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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: Take a Second To Breathe Where You Are · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, Emily Body coming to you from Hawaii right now. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: as you listen to this, I will be on my
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  Speaker 1: second of two planes heading back to New York. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm recording this on Thursday, and I am sitting inside
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  Speaker 1: Sense Lunai, which is a resort arguably one of the
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  Speaker 1: most beautiful wellness retreats in the world. And they have
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  Speaker 1: a partnership with Whoop, which is why I'm down here.
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  Speaker 1: I am going through the experience to write about it
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  Speaker 1: on Whoops blog called the Locker. I have reference to
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  Speaker 1: it before in the Weekly Hurdle newsletter. The partnership the
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  Speaker 1: program is called the Optimal well Being Program and basically
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  Speaker 1: guests can meet with an integrated team of wellness individuals
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  Speaker 1: from the person that they call your Sunday Guide, two
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  Speaker 1: different wellness practitioners, nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and mindfulness coaches, all
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  Speaker 1: talking to you about your biomarkers, which are if you're
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  Speaker 1: a Whoop user, you know this tracked by your Whoop
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  Speaker 1: wearable and learn about what's going on with your body.
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  Speaker 1: Find junior daily practices and activities. You've got a fully
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  Speaker 1: customized itinerary. Yeah, it's like the whole nine yards and
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  Speaker 1: so it's been a really beautiful week. Definitely not your
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  Speaker 1: traditional YI vacation where you're just lounging on a lounge chair,
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  Speaker 1: a beach chair, dipping your toes in the ocean, although
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  Speaker 1: I did get to do that yesterday. Feeling so grateful
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  Speaker 1: that I got to do this, and it's been really, really,
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  Speaker 1: really interesting, and I will share my takeaways over in
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  Speaker 1: the locker. I'll make sure to share that post with
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  Speaker 1: you in the Weekly Hurdle when it's live. I digress.
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  Speaker 1: I would be remiss if I didn't say that it
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  Speaker 1: certainly has been a heavy week, and that was why
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  Speaker 1: I made the decision not to release an episode of
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  Speaker 1: the show on Wednesday. It just felt kind of trivial
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  Speaker 1: in the wake of what happened in Texas to release
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  Speaker 1: a listener Questions episode when I would hope that the
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  Speaker 1: content that you are taking in is you know, related
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  Speaker 1: to the news and maybe geared toward your mental health
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  Speaker 1: and well being and navigating what has been an unimaginable
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  Speaker 1: event for the families and the loved ones involved. I'm
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  Speaker 1: at a loss for words, but also just so traumatic
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  Speaker 1: and angry, anger inducing. Excuse me for so many of
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  Speaker 1: us seeing the faces of those children the teachers just killed.
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  Speaker 1: It's truly awful. So, like you, I've been reflecting a bit,
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  Speaker 1: and I wrote an email to Chuck Schumer, my senator, yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I'll link in the show notes on how you can
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  Speaker 1: reach out to your senator to take action. I also
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  Speaker 1: donated to every Town, and I'll link to that as
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  Speaker 1: well for those of you that are not in the loop.
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  Speaker 1: Every Town is a movement. They call it. It's Moms, Mayors, Survivors, Students,
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  Speaker 1: Everyday Americans, and they're working to end gun violence. I
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  Speaker 1: linked to the fundraiser in my Instagram bio, but I'll
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  Speaker 1: also link it in the show notes as well. But
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  Speaker 1: beyond this, I've just been reflecting and I was in
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  Speaker 1: a yoga class yesterday morning and something that the teacher
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  Speaker 1: said really stuck with me that I wanted to share
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  Speaker 1: with you here today, and that is breathe where you are.
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  Speaker 1: I've said before to be where your feet are on
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  Speaker 1: this show, but this week the sentence breathe where you
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  Speaker 1: are really really stuck with me, because sometimes that's all
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  Speaker 1: we can do right It's a fact. Wherever you are
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  Speaker 1: right now is where you are, even if you want
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  Speaker 1: to be somewhere else if you hope that your circumstance
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  Speaker 1: was different. God knows, we all wish that what happened
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  Speaker 1: in Texas didn't happen, But this is how it is now.
