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171. Empower Your (Physical) Space · Your Enriched Self

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  Speaker 1: It's time to finally take that deep breath that you
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  Speaker 1: haven't let go of yet. It's time to do the
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  Speaker 1: inhale and the exhale. You've got to make time to
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  Speaker 1: release all the stresses of the day, all the stresses
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  Speaker 1: of this month, this season. There's so much going on,
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  Speaker 1: and we are getting ready to embark upon even more
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  Speaker 1: busyness and activities. And I just want you to spend
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  Speaker 1: a moment taking a breath. You've been holding your breath,
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  Speaker 1: You've been waiting for results, you've been waiting to see
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  Speaker 1: what's going to happen next, and it's been causing you
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  Speaker 1: so much stress, internal stress, external stress. It might feel
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  Speaker 1: like it's coming from just about every direction, and it
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  Speaker 1: is likely just that. And so I just want to
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  Speaker 1: spend a moment. I want you to spend a moment
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  Speaker 1: just taking this time to breathe, taking this time to
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  Speaker 1: be aware of yourself, really just spending time understanding what
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  Speaker 1: do you need right now? What will you need in
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  Speaker 1: the next moment, Because I know if you are here,
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  Speaker 1: you like to serve, You like to show up for
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  Speaker 1: other people. This is a moment for you to show
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  Speaker 1: up for yourself. This is how you place yourself back
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  Speaker 1: on the top of your priority list because you matter.
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  Speaker 1: If you haven't heard it today or in the last
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  Speaker 1: forty eight hours or in the last week, you are important.
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  Speaker 1: You matter, your feelings matter, your thoughts matter, your life matters.
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  Speaker 1: Do with that what you need so that you can
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  Speaker 1: enrich your life and you can be more intentional about
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  Speaker 1: showing up for yourself. My friends from all across the
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  Speaker 1: globe and welcome to the Your and Ritzel podcast. I
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  Speaker 1: am your host, my le Noir. I am an emotional
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  Speaker 1: wellness and empowerment coach, and what my work is each
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  Speaker 1: and every week is for us to have conversation and
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  Speaker 1: engage in discussion so that you are intentional from the
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  Speaker 1: very place that your reality is shaped, and that is
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts. See, every day we have thousands of thoughts
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  Speaker 1: that go through our mind, and if we are intentional
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  Speaker 1: about those thoughts, it can help us shape our reality.
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  Speaker 1: Because see, your thoughts become things, and it starts with
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  Speaker 1: the seeds that you plant in your mind that you
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  Speaker 1: begin to water based on your beliefs, and those beliefs
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  Speaker 1: manifest into the words that you use to speak over
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  Speaker 1: your life, and those words then inspire the action and
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  Speaker 1: the activity and how you show up in your life
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  Speaker 1: and that creates your reality. And so that's what this
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  Speaker 1: podcast is all about. That's the heart and soul of
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  Speaker 1: if you are a repeat listener, we are continuing our
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  Speaker 1: journey of podcasting with episode one hundred and seventy two.
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  Speaker 1: So I want to thank you because if not for you,
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  Speaker 1: we wouldn't be here. So thank you from the bottom
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  Speaker 1: of my heart. And I appreciate every single one of you.
