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It’s Time to Practice Mindfulness! · The Aligned Actor

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  SPEAKER_01: Hello, my beautiful friends.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is once again time for us to practice mindfulness together.
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  SPEAKER_01: Again,
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  my goal here is to demystify mindfulness as much as possible
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  and make engaging in a
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  regular practice something that is easy and accessible for you
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  and something that
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  SPEAKER_01: you want to then do on your own even.
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  SPEAKER_01: That would be great.
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  So once again,
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  as a reminder,
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  my definition of mindfulness is incredibly simple.
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  SPEAKER_01: Mindfulness is a special way of paying attention to the present moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: with curiosity instead of judgment.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's it.
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  We're just paying attention to the present moment,
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  noticing what we notice and going from there.
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  So you tune into your breath and you just notice whatever you
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  notice going on
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  SPEAKER_01: within you,
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  SPEAKER_01: whatever you notice going on around you,
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  SPEAKER_01: your thoughts,
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  SPEAKER_01: your emotions,
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  SPEAKER_01: sensations,
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  SPEAKER_01: sounds that you hear,
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  SPEAKER_01: anything like that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you notice that your mind wanders
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  SPEAKER_01: completely away from the present moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  SPEAKER_01: it goes off into the past and rummages around back there,
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  SPEAKER_01: or it goes forward off into the future.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey, we've all been there.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's no big deal.
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  SPEAKER_01: It happens to all of us.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you just kindly and gently guide your focus back to your breath.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's no need to curse yourself out or berate your wandering mind.
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  There's no need to beat yourself up in that moment and go,
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  God,
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  no,
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  I'm supposed to be present.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm supposed to be in the present moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: You don't need to do any of that.
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  SPEAKER_01: it's not a big deal.
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  You just kindly and gently guide your focus back to your breath
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  and back to the present moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's simple.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's gentle.
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  SPEAKER_01: You rinse and repeat as many times as needed in the session.
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  SPEAKER_01: And even if you do that a thousand times in one session,
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  SPEAKER_01: that's still a successful mindfulness meditation.
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  And one of my favorite things about mindfulness is that it lays
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  a really beautiful
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  foundation for any personal development or mindset work that
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  any of us want to do.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because at its core, mindfulness is awareness.
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  SPEAKER_01: And awareness equals choices.
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  So the more we practice becoming aware of our thoughts and
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  emotions during
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  SPEAKER_01: mindfulness meditation,
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  the easier it becomes to notice our thoughts and emotions
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  throughout our day and
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  SPEAKER_01: then adjust our mindset and our focus as needed.
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  We get to choose what do we want to do with this new
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  information that we're
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  gathering as we become more aware of our thoughts and emotions
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  in general.
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  So we can choose to keep replaying that audition and
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  questioning the performance
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  SPEAKER_01: that maybe we were so proud of only hours before.
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  Or we can choose to kindly and gently guide our focus back to
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  our initial positive
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  SPEAKER_01: thoughts and feelings about that work.
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  Because maybe when we first finished that tape,
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  we were like,
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  yeah,
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  all right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, felt good.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm going to send that off.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: a couple hours later,
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  SPEAKER_01: you're like,
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  SPEAKER_01: well,
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  SPEAKER_01: but,
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  SPEAKER_01: but maybe that one moment really wasn't all that good.
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  SPEAKER_01: And maybe it really wasn't that great of a tape.
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  SPEAKER_01: And maybe, and do we want to keep spiraling in that direction?
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  Or do we want to go back to our initial feelings and thoughts
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  about the tape?
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  SPEAKER_01: The choice is ours.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we can even choose in those moments to affirm for ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_01: I did my work.
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  SPEAKER_01: My work is done.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm moving on with my day.
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  Because it's so easy for our mind to start tanking us when we
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  get a little bit of
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  SPEAKER_01: distance because it's like,
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  SPEAKER_01: yeah,
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  SPEAKER_01: but what if,
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  SPEAKER_01: what if,
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  SPEAKER_01: what if,
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  SPEAKER_01: what if,
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  SPEAKER_01: what if?
