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the importance of quiet · feel your feelings with Ethan Jewell

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  There's Something Beautiful In The Quiet Moments.
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  I always found when I'm sitting by myself alone with my
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  thoughts. I'm so much more aware of the
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  beauty around me. Whether I'm in a park in my
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  room, beneath the stars on a mountain.
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  I always can find beauty in The Quiet Moments and I think that
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  goes highly unappreciated. I think we live in a world that
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  encourages speed, that encourages constant noise, and
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  constant movement, and there is so much Beauty in the Ali to sit
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  and be present. Hey there.
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  My name is Ethan Jewel and welcome back to feel your
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  feelings. I've had my fair share of
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  loneliness in my life. I've written an entire album
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  about it called loneliness in the presence of company because
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  I have experienced this feeling of being so alone.
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  No matter where I go. Whether I'm around people, or in
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  crowds for a couple of years. I felt alone, no matter what.
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  And what I found in that, Loneliness is that loneliness,
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  isn't that lonely? And we can learn to slow down
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  and enjoy the time by ourselves and enjoy The Quiet Moments.
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  Quiet Moments have made me appreciate the day-to-day.
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  They've made me get much more comfortable with myself.
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  And I've made me way more familiar with my own feelings
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  and emotions. So let's talk about what it
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  means to appreciate Quiet Moments, and how we can
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  Implement that into our day-to-day routines modern
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  society, Isn't particularly want you to be quiet, social media
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  and our phones demand every single second of our lives and
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  because of phones and social media, we are much more
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  accessible to other people. That means that Quiet Moments by
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  yourself are a lot more rare. There's always somebody texting
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  or calling, or there is an event happening in the world that
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  demands your attention, or there's social media
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  notifications. It's so difficult to Simply sit
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  and be quiet. Society, constantly tells you
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  that you need to be moving that if you're not moving, you are
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  failing. If you are not constantly doing
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  things that you are wasting time and that is toxic, that is a
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  toxic toxic way to live and it simply unsustainable.
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  If we are constantly moving, we will eventually burn ourselves
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  out. It's like, if you took a car and
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  drove it and drove, and drove, and drove eventually something's
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  going to go wrong. Wrong.
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  Something's going to break the engine.
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  Could overheat, you could blow out a tire, and you're going to
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  be stuck on the side of the road, our minds, our mental
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  health, our physical bodies are the same way.
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  We need to be able to rest in Quiet Moments.
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  We need to be able to take time and we need to be able to exist
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  without movement in appreciate the small things.
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  So in reality, what does it look like to appreciate the Quiet
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  Moments? What does it look like to slow
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  down? It's one thing to say, I'm going
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  to appreciate the small moments but it's something entirely
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  different to actually apply that to your life.
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  And that's the goal of this podcast is to talk about
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  realistic approaches to mental health.
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  I'm not a doctor. I'm not a professional in the
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  mental health industry and I don't have some magic formula.
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  I just have my own experiences to share with you and encourage
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  you to improve your mental health for me, Quiet Moments
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  happen, almost every day because I allow them to happen.
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  I create space for quite Quiet Moments to happen.
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  Sometimes I'll simply go out into my backyard or go somewhere
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  outside. I'll drive to a park or walk to
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  a park and sit, I'll simply sit, and I'll put my headphones in,
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  or maybe I'll just listen to the sound of the wind, and birds and
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  cars going past. And I'll just sit and I'll think
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  or maybe I won't think at all, I'll just acknowledge the world
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  around me and I'll have a moment of calm.
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  These moments of calm are almost meditative And they can have so
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  much benefit to your mental health.
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  I'll get more into the benefits of Quiet Moments Later.
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  The thing about calm moments is a lot of the time you have to
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  create them. As I was saying, the world is
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  constantly demanding motion, its demanding movement, it demands
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  attention, and it's up to you to create Quiet Moments for
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  yourself, whenever you can. And I mean, truly, existing,
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  within these moments, entertainment is nice
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  televisions, our phones Etc. They're very very fun to use.
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  However, to have a Drew quiet moment, where you can reflect
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  and be at peace means to put away distractions in simply
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  exist. So, why should we seek out Quiet
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  Moments? Why should we attempt to find
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  peace throughout our day and put everything aside?
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  Well, it allows you to get closer with yourself.
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  It allows you to have space with your own thoughts in your own
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  feelings, in your own emotions uninterrupted.
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  We are constantly distracting ourselves with screens or work
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  or time with. Friends, we are constantly
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  distracting us from feelings and emotions that we may need to be
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  present. Within the best way for us to
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  improve our mental health is to feel our feelings.
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  That's the entire point of this podcast is I want to encourage
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  you to feel your feelings and you cannot do that without
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  allowing yourself space to feel. That is the number one reason
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  that you should Implement These Quiet Moments into your
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  day-to-day. It is so important that we can
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  sit and feel and And think, and understand these emotions.
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  If we are constantly moving, if we are constantly distracting,
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  we cannot process emotions in a healthy manner.
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  It's very, very difficult to do. It's juggling multiple things at
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  once and the thing with feelings is they often require your full
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  attention. So we must give them that
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  attention through Quiet Moments. So, I encourage you every day to
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  find time to be by yourself to find time to be alone, fine.
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  Time to be outdoors to sit somewhere, quiet and think to
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  become immersed in your own thoughts.
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  Yes, at times our thoughts and our feelings can be scary, they
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  can feel overwhelming, but you must remember what a blessing
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  and privilege it is to be such complicated beings that we can
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  feel this deeply. What a blessing it is that we
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  can sit with these feelings and we can sit in These Quiet
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  Moments and we can be at peace with that.
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  And we have the ability to learn more about ourselves.
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  We have the ability to evolve evolve and grow with these
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  emotions and the best place to grow is in quiet.
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  The best place to grow is in an environment that you allow
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  yourself to grow within. So find time, find calm, find
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  peace, find you and always feel your feelings.
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  That's going to wrap it up for today's episode.
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  If you need help feeling your feelings, check out my music on
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  all platforms, under the name, Ethan Jewel.
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  I just came out with a new album and I think it is really
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  impactful and I'm super proud of it.
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  So go check it out. Shoot me a message on my
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  Instagram at Jewel, boy underscore.
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  And let me know what you thought about today's episode.
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  Thanks so much for being here. Thanks for finding moments of
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  peace. And as always, thank you for
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  feeling your feelings. I'll see you next time.