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EP 18: The Midweek Reset: How to Find 5 Minutes of Quiet in a Busy Day · Healthy Boundaries for Moms| Christian Life Coach

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  Hey moms! If you feel like you don't even have five minutes to yourself during the
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  day, like every moment is filled and every minute is spoken for, well then you
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  are going to love this episode because we are going to talk about where to find
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  these five minutes for yourself. It's a lot easier than you think. If you're
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  tired of people pleasing, caring too much, and wondering why peace still feels so
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  hard to hold on to, you're in the right place. Hi, I'm Lori, mom, former people
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  pleaser, and Your Boundaries coach. Here we talk about how to protect your peace,
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  set healthier boundaries, and get clear on what actually matters so that you can
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  build a life that feels lighter, calmer, and more satisfying. So let's stop the
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  chaos for a minute moms, catch our breath, and get into this next episode.
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  Hello and welcome back to Healthy Boundaries for Moms. This is your mid-week
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  reset. So earlier this week I shared about my solo cabin trip and all the
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  takeaways that I had, and one of the biggest things I realized was just how
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  much I needed space to hear myself. But also I want to know what you might be
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  thinking about that, because I know immediately most moms I feel like say,
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  well that sounds great, but I don't have time for that. And I get it, your day is
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  full, people need you, there's always something to do, the calendar is always
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  beckoning. But here's the truth, you don't need more time, you need to stop filling
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  every moment. So let me show you where you are going to find these five minutes,
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  okay? Maybe when you're sitting in your car. We have times where we're sitting
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  there, we're in the drive-thru, we're in the driveway, we just pulled in from the
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  day, we're in traffic, we're doing the carpool, you know, you have no music on.
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  Think about that, no music, no podcast, just quiet. Try it, like try before you go
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  into the store, before you pick up your kids, just sit there for a few minutes in
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  the quiet. Because a lot of times I think we're just filling in the space, not
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  realizing that that space is a gift. Here's another option, go for a walk
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  around the block without your phone. I know immediately you're like, oh no, not
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  my phone, right? Because we're used to all the distractions and we're used to being
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  able to be gotten a hold of at any moment. But I want you to try this, just
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  no music, no distractions, just you and your thoughts. You will probably enjoy
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  this more than you think. Or how about at the end of your day, okay, instead of
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  scrolling needlessly on TikTok and Instagram and Facebook Reels, take five
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  minutes before bed and really savor that time in that quiet. Because the truth is
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  God often speaks in this quiet. But we don't give ourselves access to that
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  because we're constantly filling it, right? We just can't have an empty spot
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  or an empty space. And when you find those five minutes, I don't want you to
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  just sit there wondering, okay what do I do? I want you to do a simple check-in. So
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  the first step is going to be awareness. First we're going to come back into our
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  bodies, okay? And we're gonna ask, how do I feel in this moment right now? And I
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  want you to notice it. Are you tense? Are you overwhelmed? Are you tired? Are you
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  calm? These are all feelings that you can acknowledge and see, okay this is where
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  I'm at. Step two, what are your needs? What do I actually need right now? Again, not
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  everyone else, just you mom. What do you need? Okay, step three is gonna be care.
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  What's one small thing I can do for myself today? Not tomorrow, today. Before
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  the day's done. Step four, connection. Where do I feel like God is trying to
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  get my attention? So that may look like God bringing someone to your mind again.
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  Pray for this person. Or maybe he's told you to give something away. Or maybe he's
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  told you to give up on trying to solve a problem and give it over to him. So that's
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  it. You don't need a perfect plan, friend. You just need a moment of quiet and
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  awareness, okay? So here's your reset. Again, find five minutes today. Again, you
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  are finding those five minutes by not filling those minutes. Not by adding
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  minutes, okay? And you're not lacking clarity, you're lacking quiet. And before
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  I let you go, I want to share this really amazing tool that I've had over the
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  years called the Pause app. And it's just an app that lets you set up pauses so
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  you can pick like three minute pause, even as low as a one minute pause. They
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  have five minutes, ten minutes. But it has prayer if you want it. It has
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  background music, almost like meditation music. And it walks you through how to
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  let go of your day. And again, how to pray. And it also will ask you how you're
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  doing that day and it will log that. So that's another cool feature. And it will
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  set up a reminder for you. So if you want to be intentional about these pauses,
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  that's available as well. I will link this in the show notes. And if you haven't
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  joined our Facebook group yet, I highly encourage you to go there because I'm
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  also going to link it there in our private Facebook group. And I know, ladies,
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  that five minutes doesn't sound like a lot. But I think you'll be surprised how
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  much it can give you. When you're intentional with those five minutes,
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  instead of letting them get lost and everything else, you're really going to
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  start to see how valuable those minutes really are. It's going to help you to
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  slow down, reconnect with yourself, reconnect with God. And this, guys, is a
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  really good place to start. And if you try it and you love what comes up for
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  you, can you share that in the comments on this episode? Or definitely you can
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  share those in the Facebook group if you're a member.
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  Hey, friend. I hope this episode helped you. If so, come join us in the Healthy
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  Boundaries for Moms Facebook group. That's where we go deeper, share what's
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  working, and support each other in real life. And if you haven't already, hit
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  follow and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more moms find this
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  message. Now, friend, go say no to what's stealing your peace and say yes to
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  something that you really need. And I'll meet you back here in the next
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  episode.