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  SPEAKER_01: No, I did my work.
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  SPEAKER_01: My work is done.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm moving on with my day.
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  SPEAKER_01: But that mindful awareness of our unhelpful,
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  SPEAKER_01: self-critical thoughts about that audition,
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  SPEAKER_01: that's the first step in deciding to make those new choices,
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  SPEAKER_01: the choices that serve us better,
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  SPEAKER_01: that serve our mindset much better.
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  Because if we don't notice,
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  oh,
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  hey,
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  wait a second,
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  I'm torturing myself about this audition.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hmm, do I want to keep doing that?
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  SPEAKER_01: If we don't notice that,
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  SPEAKER_01: then we stay stuck in that kind of icky,
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  SPEAKER_01: angsty stuff of the self-tape,
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  SPEAKER_01: all that self-tape self-doubt that can creep in.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it becomes our choice whether or not we want to do that.
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  SPEAKER_01: So let's go ahead and practice together now.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you're driving, I'm going to once again caution you about this.
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  Maybe put this side of the podcast aside,
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  this moment of the podcast aside.
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  If you're doing something that requires your full attention in
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  order to be safe,
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  SPEAKER_01: please come back to this at a later time.
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  SPEAKER_01: It will be available to you.
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  SPEAKER_01: In fact, I figured out a way where I can just
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  SPEAKER_01: plant it right in the middle of the sub stack.
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  So you don't have to like fast forward to this moment in the
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  podcast or in the YouTube video.
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  You can just go to the Substack and find it and you'll just like
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  scroll and you'll
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  see a little audio embedded thing and you can just click on it
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  and you can practice
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  SPEAKER_01: at a time that works best for you.
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  But if you're able to practice with us live now,
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  let's go ahead and settle our bodies.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just start to tune into your breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to change your breath in any way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just notice the inhales and the exhales.
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  SPEAKER_00: Find your friend the breath wherever they are today.
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  SPEAKER_01: And allow your body to relax into whatever surface is supporting you.
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  So if that's a chair or a couch,
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  let that furniture support you and take your weight.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're standing,
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  SPEAKER_01: Go ahead and really feel your feet planted firmly on the floor.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let yourself ground into your space even more.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then as you continue,
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  Having a conversation with your breath,
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  noticing what it's doing today in this moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just start to gently see what else you notice in your present moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe there are thoughts dancing in your mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you can just notice those,
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  SPEAKER_00: accept them,
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  SPEAKER_00: be a little curious about what they're doing in general.
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  SPEAKER_00: But just notice them without attaching to them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just notice them neutrally.
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  SPEAKER_01: Ah, thinking.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hmm.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then gently return your focus to your breath.
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  SPEAKER_01: Likewise,
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  SPEAKER_01: maybe you notice a particular feeling,
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  SPEAKER_01: emotion or mood is present within your body and mind.
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  SPEAKER_01: And maybe you can be curious about that for a moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: And again, just sort of notice it neutrally.
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  SPEAKER_00: What is this feeling inside me?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where do I feel it in my body?
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  SPEAKER_00: How is it impacting the thoughts in my mind?
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  SPEAKER_00: And again, just noticing with curiosity instead of judgment.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's really no such thing as good emotions, bad emotions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Emotions are all neutral.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some may feel more pleasant to experience in the body and the mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: But even that we can get curious about.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that can be really helpful to us as actors,
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  SPEAKER_01: getting curious about our emotions and our emotional life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just noticing whatever we notice.
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  But again,
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  always staying mindfully aware that this is a part of our
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  present moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're not going to attach to this emotion.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're not going to get carried away with it or get lost in it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're just observing it.
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  And then gently coming back to our breath if we notice that our
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  mind completely
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  SPEAKER_00: wanders away from the present moment.
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  Staying with our breath and just noticing what we notice inside
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  us and around us.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been hearing some airplanes.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've just been noticing them.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're a part of my present experience.