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  Speaker 1: Before we get into this week's episode, if you know
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's important for me to make a deposit
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  Speaker 1: into the bank of you because doing so allows me
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  Speaker 1: to help you become more of your enriched self. And
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  Speaker 1: so how I do that each and every week is
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  Speaker 1: by way of affirmations. Affirmations are a great way to
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  Speaker 1: start your day and to command your mourning. And this
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  Speaker 1: week's affirmation is I find power in my ability to
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  Speaker 1: overcome and succeed. I find power in my ability to
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  Speaker 1: overcome and succeed. I find power in my ability to
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  Speaker 1: overcome and succeed. Now, let's get ready for this week's
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  Speaker 1: episode of the Your Enriched Self podcast. So if you've
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  Speaker 1: been listening to this podcast, you know that I love
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  Speaker 1: to do a series. I just really like to have
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  Speaker 1: a conversation with different tentacles to it. And this is
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  Speaker 1: one of those conversations that I want to start having
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  Speaker 1: before we conclude this twenty twenty four. And it's an
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  Speaker 1: empowerment series, right, Obviously, this podcast is based on the
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  Speaker 1: premise of emotional wellness and empowerment. And empowerment isn't just
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  Speaker 1: the idea of finding power in your life. And so
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  Speaker 1: this series is to empower your space. And so I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to dedicate the next three to four weeks talking
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  Speaker 1: through the spaces in your life that you need to
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  Speaker 1: empower that's going to help your life take shape. And
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  Speaker 1: as we're doing this, I want this to be an
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  Speaker 1: interactive series, meaning there are going to be things that
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  Speaker 1: I want you to work on to become more enriched.
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  Speaker 1: But I want you to leave this podcast and I
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  Speaker 1: want you to have action that you can take almost immediately.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to apply everything in this empowerment series
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  Speaker 1: right into your life. Be intentional about making application from
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  Speaker 1: what you hear today. In this series of empowering your space,
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  Speaker 1: begin by empowering your physical space. And your physical environment
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  Speaker 1: is literally everything around you. I know, living in a
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  Speaker 1: household with my family, there are times where I've woken
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  Speaker 1: up in the morning and there's dishes in the sink,
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  Speaker 1: and it just reshapes the look and feel of the kitchen, right.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, everybody knows the kitchen is the heart of
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  Speaker 1: the home, and if that space is out of whack,
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  Speaker 1: it just feels like for me, everything is out of whack.
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  Speaker 1: And so your physical environment, I mean, all the things
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  Speaker 1: that are happening around you, it's going to impact your energy.
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  Speaker 1: I know, when I see a messy kitchen or a
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  Speaker 1: sink full of dishes, it really just messes with my karma,
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  Speaker 1: messes with my energy. I feel almost drained right because
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  Speaker 1: I don't feel like I can function or I can
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  Speaker 1: even leave the house without addressing the issue. And so
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  Speaker 1: that may be your home, that may be your work space,
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  Speaker 1: that may be a personal space that you retreat to.
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  Speaker 1: It's just important to ask yourself the question, does this
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  Speaker 1: space inspire me or does it drain me? And I'm
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  Speaker 1: in my office right now, and I can tell you
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  Speaker 1: that this space is no longer inspiring me. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: just being honest, and that's what we need to be
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  Speaker 1: so that we can take back the power that we
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  Speaker 1: can give ourselves authority to go do the things that
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  Speaker 1: we need to do so that we can put ourselves
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  Speaker 1: in the best position to win. I don't know about you,
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  Speaker 1: but this time of year is such a time of revival.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of people want to revive when
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  Speaker 1: the year restarts, but I think this is a good
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  Speaker 1: time to revive, to revive your space, revive your life,
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  Speaker 1: to revive your thoughts, to revive your dreams. Right I
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  Speaker 1: just can't see myself leaving this year without pushing the
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  Speaker 1: envelope on the things that I want to happen in
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  Speaker 1: my life. I don't want to wait till the calendar
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  Speaker 1: goes to one one of twenty twenty five to then
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  Speaker 1: start addressing things. I think this is a perfect time
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  Speaker 1: for a revival, a mini revival, if you will, to
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  Speaker 1: go and attack and go and do, and go and execute.
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  Speaker 1: And it's not too late. And so if we go
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  Speaker 1: back to the question does the space inspire me? Does
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  Speaker 1: or does the space drain me. Be real about it.
