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Ep 49. How to Shift Your Mood in 60 Seconds (Backed by Neuroscience) · The Manifestation Station

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You're listening to the Manifestation Station podcast.
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I'm your host Holly Edwards and together we can help create your magic.
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Hello, gorgeous, gorgeous you. Welcome back to the Manifestation Station.
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we've all been there now welcome back if you are regular listeners hello nice
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to have you back if you're new oh my god hold on to your seats because we are in for a treat today.
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Now, I hope you've had good weeks. I wonder what's going on with you guys.
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Just sending you loads of love, positivity, good vibes, happy energies.
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I'm sending it through my little microphone now and just letting you know that
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today we are doing a full unedited episode of the Manifestation Station.
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I did it a few weeks ago. I'm going
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partly because my week was so crazy busy that actually when you're podcasting,
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a lot of the time is also, you know, the recording bit is quite straightforward.
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As long as I make my notes and I know roughly where I'm going with it.
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And if you've listened before, you know me, I like to be very real,
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raw, honest. If I stutter, it's fine.
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If I'm thinking about something, it's fine. But I still have to edit and to upload it.
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But that's the bit that takes the time, the editing.
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And a few weeks ago, I said, guys, I'm not editing this one.
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I had, you know, someone dropping something at the door. I had the postman knock
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and I'm like, that's what we're doing today. We are living life on the edge.
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So if I'm trying to catch my words, let's hope the doorbell doesn't go.
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Whatever we're doing, just bear with me. This is unedited, raw,
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organic for you guys out there.
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So anyway, bear with me, hold onto your hats because we've got a very exciting episode today.
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But before, before I get into the juiciness of today, I had a live,
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well, I hosted a live manifesting event last week. So you guys,
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this is going on Friday. I did it last week.
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Oh my God, guys, I have to tell you, just to give you a little rundown, it was electric.
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It was called, because it's now, we're now end of December.
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No, we're end of November, aren't we? but it was kind
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of a it was called the 12 days of manifesting so
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I put together something which is kind of 12 rituals for
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you guys to do for those of you that came and to
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let you guys know if you weren't there it's kind of 12 rituals that you could
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do in December to kind of get yourself prepped and ready for the end of 2025
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to release what no longer serves us and to step into 2026 as our most magnetic selves. Now.
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Thank you for all of those that got tickets and that came to that one.
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I know there's some people who have asked me, when am I doing a London one?
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When am I coming to Manchester or doing one up north?
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So I am really trying to get more live events in, you know, to try and fit around.
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I work in film and TV as well. And my manifesting stuff is kind of busy,
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busy at the moment because who doesn't love manifesting?
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But I am going to try and do some more. But for those that came, thank you.
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We did some rituals together on the night, guys. all I
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can say there was magic in
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the room there was electricity in the room and
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it always happens at the live events because getting people
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in the room lifting and raising their vibrations together and
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feeling that inspiration and people stepping into their power
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on the night and things happen people
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kind of start manifesting on the night and someone said
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they manifested a client while they were sitting down during the
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event there were people that dm'd me after going you'll
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never guess what happened to me on the way home this happened to me or i had
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this sign or i had this email the next day with amazing
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news so thank you all for coming now on the
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night we did release something from 2025 which was
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like something that we don't want to take into next year
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and it's something that you guys can think about as well and i will
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do probably beginning of december or
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mid-December I will do a sort
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of December bonus episode about how
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to prepare yourself for the next year and to get ourselves feeling like the
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best possible version to walk into January because sometimes we slump and crawl
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over the finish line of the end of the year and we are expected to enter the
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new year with so much light and.
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Frivolity and ambition and motivation sometimes
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we just about cross the finish line into the new
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year so I will do an episode on
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that so listen out to that make sure you're subscribed to the
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podcast whether that's on Apple or Spotify and you'll get a little
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notification or it downloads automatically I think anyway
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so I will be doing that but I just wanted to say thank you for those
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that came to the live event if you get a chance in the future any
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of you listening to come to a live event I would
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just love you to because I think there is something amazing that
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happens and I would love for you to experience it so
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thank you for coming for those that were
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there and that put their fears and their
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doubts and things that they want to release into my magic bowl with all of my
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crystals just to let you know they have all been burnt in my outdoor fire so
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those have now officially been released and this is something you guys can do
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at home we'll talk about it in my December episode but if there's anything you
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do want to leave behind in 2025.
