will become aware of
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::the present using another natural element, the weather.
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::You'll attune to atmospheric patterns outside and relate
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::it to what's going on within yourself.
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::This helps you acknowledge your emotional climate while
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::reconnecting with the present moment.
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::I will follow this with motivating guidance to
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::navigate whatever weather your day brings.
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::So find a comfortable position, either outdoors or
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::near a window where you can see outside.
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::If this is not possible, visualize an approximation
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::of the current weather.
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::Bring your awareness to what it's like right
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::now.
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::Notice the temperature of the air against your
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::skin, even if you're indoors.
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::Is it warm or cool?
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::Humid or dry?
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::Feel how it touches different parts of your
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::body like your face, your arms or your
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::hands.
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::Become aware of any air movement.
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::Perhaps there's a breeze flowing through an open
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::window, a subtle current from a ventilation system,
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::or complete stillness in the air.
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::Now listen for sounds associated with the weather.
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::You might hear rain tapping against the windows,
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::or maybe there's wind that's rustling leaves or
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::branches, or perhaps there's the absence of weather
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::sounds if you're, say, in a climate-controlled
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::space.
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::Now let's practice visualizing a shift.
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::Wherever you are, turn inward to visualize in
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::your mind a shifting weather pattern.
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::If you're experiencing a warm, sunny morning, visualize
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::a chilly wind picking up speed.
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::Or if it's raining, perhaps you visualize the
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::clouds breaking up and rays of sunshine descending
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::from above.
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::Or if you're inside somewhere, perhaps the ventilation
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::system changes.
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::Now allow your body to attune to these
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::visualized, imagined changes.
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::Just as trees and animals adapt to seasonal
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::shifts, your body carries this ancient wisdom, too.
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::Notice how your breathing naturally adjusts to these
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::weather changes or changes in your environment, perhaps
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::deeper in some seasons, perhaps shallower in others.
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::Your breathing is perhaps deeper during some seasons
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::and shallower in others.
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::It might change depending on where you are
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::in your community.
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::Now shift your attention to your internal weather.
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::What's the emotional climate inside your body today?
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::Is there a storm of thoughts?
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::Are you in a fog of uncertainty?
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::Or do you have sunny and bright clarity?
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::Or like a gentle rain of sadness?
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::Take a moment to notice what that feels
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::like.
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::You don't have to understand the emotion or
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::make any changes to it.
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::Just notice whatever you're feeling right now.
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::And just as the external weather exists without
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::our judgment, neither good or bad, simply present.
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::It simply happens or is there.
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::Allow your internal weather to exist without that
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::judgment.
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::It's just there.
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::Now notice how these two things, the weather
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::and your emotions, how they're either different or
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::they align with each other.
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::Does what is happening outside mirror your emotions
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::or are they in stark contrast?
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::Do you enjoy this difference or do you
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::prefer them to mirror or be aligned with
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::each other?
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::Remember that all weather, the weather outside and
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::our emotions inside, it's temporary.
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::These storms pass.
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::The clouds can clear.
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::The seasons will change eventually.
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::Your awareness of how nature changes, just like
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::ourselves, through this you might be able to
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::use this to help you to remain present
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::and focused rather than disconnected.
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::Now if you're visualizing a different location, bring
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::your attention back to your present surroundings and
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::let's get prepared for the day ahead.
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::Remember that your presence is radical in a
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::world truly designed for distraction.
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::The clarity that you've cultivated isn't just personal,
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::it's often very political.
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::When systems of power gain from our disconnection,
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::from our isolation, the act of simply showing
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::up fully for yourself and other humans becomes
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::very impactful, even revolutionary when it's sustained.
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::Today let's notice the spaces where we can
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::transform isolation into connection.
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::Figuratively or literally if you like, join hands
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::with those around you.
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::Remember that throughout history every significant change began
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::with people who dared to imagine something better
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::together.
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::Your awareness, your voice, your actions, however small
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::they might be, are all threads in a
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::larger tapestry of transformation.
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::Carry this truth with you.
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::We are stronger in community than we could
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::ever be alone.
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::We can find greater success together in a
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::single unified action than if we were doing
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::many different isolated actions separately.
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::So find your group, find your people, accept
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::everyone in it, include them, accommodate them, and
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::then march forward.
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::Thank you so much for joining me
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::here today on March 7th for The Daily
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::Reconnect.
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::I'm Jen DeHaan and I'll be back on
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::Monday for another exercise to help reconnect us
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::with reality.
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::Thank you for listening to The Daily Reconnect.
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::Episodes are released on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
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::every week.
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::This show was created, written, hosted, edited, and
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::produced by Jen DeHaan.
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::show, transcripts, the free newsletter, and our community
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