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  So again,
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  I'm just focusing on my breath and noticing what's present in
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  this moment for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now we're going to bring this mindful moment to a close.
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  so just noticing what you notice maybe inviting some gentle
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  movement into your body
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  as you get ready to bring more of your senses back online
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  especially if you had
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  your eyes closed and then whenever you're ready if your eyes
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  were closed you can go
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  SPEAKER_00: ahead and open them
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  SPEAKER_01: Fun fact, my screensaver came on during that little session.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I noticed it while I was guiding because my computer screen,
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  SPEAKER_01: I noticed a change in my computer screen.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was like, oh, something changed on my computer screen.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't know what that was.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I kept going.
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  And then I all of a sudden was greeted by beautiful trees on my
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  Mac screen here.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that was fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: A little behind the scenes fun fact for you.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that was mindfulness and it was delightful and wonderful.
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  And while we're all kind of basking in the afterglow of that
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  little mindfulness
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  SPEAKER_01: session,
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  I always feel much sort of calmer and more centered and just
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  sort of relaxed after
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  SPEAKER_01: sessions like that.
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  SPEAKER_01: I wanna remind you of all the many, many, many benefits of mindfulness.
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  I gave an example earlier about becoming more aware of our
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  thoughts and emotions
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  throughout the day and how that can give us more choice and
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  more agency in our
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  SPEAKER_01: lives,
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  SPEAKER_01: which I think is really great.
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  SPEAKER_01: Heightening our awareness is always a really,
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  SPEAKER_01: really good thing,
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  SPEAKER_01: especially in any personal development or mindset work that we wanna do.
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  But practicing mindfulness can also help us just relieve
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  tension and stress from
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  SPEAKER_01: our body and mind.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I know I feel infinitely more relaxed.
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  SPEAKER_01: I've released a lot of tension from my body through that session.
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  SPEAKER_01: It can help you calm your nerves before doing that big scene,
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  SPEAKER_01: whether it's on set or it's for an audition.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean,
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  SPEAKER_01: I always feel like in mindfulness,
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  SPEAKER_01: I've come to a place of neutrality in my body where there isn't a lot of
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't know, there's not a lot of Amy emotional life going on.
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  Like I come to a neutral place so that then I could maybe put
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  my character and
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  SPEAKER_01: their emotional life,
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  SPEAKER_01: their circumstances,
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  SPEAKER_01: their imagined circumstances onto me,
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  but from a place of neutrality because I've brought myself to a
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  place of neutrality
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  SPEAKER_01: through practicing mindfulness.
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  SPEAKER_01: So there's another benefit for you.
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  It helps you stay present in your craft,
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  really listening and reacting moment to moment.
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  It can help you get out of your head in auditions and get
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  present in the moment and
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  SPEAKER_01: stay focused on whatever it is that your character wants.
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  SPEAKER_01: You're not thinking about, oh, what does casting want?
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  SPEAKER_01: How can I book this job?
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  SPEAKER_01: You're instead focused on, no, no, no.
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  SPEAKER_01: The work here is, what does my character want?
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  SPEAKER_01: My character doesn't care about booking a job.
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  My character cares about whatever's happening in this scene and
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  getting what they
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  SPEAKER_01: want in this scene.
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  Mindfulness can also help you notice when your inner critic is
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  being really mean to
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  SPEAKER_01: you so that then you can decide,
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  SPEAKER_01: ah,
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  SPEAKER_01: do I want to keep listening to this little MF-er?
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  SPEAKER_01: Or do I want to maybe activate some self-kindness?
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  SPEAKER_01: Do I want to do something to nurture myself right now?
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  SPEAKER_01: And start taking that guy down, letting that voice go.
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  SPEAKER_01: Mindfulness can also help you become less judgmental
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  both yourself with that little inner critic and maybe less just
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  judgmental of other
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  people and it can also help you start to gently question if
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  some of your dominant
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  thoughts the thoughts that you think a lot kind of your general
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  mindset might
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  actually be holding you back in your career maybe it's just a
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  bunch of limiting
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  SPEAKER_01: beliefs and things that are holding you back in life in general
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  You can just start to gently question those things because it's
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  not so helpful when
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  SPEAKER_01: we kind of aggressively attack our mindset and our thoughts.