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Write it down maybe it's something you feel like
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didn't go your way in 2025 or maybe or
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even if you're listening to this in the future guys you might be catching up
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and only just found the manifestation station towards the end of the year whatever
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year you're currently in just you know write down anything any fears and doubts
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that you have fears about not receiving your desires or moments in the year
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that didn't make you feel very good.
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Write them down and burn them and consider them released as once they have been
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burnt, consider them offloaded.
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You're not carrying them around as a way into the new year.
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For those that came to the live session, those have been burnt. Consider them gone.
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Consider yourself now light, light as a feather to walk into next year, the best version of you.
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Now today, I'm giving you something I absolutely swear by, something I use multiple
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times a day and something I genuinely believe can change your entire relationship with your mind.
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And that is how to shift your mood in 60 seconds or less.
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Now, with everything that I do in the manifesting world,
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whether I am one-to-one coaching, I'm live events or I'm helping friends or
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family or in my book that I'm writing at the moment one of my biggest things
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that I want to get across to people because my passion is helping people find
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their power unlock their magic so that you can realize every single one of you listening,
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you can realize that you have the power in
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the palm of your hand you have the control to turn
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your day around to change your mood
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and shift your energy in an instant and that's
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what I love about manifesting and the mindset that goes with it now in my family
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we say we call it flicking a switch we go right you're feeling down in the dumps
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you feel low maybe something's happened to you maybe you're having a few money
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problems or some issues in your relationship or maybe you're feeling down about being single,
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something at work, whatever is going on, or maybe nothing's going on.
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There doesn't have to be anything going on. Sometimes we just wake up and we feel rubbish.
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Something I really want you to know is that you can shift your energy,
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you can shift your mood in less than 60 seconds.
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Sometimes it's literally about telling yourself, tapping into your brain and
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your mind and just telling yourself and going, hey, I'm changing this just so you know.
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Because our narrative can run on autopilot and our subconscious is telling us
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our things of why we feel low, why we should remain low and why we should worry
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about all the things that happen. even happened.
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And actually, you have the power to tap in and take control and say no more.
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So in our family, we call it flicking the switch.
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So we talk about, you know, if anything is weighing heavy on us,
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we talk about it and we're like, I'm going to have a little mini rant.
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And we go, right, this has happened. And we go, right, time to flick the switch.
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And that's what it is. It's as quick as a flick of the switch to turn your energy
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around, to turn your thinking around.
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And in turn which can turn your
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day around and can turn how you
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feel for the rest of the day around so yes this
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is really true this is backed by neuroscience what
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we're going to look at today ways simple ways to
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flick your switch to change your mood and shift it in one minute this is not
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about pretending that life is perfect and ignoring all of the things around
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us it's simply about knowing how to bring yourself back when your brain is spiraling,
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when your brain is.
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Spurting out a narrative that we don't like, but we can get stuck in it.
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When you're feeling overwhelmed or when you wake up and you just feel off.
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And the reason that this works, it is neuroscience. Your mood is not permanent, people.
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So if you've woken up today and you're like, oh my goodness,
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I need a lift. I'm going to listen to the manifestation station.
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The good news is your mood is not permanent.
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Your brain is constantly responding to physical and emotional cues that you are giving it.
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And it can shift so quickly, faster than you think.
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And this is, if I could just tour, tour the UK, tour the world and speak every
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week on the podcast and to my clients that how quickly you can turn it around.
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And that's just your mind. You could turn your mind around.
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You're already going to live a happier, calmer, peaceful life.
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But actually when we have then shifted that energy and shifted our mood,
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that's when we start manifesting without even trying.
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And I want this episode to feel like a really useful toolkit,
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something you can save and share and come back to whenever you need a reset.
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So I think it's time to dive in, to take a deep breath, roll your shoulders
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back, because you are about to feel better.
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Now, before we jump into the tools, here's the thing that I wish someone told me years ago.