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  Speaker 1: The only way that you are going to create change
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  Speaker 1: and make room for change is to start first with transparency,
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  Speaker 1: be honest. And here's the thing about what I'm asking
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  Speaker 1: you to do, what I know you know you need
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  Speaker 1: to do, is it's simple changes. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: be drastic. I think a lot of times the thing
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  Speaker 1: that holds us back, the things that make us or
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  Speaker 1: keep us in a space of procrastinating, is because we
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  Speaker 1: try to boil the ocean. We try to go after
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  Speaker 1: the big thing. And what I'm telling you right now
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  Speaker 1: is I want you to think small. And I know
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  Speaker 1: that goes against everything culture says, everybody says, think big,
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  Speaker 1: go big, go home. I want you to just come
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  Speaker 1: and scale back a little bit and think small. What
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  Speaker 1: small steps can I take today that's gonna help me
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  Speaker 1: encourage me to continue taking the small steps. Think about
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  Speaker 1: like a snowball effect. Right, You're not gonna get this
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  Speaker 1: big ball to move things forward. You're gonna start small
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  Speaker 1: and you're gonna build and create momentum. And as that's happening,
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  Speaker 1: that ball is grown bigger and bigger. Little simple changes
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  Speaker 1: like decluttering, there might be a corner in that room.
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  Speaker 1: There might be a space where you're sitting, there might
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  Speaker 1: be an opportunity just to remove something or add something.
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  Speaker 1: There might be something that you wanted to bring back
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  Speaker 1: into your life, personal touches of joy. Maybe it's a
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  Speaker 1: photo that you want to put on the wall, or
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  Speaker 1: rearranging how the room, the space that no longer brings
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  Speaker 1: you joy that drains you. It might be an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: just to simply shuffle the furniture in the space and
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  Speaker 1: give it a better flow, give it a better feel,
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  Speaker 1: so that you can get to your space where you
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  Speaker 1: are empowered. Now you have a space that you can
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  Speaker 1: do more, that you feel more inspired to be in,
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  Speaker 1: and then it helps for you to bring space to
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  Speaker 1: your mind because I know for me, once I take
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  Speaker 1: care of that thing. I don't know about you, but
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  Speaker 1: if you've ever cleaned a space or rearrange a space,
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  Speaker 1: it just has a different element, feel and flow to it,
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  Speaker 1: and it gives you a peace of mind. And that's
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  Speaker 1: all it is. So what I would like for you
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  Speaker 1: to do is I want you to take the d
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  Speaker 1: clutter challenge. I want you to spend five to ten
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  Speaker 1: minutes in the space that feels like it's draining you. Now,
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  Speaker 1: tidy up that space and notice that that five minute shift,
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  Speaker 1: that five minute activity will shift your mood. It will
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  Speaker 1: lift your mood. And that's what I want for you.
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  Speaker 1: I honestly want that for you. Now we talk about
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  Speaker 1: removing things and rearranging things. Here's some other quick tips
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  Speaker 1: that you can go do today or this weekend so
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  Speaker 1: that you can further empower your physical space and create
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  Speaker 1: an environment for you that's going to help you be
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  Speaker 1: inspired and nurtured and engaged again so that you can
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  Speaker 1: get to your space of productivity. Number one, go get
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  Speaker 1: a plant. Go get a plant. Introducing nature. I think
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  Speaker 1: scientifically there's something about bringing a plant into your space
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  Speaker 1: that helps to relieve your stress levels and just automatically
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  Speaker 1: enhance your mood. So why not use the science that's
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  Speaker 1: out there that's proven to say that these adding these
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  Speaker 1: plants and flowers are actually going to bring warmth and
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  Speaker 1: vitality to your surroundings. And it's a good it's a
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  Speaker 1: good thing to look at too. The other thing that
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  Speaker 1: you might consider change the lighting or optimize the lighting.