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  SPEAKER_01: That can get a little tricky there.
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  But if we gently start questioning,
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  is that something that I want to keep believing?
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  SPEAKER_01: Is that really true?
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  SPEAKER_01: Whatever the thought is that is in there.
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  And we can just gently start to question these things because
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  mindfulness helps us
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  SPEAKER_01: approach all of our thoughts,
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  SPEAKER_01: all of our emotions,
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  SPEAKER_01: everything that's going on within us from this place of neutrality and of
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  SPEAKER_01: curiosity.
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  Hmm.
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  SPEAKER_01: I wonder.
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  SPEAKER_01: I wonder about that.
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  SPEAKER_01: So these are all really great benefits of mindfulness.
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  SPEAKER_01: These are things that I love about mindfulness.
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  SPEAKER_01: And these benefits are immediate,
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  SPEAKER_01: like you'll start to notice them immediately practicing in a session.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then they're cumulative,
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  SPEAKER_01: meaning that regular practice,
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  SPEAKER_01: even just 10 minutes a day,
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  makes all of these great benefits more and more and more and
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  more accessible to you
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  SPEAKER_01: over time.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's why I want to get us all practicing as much as possible.
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  SPEAKER_01: because it just takes practice.
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  It just takes sticking with this and continuing to come back
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  and continuing to
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  SPEAKER_01: bring yourself to a place of mindful presence in your life.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you'll continue to see these benefits more and more and more.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that's why I want us all practicing as much as possible.
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  That's why I'm committed to bringing you these little
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  mindfulness sessions
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  SPEAKER_01: throughout your month,
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  SPEAKER_01: basically.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then also speaking of mindfulness,
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  I have a very specific mindfulness meditation that is meant for
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  that moment before
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  you're going to do a big scene or before you're going to do an
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  audition where you
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  SPEAKER_01: can,
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  it's going to help you calm your nerves and let go of all those
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  distracting
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  SPEAKER_01: thoughts that I mentioned about like,
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  SPEAKER_01: how can I book this?
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  SPEAKER_01: What do they want?
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  SPEAKER_01: What am I supposed to do with this scene?
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  SPEAKER_01: You're going to let all that go.
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  SPEAKER_01: and you're going to focus in on what your character wants,
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  SPEAKER_01: because that's really what's going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: What's going on for your character in the scene,
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  SPEAKER_01: that's the work,
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  SPEAKER_01: and that's where you want your focus.
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  SPEAKER_01: You don't want your focus on, I want to book this.
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  SPEAKER_01: How do I book this?
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  SPEAKER_01: Of course we want to book things.
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  But in order to book things,
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  we have to focus on the work and be present in the work.
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  And so this free meditation is available to you and it will
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  help you stay focused on the work.
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  And of course there are links everywhere that you would expect
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  to find links.
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  SPEAKER_01: The other thing that I have links for you everywhere throughout Substack,
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  SPEAKER_01: the podcast notes,
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  SPEAKER_01: the YouTube video is around
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  SPEAKER_01: A free complimentary session.
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  SPEAKER_01: Free complimentary?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes, that's a little bit redundant, but that's okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you're ready to transform your actor mindset in general,
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  SPEAKER_01: you want to learn more about mindfulness,
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  you want to transform your actor mindset using mindfulness and
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  using a bunch of
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  SPEAKER_01: other life coach tools and things like that,
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  SPEAKER_01: I can definitely help you with that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I offer a free session.
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  SPEAKER_01: And rest assured, it's not a sales call.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's literally just a time of connection.
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  SPEAKER_01: We connect for an hour.
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  SPEAKER_01: We talk about what's going on with you.