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You don't need to fix your whole life to feel better. You just need to shift your state.
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And that is it. It's that simple. These simple shifts, these shifts of energy,
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it doesn't mean that everything suddenly works out for you on the same day that
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you meet your soulmate, although you could.
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Let's just say that. It could also be the best day of your life.
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Let's not get into that because I'm all for that as well.
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But this isn't about fixing your whole life. those things that you want to manifest,
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those things you want to sort out, they will still be there.
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But when you shift your state, it shifts your mood.
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And actually, it's the sinking of our brain, the neuroscience autopilot that
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is telling us that everything is bad.
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We don't need to fix everything in our life, just our energy and our state.
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So your mood is literally just your
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brain interpreting signals from your
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body if we can shift those signals we then shift the mood and that is why 60
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seconds 60 seconds is all you need and that is what is going to make a huge
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humongous change in your day.
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So your nervous system is constantly responding to your breath,
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your movement, your posture,
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your sensory inputs, your internal dialogue, what you are telling yourself on
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a daily basis and your environment.
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So if you think about it, when you change any of those things.
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Even for a minute, what it does is your brain recalibrates.
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And that is why I am so obsessed about
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talking about this and with these tools in general
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they are small they are doable they
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are science backed and actually
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do you know what they really really work
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in real life this isn't just you know
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our fantasy mood board vision board pinterest
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of life this is real this
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actually works and it's backed by neuroscience so whether
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you want to believe me or not believe the neuroscientists because
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let me tell you this actually works let's
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get into the first one I'm going to provide you with a few things a
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few steps that you can do to shift your mood in 60 seconds so
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number one is to simply move something
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that's it now this activates let
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me bet I'm going to give you the neuroscience bit but I actually this
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is about moving anything this isn't just having to
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go for a run this could just be is
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kind of moving and shifting your environment which releases
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dopamine it also released something else
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that I don't know if I'm going to pronounce this
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right and we are in a live version of this episode now I did some research on
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this with the neuroscience so if you move something it releases dopamine and
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bear with me it also produces is neuropinephrine.
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Neuropinephrine.
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Neuropinephrine.
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I don't know how to say this.
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Noropinophrine, noropinophrine. I think it's noropinophrine.
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But if there's any neuroscientists listening, can you please just maybe DM me
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and tell me? But ultimately, we all know what dopamine is.
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So move something, anything. So this is, like I said, you don't have to go for
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a run and start going, oh, God, I've got to go, you know, and walk for 10 miles.
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This is simply whether you are just getting up and stretching or.
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Or it is about interrupting yourself with a physical freeze response.
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So when you feel stressed or you feel low, what happens is your body tightens,
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your shoulders, they get tight, your jaw locks and your breath gets shallow.
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So I don't know if you've ever taken part in meditation. And when they get to
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the bit where they always go and relax your shoulders, I always go,
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oh, didn't realize they were so up.
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And then they go and release the tension in your jaw.
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And I go oh that must have been really tight I don't know if anybody else
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does that and also your breath gets shallow so
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your nerves your nervous system kind of goes into a state
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of we're in danger and you're like walking around like a coiled spree or maybe
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you're at your office and you feel really stressed and you're you're all wound
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up and tightened up and you don't realize that these signals in your body are
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actually sending the signals to your brain to say we're in a state of danger,
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even if danger is just someone irritating you at work.
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So movement, even a small movement will signal safety.
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And this is where science backs it. So when you move your body.
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Even for 20 or 60 seconds, your brain releases dopamine and the thing that I
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cannot pronounce and other chemicals that improve your mood,
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your focus and your motivation.
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So what I like to do sometimes that sometimes if I'm between clients,
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between manifesting clients, or sometimes when I'm on a film set and I feel
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myself getting a bit tired and worked up at all the things that I need to do that week,
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what I sometimes do is I maybe step outside and I kind of jump around.
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You don't like you're doing a little warm up.
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And I do this at home, like you can do it behind closed doors,
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kind of just jump around and kind of shake my hands.
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And all it is, it's interrupting my brain and interrupting with a physical focus.
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And sometimes I just stretch. Sometimes I bounce around.
