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TBT-Jennifer with Coffee - Episode 24 - Money Meditation (Solo Episode) · Jennifer with Coffee

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Jennifer with Coffee, a mindset podcast for people who are looking for real change.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Jennifer Lauer, writer, yogi, and fitness fanatic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lately, I've been having lots of coffee meetups, long,
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  SPEAKER_00: honest conversations that delve into mindset,
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  SPEAKER_00: identity, choices, and habits that shape our lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: I kept thinking how I wanted to share these conversations.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each episode moves in three beats.
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  SPEAKER_00: An inspirational story,
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  SPEAKER_00: an interview with thinkers,
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  SPEAKER_00: builders, athletes, and artists, people who want to share their own transformations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll end with a brief meditation to practice calming the nervous system.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you've been connecting with the stories and conversations here,
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  SPEAKER_00: I've also written some fiction that explore emotional spaces.
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  SPEAKER_00: One is an AI dystopia and the others are part of a paranormal mystery series.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're ever curious, you can find them on my website, jenniferlauer.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: So my inspiration today is really more of a tip or a mental tool to put
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  SPEAKER_00: in your toolbox if you find it useful.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's basically the act of counting down instead of counting up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, when I was doing my yoga teacher training,
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  SPEAKER_00: we learned that when you count down from 10 to 1 instead of from 1 to 10,
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  SPEAKER_00: it gives the brain this little foreshadow of finishing.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it feels better to count down from 10 to 1 because when you're counting from 1
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  SPEAKER_00: to 10, it kind of feels like you could be counting forever.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't necessarily know when it's going to stop.
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  SPEAKER_00: At least when you're counting backwards, you know you're not going to go into negative numbers.
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  SPEAKER_00: For example,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you're holding a pose for a long time or if you are doing push-ups,
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  SPEAKER_00: let's say, and your teacher is counting down from 4, 3, 2, 1,
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  SPEAKER_00: One, you know that you're almost there.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're almost complete.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I've used this little trick in many different ways,
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  SPEAKER_00: but I noticed, you know, at the gym is probably the easiest one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes if I have to do, say, 20 of an exercise, I'll count the first 10 up.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then I'll count the second 10 back.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'll count to 10 and then I'll say 10, 9, 8.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because for some reason that little mental trick just makes it more doable, more appealing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, I find this little mental trick to be helpful and I hope
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  SPEAKER_00: that maybe you could use it too.
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  SPEAKER_00: So next time you have to count something down,
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  SPEAKER_00: try counting it down instead of counting it up and see if it helps.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hello.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is going to be a little bit different than usual.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is a solo episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been getting some feedback on the podcast,
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  SPEAKER_00: and one of the things that has been kind of surprising to me,
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  SPEAKER_00: I guess it shouldn't be,
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  SPEAKER_00: but it has been really special, is the three breaths at the end of each episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, when I was trying to figure out what this podcast was going to be like
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  SPEAKER_00: and how I was going to format it,
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  SPEAKER_00: I really wanted to include my yoga and meditation because I find it so helpful
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  SPEAKER_00: for me and I really wanted to share it somehow with the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ending each episode with three intentional breaths is a very small way to get people
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  SPEAKER_00: in touch with their body and a nice way to ground.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't believe that that is one of the biggest comments I get from people
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  SPEAKER_00: who listen and Substack,
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  SPEAKER_00: Substack,
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  SPEAKER_00: Restack,
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  SPEAKER_00: Restack,
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  SPEAKER_00: Restack,
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  SPEAKER_00: Restack,
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  SPEAKER_00: Restack, Restack, Restack, Restack, Restack, Restack, Restack, Restack, Restack.
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  SPEAKER_00: That it is something that you are enjoying as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: In light of that,
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  SPEAKER_00: I have been asking around to my friends what are some breathwork themes
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  SPEAKER_00: that they would like to work with if there is something that they would like
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  SPEAKER_00: to take some breaths and think about.
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  SPEAKER_00: In my research with just,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: the people that I see,
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  SPEAKER_00: I got some feedback and one of the subjects that came up multiple times was money.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so today I'm going to devote...
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  SPEAKER_00: My solo episode to a money meditation.
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  SPEAKER_00: What that means is I'm just going to offer a meditation and we are going to think about money.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I consider money an energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's really just being in the energy of what that means for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And welcoming in the abundance of money and letting go of some of your fears
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  SPEAKER_00: and worries about money.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is what we're going to do for the solo episode today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining in.