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  Speaker 1: There might be a space in a room that hasn't
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  Speaker 1: really given or felt as illuminated as you want it
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  Speaker 1: to be. And lighting does play a good, a pretty
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  Speaker 1: important role as a matter of fact in the space
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  Speaker 1: and how the fate the space feels. You may want
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  Speaker 1: to look at how you can move the furniture in
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  Speaker 1: the room so that you can find the right lighting
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  Speaker 1: for what you need and then kind of create that
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  Speaker 1: cozy environment, you know, where you feel invited to that space.
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  Speaker 1: And again, you're the intent is to feel inspired, to
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  Speaker 1: want to be in that space, to work in that space,
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  Speaker 1: to be innovative in that space, and that right lighting
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  Speaker 1: will absolutely help create that mood, create that space that
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  Speaker 1: you want and the atmosphere that you need to be
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  Speaker 1: the best that you can be. And finally, the last
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  Speaker 1: thing I'm gonna say. We talked about bringing some greenery in,
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  Speaker 1: We talked about the lighting in the room. Maybe you
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  Speaker 1: need to add some light elements or add some scent
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  Speaker 1: and sound. So this is your excuse to go out
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  Speaker 1: and buy some potpourri or do people even buy potpourrix anymore?
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  Speaker 1: A space that engages your senses, So now we have
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  Speaker 1: you know, whether it's diffusers or candles or room sprays
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  Speaker 1: or whatever it is that or potpourri, whatever it is
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  Speaker 1: that you need those calming fragrances. I know lavenders are good,
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  Speaker 1: go to you. Caualypt Us is really strong, but it
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  Speaker 1: brings some element into the room, some good scent there
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  Speaker 1: as well. I think a lot of times we miss
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  Speaker 1: that those simple things can elevate the space, that can
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  Speaker 1: create new space that you learn to appreciate, that you
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  Speaker 1: learn to engage in more. And so it's just the
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  Speaker 1: small things that I'm encouraging you to do in this
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  Speaker 1: season to revitalize your space, to empower your space. And
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  Speaker 1: we know that your physical space can have a positive
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  Speaker 1: influence on your mindset, your daily mindset. And we've got
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  Speaker 1: a lot to do to finish this year and we
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of head into the next year. So
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  Speaker 1: this is a good exercise to get your mindset right.
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  Speaker 1: But it's so relevant and it's so important to be
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  Speaker 1: intentional about doing this work right because this is your space,
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  Speaker 1: this is your life. You are the common denominator. And
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  Speaker 1: if you want something changed. I heard this a long
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  Speaker 1: time ago, and this person would say, if you don't
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  Speaker 1: like what you see, change the picture. And what I'm
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  Speaker 1: saying telling you right now, if you don't like the
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  Speaker 1: way the light is shining in that room. If you
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  Speaker 1: don't like when you walk in, what it feels like,
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  Speaker 1: or how you feel when you're in that room, whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is that you don't like, you can change the picture.
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  Speaker 1: And so these quick actions, these quick steps, these quick
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  Speaker 1: tips that I provided will only help you change the picture.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe for some of you it's a small little
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  Speaker 1: frame that you need to change, or you need to
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  Speaker 1: remove something out of that picture and add something in.
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  Speaker 1: But for some of us, and I'm being honest, there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot to do to get the space in the
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  Speaker 1: way I want it. But I am going to be
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  Speaker 1: intentional about starting small. Literally, and I've said this before,
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  Speaker 1: I'll say it again. Set your alarm on your phone
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  Speaker 1: for five minutes and declutter a corner for five minutes.
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  Speaker 1: I promise you you're gonna look at that space and
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna think I can spend another ten minutes in
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  Speaker 1: this room and I can rea to do some work.
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  Speaker 1: And so that's what I mean by momentum and building
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  Speaker 1: the big rocks that you're gonna need to knock down
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  Speaker 1: the walls, knock down the things that have been holding
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  Speaker 1: you back from giving your all, being your best and
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  Speaker 1: doing what you can to be more enriched. So I'll
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  Speaker 1: see you on the other side as we continue this
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  Speaker 1: series on empowering your space. I hope you enjoyed this
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