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Sometimes I jump up and down on the spot. Sometimes I kind of jump around and clap.
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Yeah, you might feel like you look weird. You don't have to do this in front
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of anyone. Sometimes I do because I don't really care.
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But moving anything will shift your mood in 60 seconds.
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So stand up, stretch your arms like you are waking up for the best sleep.
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Even if it's just, you know, when people stretch at their desk and it does a
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reset and then you get back into writing.
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It's exactly the same thing, but it is backed by neuroscience.
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So shake your hands, roll your shoulders, wiggle your toes, reach up,
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take up space, and just try it and just tell me your energy doesn't shift immediately.
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Seriously, guys, this is so simple, but people overlook it, but it genuinely
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interrupts the stress cycle.
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To give that one a go the next
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one number two is the four to six
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minute no the four to six second breath
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so I'm going to give you the neuroscience bit
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again so by breathing it's actually more if you exhale for a longer period than
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you inhale it activates your parasympathetic system the reason I'm telling you
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this in case you're like what does that mean I'm telling you that this is backed
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by neuroscience. So this one is pure magic.
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When you exhale for longer than you inhale, you activate your parasympathetic
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nervous system, which is like your rest and regulate system.
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This is literally, it will literally slow your heart rate and it tells your
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brain, it's okay, we're all right, we're okay, we're safe.
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And it is that simple. And 60 seconds of doing this is enough to pull you out
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of that fight or flight mode.
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So to give that a go, try this.
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Inhale for four seconds and then exhale for six and then repeat that for one minute.
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Now, if you're stressed at work, you can take yourself off to the bathroom.
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You can do this at your desk. Do it while you're driving.
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Whatever your stress is, one minute and you are literally telling your heart to slow down.
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Imagine what that does for your body. The fact that you can slow your heart
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rate down to a more peaceful place of safety, I suppose.
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And your brain cannot stay anxious when your breath is telling it that you're safe.
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So I do this everywhere. Like I said, I do it in the car, before a meeting,
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if I'm overthinking, kind of tapping in before I start spiraling.
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Whenever I just feel myself getting a bit overwhelmed, and honestly,
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it's like an instant mood softener so please please please give that one a try
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the next one number three is to say out loud this is hard but I can handle it
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it is that simple now this is a simple way of reframing now I am big on reframing.
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For me, if you're spiraling, if you're doing something that's stressful,
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or even if you feel overwhelmed by the series of tasks that you have to complete today,
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just by tapping in and saying out loud, this is hard, but I can handle it.
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You are simply interrupting that focus. And what this does is a simple reframe.
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There's no point. I always talk about reframing.
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You may as well tell yourself a better version.
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Tell yourself you can do it. reframe a
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situation so it's more positive reframing reduces
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your cortisol that's the neuroscience there so
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I just adore this one and saying this is hard but I can handle it out loud will
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reduce your cortisol which is your stress hormone isn't that mind-blowing so
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you're you're not denying reality and that denying that you've got a lot on
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your plate you're not slapping positivity on top of something really painful,
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you are simply telling your brain, I see the problem,
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cool, it's there, I see it, but I'm in control, no problems, no worries.
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Your brain responds to your voice. And remember, this is about everything to
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do with calming your nervous system.
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And your brain is listening to you. So if you are constantly flying around saying,
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I'm stressed, I'm so busy, that person said this at work, and I'm really stressed,
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by you saying, I see the problem, but I'm in control.
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Your brain responds to your voice as authority. So when you say it out loud,
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it hits differently. Your brain goes, oh, okay.
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Oh, so we're going this way. Okay. What I'll do is I'll stem off the cortisol
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and we'll release some happy hormones instead. And this gives yourself some grounding.
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So try that next time when you feel like,
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you're overwhelmed. And honestly, you'll be like, why have I not done this before?
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Number four is to curate your digital environment.
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So I always talk about digital detoxing.
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It's about shifting your mood so quickly by simply changing what you're exposed to.
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Now, so many of us, when we're stressed, we're working, we're busy,
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and we think we have no time, or someone's upset us or in our relationship,
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we have a scroll on the internet. We have a good old scroll.
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And you know what? Before long, we go down a rabbit hole on TikTok or Instagram.