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  And you leave with some specific actionable ideas that you can
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  start applying right
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  SPEAKER_01: away to start gently shifting your mindset,
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  SPEAKER_01: taking better care of yourself,
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  SPEAKER_01: maybe taking better care of your mind at least,
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  and helping yourself out a little bit more as an actor and how
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  you approach your
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  SPEAKER_01: mindset overall.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that free session is available to you.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I encourage you to go and take advantage of that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Again, links are everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if in the meantime,
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  you want sort of just some specific tiny tools that would help
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  you de-stress in
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  general and help you calm down and release tension from your
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  mind and body
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  SPEAKER_01: throughout your day and sort of general stress that you might be feeling,
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  SPEAKER_01: I have an ebook,
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  SPEAKER_01: it's called Accessing Calm.
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  SPEAKER_01: And these are mindfulness tools that I use on the go all the time to
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  SPEAKER_01: calm my body down,
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  release tension and stress and stop my mind from spinning out
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  of control with
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  SPEAKER_01: frustration and worry.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they helped me get through everything in life.
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  SPEAKER_01: So the morning rush off to school and diving into work on my business.
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  And then also they helped me calm down before I hit record on a
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  self tape and they
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  SPEAKER_01: help with the general stress of the world and all of that craziness.
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  It's a really quick read and there are video demonstrations of
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  all of the tools.
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  So you get to watch me demonstrate the tool and you can do it
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  with me and then you
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  SPEAKER_01: take it and do it on your own.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's a lot of fun, I think.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's $7.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you can go pick that up for yourself.
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  Again,
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  there are links everywhere you'd expect to find links and I
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  encourage you to do that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then finally,
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  SPEAKER_01: if you are a member of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory,
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  SPEAKER_01: I have some upcoming mindfulness workshops.
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  SPEAKER_01: I host these online and I'm hosting one in October and one in November,
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  SPEAKER_01: and it's exclusively,
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  SPEAKER_01: again,
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  SPEAKER_01: for members of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory.
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  SPEAKER_01: So again,
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  SPEAKER_01: you have to be a member of SAG-AFTRA,
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  SPEAKER_01: the Actors' Union,
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  SPEAKER_01: and you have to be a member of the Los Angeles Conservatory.
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  SPEAKER_01: That membership is $45 for a full year, and there are a ton of
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  classes that you can take everything from various different
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  acting techniques and
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  acting classes to businessy type classes to voiceover things to
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  audition stuff to
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  like there's just a ton of stuff there and once you pay your 45
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  you go access any
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  of this stuff that you want there some of them are in person uh
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  at the sag building
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  the sag after building in los angeles and some of them are
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  online mine are online
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  SPEAKER_01: because that's just easier.
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  You can be comfortable in your space while you're learning
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  about mindfulness.
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  And my workshop is mindfulness 101,
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  empower your craft and your career with your presence.
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  So you can come learn about mindfulness and the many advantages
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  that it offers performers.
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  You can experience a guided mindfulness meditation and explore
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  the benefits of
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  SPEAKER_01: developing a daily mindfulness practice.
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  And you can even learn some quick centering tools that you can
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  use in auditions and on set.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's a really fun time.
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  SPEAKER_01: People have seemed to really like it so far,
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  SPEAKER_01: the workshops that I've hosted,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I would love to see you there.
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  SPEAKER_01: So again,
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  SPEAKER_01: if you're a member of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory,
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  SPEAKER_01: you can go to their website and find their calendar and sign up for that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And there are links.
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  SPEAKER_01: everywhere you'd want to find links so that you can go and do that.
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  And if you're not a member,
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  you can then sign up and then access the calendar.
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  SPEAKER_01: So there you go.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's what I have for you today.
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  SPEAKER_01: I hope you enjoyed our mindfulness time together.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I hope that you're developing a practice on your own.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I...
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  really want that for you because I think mindfulness is going
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  to help you in a lot
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  SPEAKER_01: of ways,
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  SPEAKER_01: both as an actor and as a human.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's changed my life in a lot of ways,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I really encourage you to continue practicing on your own.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Take care.
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  SPEAKER_01: Bye.