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  SPEAKER_00: This one will be a little longer than usual.
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  SPEAKER_00: So get comfortable and we'll go ahead and do a money meditation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Find yourself in a comfortable seat.
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  SPEAKER_00: If possible, close your eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Allow your body to relax.
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  SPEAKER_00: Place your hands in your lap,
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  SPEAKER_00: palms facing the sky, and just drop in
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  SPEAKER_00: and relax, allowing your natural breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: What if you could let go of the past and stop worrying about the future
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  SPEAKER_00: and just simply be in the now?
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring your attention to the breath and notice as you inhale the air nourishing you
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  SPEAKER_00: and then the breathing out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring awareness to the feeling you might have about money.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where do you feel it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is it in your mind, in your gut, in your heart?
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  SPEAKER_00: See if you can comfort that part of you, holding it in a cozy blanket.
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  SPEAKER_00: Consider placing a hand on your heart and the other on your stomach
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  SPEAKER_00: and breathe,
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  SPEAKER_00: noticing the expanse of the inhale and the compression of the exhale.
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  SPEAKER_00: Money is energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: How you feel about it is informed by the stories you tell yourself about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: How your parents saw it, how you see it now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes it's based on an event or several pivotal events in your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can you gather all of those stories, those feelings into a bouquet of money energy?
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  SPEAKER_00: And feel how tight we hold on to those stories, those energies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice your hand holding the bouquet and see if you might loosen your grasp.
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  SPEAKER_00: What if we let it go?
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  SPEAKER_00: Surrender the energy, allowing the feelings we've had to float away.
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  SPEAKER_00: How does it feel to release the old energy?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is it freer?
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  SPEAKER_00: Can we breathe here?
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  SPEAKER_00: Attention to the inhales, bringing air in and filling up our body.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then a slow exhale where we let the breath leave.
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  SPEAKER_00: A few more breaths here.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we think of money energy, we're often yearning for freedom.
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  SPEAKER_00: Freedom from stress, from bills, from the weight of responsibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: And even when we have enough,
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  SPEAKER_00: we worry about worthiness, if we are being good stewards of our wealth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Freedom is the feeling it will all work out.
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  SPEAKER_00: It will be okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm doing my best.
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  SPEAKER_00: And give and receive in the highest good for all.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get into a few mantras to allow our money energy to flow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Money flows easily to me always.
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  SPEAKER_00: Money flows easily to me always.
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  SPEAKER_00: Money flows easily to me always.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every dollar I spend mindfully and responsibly returns to me multiplied.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every dollar I spend mindfully and responsibly returns to me multiplied.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm surrounded by wealth and abundance and receive and give freely.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm surrounded by wealth and abundance and receive and give freely.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring some attention to the body,
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  SPEAKER_00: where your body meets your seat, hands open to receive, heart shining forward.
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  SPEAKER_00: Allow the light of money energy to shine on your face,
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  SPEAKER_00: releasing all worries and fears, and opening to your most abundant self.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's take three final breaths of abundance here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Inhale, receiving the gift of abundance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Holding that gift at the top.
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  SPEAKER_00: Exhale all our worries, our stories, our fears.
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  SPEAKER_00: Inhale, receiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hold at the top.
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  SPEAKER_00: And exhale, squeezing out any extra air.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then our final inhale, hearts shining in our energy, hold at the top
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  SPEAKER_00: and exhale long and slow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for being in your abundant energy today.
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  SPEAKER_00: May you feel freedom and your money energy receiving and giving easily.
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  SPEAKER_00: This week's coffee shout out goes to the coffee shop called File Systems of Coffee
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  SPEAKER_00: on Melrose in Los Angeles.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a fun combo of coffee and technology and I tried the cold brew and it was great.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is not an ad.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is just my own experience of going out and having coffee around the city,
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  SPEAKER_00: places that I've been that I've really enjoyed.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're ever on Melrose and you haven't tried file systems of coffee, you should.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's really good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening to Jennifer with Coffee.
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  SPEAKER_00: Follow us on Instagram at jenniferwithcoffee and on Substack.
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  SPEAKER_00: This has been a Kings of Content production.
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  SPEAKER_00: Music by Oreo CC.