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And you can, oh my God, you can be sucked into a state of negativity.
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Light depression, just feeling generally rubbish about yourself,
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depending on what you're exposing yourself to online.
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Your brain is constantly, constantly absorbing information online.
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And scrolling is just,
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It dampens your mood and that is also backed by neuroscience.
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So in 60 seconds, you can simply unfollow someone who drains you.
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If you are following accounts for people that are making you not feel very good
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about questioning yourself, have a little mini digital detox for 60 seconds.
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Follow someone who drains you.
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Maybe mute someone who you feel triggered by.
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Instead, in your 60 seconds, follow someone who inspires you.
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Follow an account on Instagram that makes you feel good about your life.
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Clean up one corner of your home screen. So maybe even just delete some files that you don't need.
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This is anything to do with digital clutter.
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Or maybe it's hiding an app or putting an app into a folder. Only 60 seconds.
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And this acts as like a nervous system reset. Your digital space,
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it's so underestimated but it's actually a part of your emotional space so protect
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it like your peace depends on it because honestly it does number five is to
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match your music to your mood so this.
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Is about playing a song, playing some music to shift your mood.
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Now this works for me every time in an instant, but the neuroscience with this
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is that it activates your amygdala, which is your reward center.
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So it's almost like an instant dopamine hit anyway.
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So music, we already know this. It's one of the fastest way to shift your mood.
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So it lights up your amygdala. We're talking neuroscience.
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That is your emotion center. So think of that as your emotions and the brain's
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reward system. So your brain feels like it's being rewarded.
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Your brain doesn't wait. It reacts instantly to this energy mood lifter.
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Now, I find this step, it changes my mood every single time.
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This might just be one song, one absolute banger of a song that you know already
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changes your mood or maybe surprise yourself and put shuffle on your Spotify
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or Apple Music or whatever it is that you've got.
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Something that you know makes you sing, makes you dance, makes you jump around
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and it kind of forces the energy around in your body.
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Now something I should mention here is that if I'm having a day where I'm not
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feeling amazing, sometimes my instinct is not to put music on.
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I'm a bit like, oh, I don't want it. I just need peace.
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I need quiet. And sometimes I want a podcast or even if I'm walking or running,
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I'm like, sometimes I kind of fight against putting music on. And I.
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Want to get to. But.
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Every time I do it. So what I try to do now is in the mornings,
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I get up quite early and I might do something to kind of get moving.
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That might be giving, I don't know, giving a work top a clean down,
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tidying a little corner in my kitchen, something.
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And I've started to just be like, right, I'm just going to play a couple of
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songs. And I have a playlist on my Spotify that I've made called Raise Your Vibrations.
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So I know there's always some good ones on there that are going to lift my mood instantly.
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Every time I do this even if
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I don't want to because I'm like no just play music play your
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music never know every time I do it I would
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say I do a complete 180 so I can go from feeling a bit down in the dumps to
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feeling totally lifted totally feeling like life is the most amazing feeling
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ever and so when you choose the music just think like choose the music for the mood that you want?
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What do you want to feel? Not the mood that you're currently in.
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Sometimes when you're down in the dumps, maybe you're having,
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I don't know, maybe you've just broken up with someone and you just want to
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play all these sad love songs.
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Choose the music for the mood that you want and not the mood that you're currently
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in. So if you want confidence, pick something like a real hard hit.
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You know, if you're a woman, you want something like with a bit of girl power,
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you want a guy, you want something just hits hard and you know just need that
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energy just music will tell your nervous system how to feel so do not underestimate
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that it's such a simple quick energy shifter.
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Number six is to talk to yourself in the second or third person.
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So there's a thing that self-distancing reduces your emotional charge. So it's so underrated.
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But instead of saying, I'm anxious, I'm sad, turn it around and say, Holly, you're anxious.
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Or she's overwhelmed, but don't worry, she's figuring it out.
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Now, I actually do this all the time, guys.
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I walk around the house sometimes and I go, come on, Holly, you've got this.
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Come on, Holly, we can do this together.
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And it's just stepping out of that. Rather than it being you,
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you, you, talking in the second or third person really helps it.