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  Speaker 1: So what if you took a second to pause, and
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  Speaker 1: took a second to breathe one deep inhale and one
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  Speaker 1: deep exhale, and you allowed yourself to to meet yourself
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  Speaker 1: with where you're at, so that you could have a
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  Speaker 1: second to process before taking your next step. It's not
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  Speaker 1: always easy, and sometimes it can feel like we're suffocating
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  Speaker 1: and that breath isn't readily available. But when you take
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  Speaker 1: the time just to accept, there's so much power in
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  Speaker 1: that right to allow yourself to truly feel your feelings
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  Speaker 1: and to just be without an immediate urgency to take action.
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  Speaker 1: Although yes, action is important, I cannot reiterate that enough.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing changes if nothing changes. But sometimes before you get
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  Speaker 1: to that point, before you figure out your next step,
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  Speaker 1: you just need to sit in what is for just
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  Speaker 1: a second and breathe where you are. And so that
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  Speaker 1: really really resonated with me, and it felt appropriate to
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  Speaker 1: bring to you all this week. My prompt for you
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  Speaker 1: this week is not a prompt at all, but rather
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  Speaker 1: an encouragement to take a couple of deep breaths, to
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  Speaker 1: do what you need to do, to have some grace
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  Speaker 1: with others, and show up the best way that you
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  Speaker 1: can and accept that some days that is going to
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  Speaker 1: look different than it did the day before, and that
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  Speaker 1: is okay. And for now, a little lighthearted listener question. Hey, Emily,
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  Speaker 1: It's Lauren from Loisbill. I have a really important question
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  Speaker 1: for you. What's your favorite kind of donut? Hey, Laura,
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  Speaker 1: I will. I do feel like I need to preface
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  Speaker 1: that this question came in last week, I believe, and
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  Speaker 1: it is a very pressing question. I may or may
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  Speaker 1: not have talked about this on the show before. I'm
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  Speaker 1: pretty sure that I have. But in college when I
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  Speaker 1: was going through a really big transition and losing weight,
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  Speaker 1: I was doing so with the help of weight watchers
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  Speaker 1: at the time now UW. Every week when I would
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  Speaker 1: go to weigh in. After I would weigh in, I
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  Speaker 1: would go to a Dunkin Donuts that was literally like
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  Speaker 1: two buildings over and I would go through the drive
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  Speaker 1: through and get an iced coffee and a glazed stick donut.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's unconventional. I know it's a stick shape
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  Speaker 1: and not a circle. But that donut to this day
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  Speaker 1: brings me so much nostalgia and happiness, which is just
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  Speaker 1: really nice. Also, I do need to say I don't discriminate,
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  Speaker 1: but I am a cake donut over a yeast donut
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  Speaker 1: kind of person, especially the cake donuts. If you go
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  Speaker 1: to like a very legit donut shop aka like Peter
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  Speaker 1: Pam and Greenpoint amazing donuts. The old fashioned donuts that
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  Speaker 1: are sometimes like glazed and just like dense. Oh those
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  Speaker 1: are my jam. So yeah, I told you a little
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  Speaker 1: less serious topic for listener question this week. Make sure
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  Speaker 1: to do what you need to do for you have
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  Speaker 1: some grace with yourself. Donate to every town if you
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  Speaker 1: have the funds. A note on what's going on with hurdle.
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  Speaker 1: So next week is a special series on the show
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  Speaker 1: Wow Say the Words special series five times Fast called
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  Speaker 1: Running Through. I'm talking to different women about their journey
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  Speaker 1: with running and how it has helped them navigate some
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  Speaker 1: of their major hurdles. I'm really excited about the series
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  Speaker 1: and to bring it to you, it is in celebration. Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: June first is Global Running Day and so it is
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  Speaker 1: the perfect time to bring you this content. Plus it's
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  Speaker 1: five days of episodes, which will leave you with plenty
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  Speaker 1: of content because the following week the show will be
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  Speaker 1: on a season break. So that is what's going on
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  Speaker 1: from a production schedule. POV over here on Hurdle and
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  Speaker 1: like I said, make sure to take care of you
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  Speaker 1: all right, another Hurdle conquer Catch you guys next time.