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You're coming from an outsider's point of view and a different perspective.
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So this tiny shift moves you from the emotional part of your brain to a logical part.
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It reduces your intensity, it stops spiraling and it gives you perspective and
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it works shockingly fast so that is an absolute must to try.
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The next one, number, are we seven? I think we're seven. Change your environment.
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So just by changing up and shifting your environment, if you want the neuroscience
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backed bit here, it's pattern interruption equals a dopamine fix.
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So your brain loves pattern and it loves habit and it loves repetition.
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So even if that's the bad ones.
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So when you change your environment, even if it's slightly, what you're doing
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is you're creating like a sensory novelty, which triggers your dopamine.
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That is, so what does this mean? If we're talking about changing your environment,
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what does it actually mean? This means simply changing your surroundings.
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So what can you do? This could be simply walking into the other room,
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going outside, stepping outside for a minute, standing by a window and getting
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some natural daylight, sitting and moving and sitting in a different chair.
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So your brain simply goes, oh, you've interrupted me. This is a new vibe.
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I like this. And it rewires itself out of the spiral.
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Now it's such a tiny shift, isn't it? But it is a really big payoff.
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The next one, I'd like to say we're number eight, but I don't know. I've lost count.
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This is because I've just written them all down straight from my brain and into the podcast.
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So here we are. I'm going to say it's nine, but if you want to shout at me and
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tell me I'm wrong, please do.
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So this is a simple one, but it's grounding yourself through the senses.
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So neuroscience here it
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reduces amygdala activity we've spoken
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about amygdala before but this is the quickest way to stop your brain spiraling
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in the future so what does this mean grounding yourself through the senses so
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what you do is you name five things that you can see so look around you five things that you can see.
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Four things that you can touch, and three things that you can hear.
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Now, if you don't have time to do the whole list, that's fine.
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Just by starting naming anything that brings your senses into play,
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what happens, it notices, you're basically pulling yourself into the present moment.
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And what it does, it takes you away from the spiraling, steps you away from the anxiety.
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And what it does, it brings you back to the now. So I'm looking now where I am whilst I'm filming,
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my podcast studio just looking around I'm like right I can
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see my gold lamp I can see my yellow and pink flowers
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I can hear the sounds of traffic going past outside I can hear my water fountain
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outside what can I touch I can touch the work surface of my desk and actually
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oh my god I can't actually believe I've just done this live on the episode I
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can feel my nervous system calming as I'm talking you through this.
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And what it does is the amygdala calms down and your rational brain switches
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back on. It's that simple.
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So number 10, is it 10? Yes, let's say 10.
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Number 10 is the 60 second tidy. Now, I always talk about little moments of decluttering.
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This also works in with just moving. This is just a little 60 second tidy up.
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Now, whether that's your desk at work, it could be a little area in your house,
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it could be a drawer, 60 seconds, guys, you've got it.
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Now, what happens when you have a little kind of micro task completed,
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this equals a dopamine fix, and that's it.
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And this is like a tiny, tiny wins matter.
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And if you just heard a noise, then basically what's happening,
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there's a massive helicopter going over my house and the room was shaky.
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And it would have been perfect timing for the one before where we were talking
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about bringing the senses.
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And I was going to say, what a shame I'm not on that. But that's why I paused for a moment there.
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Anyway, let's go back to 60 second tidying.
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So micro tasks completed equals a dopamine hit.
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That's why tiny wins matter. I always talk about celebrating small victories.
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What have you achieved today?
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So just by having a 60-second tidy, whatever that looks like,
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Your brain gets a dopamine hit every time you complete something,
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even if that's a small task.
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So if you just give yourself a 60-second task, that could be tidy one thing up.
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That could be fold something up. It could clear a surface. It could be putting
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something in the washing bin.
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Simple as that. Making your bed look neat. Maybe putting the cushions on your bed. That's it.
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It's not about the tidy. It's about the chemical shift.
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And instantly, you feel more in control. Now, some days, even on days where
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I'm like, I haven't really got it in me today, I'm not feeling motivated.
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What I do is I just start. I start cleaning something or I start just a little tidy up.
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And I don't set myself a whole day of tidying the whole house.
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It can just be a 60-second tidy and it instantly makes me feel more in control.
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The next one, number 11, if we are number 11 at all, is to walk bare feet on
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the floor. Now, I often do this. It's a form of grounding.
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Now, in the mornings, I go out for a walk, I get some fresh air.
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And something that I've learned to do is to ground myself at points in the day.
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I normally do it in the morning, but sometimes when I need to connect back to
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the present, when I need a moment of calm, I actually take my shoes and socks
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off, even outside, even in the winter, even in the rain, guys, at time.
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And I ground myself just for 60 seconds and there's something about you rounding yourself to the earth,
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grounding yourself back to the present that it is so, it's such an amazing tool
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to shift your energy and it's so simple,
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stand barefoot, feel the floor beneath your feet, feel the ground beneath your
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feet, feel the grass beneath your feet if you're outside and feel the weight of your body supported.
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Now, your brain receives physical grounding signals and instantly your nervous system calms.
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And it's that simple. So again, sometimes between meetings, if I've got an interview,
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I'll go outside and I'll ground myself. I've got a wooden floor.
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Sometimes I take my shoes and socks off and I ground myself.
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60 seconds and that's it.
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And here's the truth is, you know, what I said is when we opened up the episode,
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you don't need to have everything figured out. to feel better.
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You just need one moment, but it's also, I feel like it's one present moment,
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one intentional moment of going, I'm going to shift this.
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I'm not going to sit in this feeling of negativity, of doubt, of fear, of judgment.
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Just an intentional moment, one minute, 60 seconds, one shift.
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So your mood is fluid. Remember, your mood is not stuck. It is interchangeable.
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Your Energy is flexible.
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You're not stuck. Whatever state of mind you're in today, you are not stuck.
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There's also a phrase that I love and it's a quote that I'm sure many of you
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know and it's, this too shall pass.
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And I always think that if I am feeling a moment of anxiety,
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of fear, of worry, I do think this too shall pass. This feeling shall pass.
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But also I try and do one of these steps to just help flick that switch so I
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can flick my mood in an instant.
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So you have to remember that you
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are not tied or doomed into that one emotional state for the whole day.
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You have the power to shift that today. You have the power in the palm of your
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hands to change that mood in an instant and to change the whole landscape of your day.
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So what's to stop you flicking that switch right now and go,
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no, I'm going to change what happens today.
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And this is bigger than a 60 second shift and a 60 second energy shift.
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It's bigger than that because actually what it does, what it actually does is,
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yes, it shifts our mood and instantly we feel a bit lighter.
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Instantly our brain responds and says, I feel safe. I feel safe today. I feel calm. It's okay.
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It's going to be okay. but also once we
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do that what happens is sometimes we actually start
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manifesting amazing things into our day glimmers
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things that make us smile moments of joy pockets of joy so maybe someone gives
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you a compliment maybe you find some money on the floor maybe you get a call
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about a job or a client and that is why this episode is so powerful and that's
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one it's why it's one of the most important things that I try and get across to people.
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If that's one thing that I can instill in you is that you are not doomed in
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this current state, then that is what I would love to get across.
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And your brain is constantly responding to you.
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You're its commander, you're its controller. So it's just waiting for the right signals to respond.
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And when you learn these tiny shifts, the 60
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second resets your entire life feels different
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your entire life is filled
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with hope with hope for the future and
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hope for the day and and your life ahead and this is what your future self is
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doing your future self is regulating she grounds she regulates she knows how
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to soothe herself she knows how to come back home to her body she knows how to ground,
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Every single time that you practice these, you get one step closer to future you.
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So that is it, guys. That is it for the episodes today.
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These are very quick, science-backed, neuroscience-backed steps,
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real-life tools to shift your mood in under a minute. So if you want to save
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this episode, come back to it when you want to reset.
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Maybe share it with someone you love. Come back to it when you're spiraling
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or you're feeling overwhelmed or you're just having one of those days.
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I hear you. If this has brought any goodness to you, I'd love you to let me know.
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I'm on Instagram at the hollyedwards and at the dot manifestation station.
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So please do drop into my DMs. Maybe share this podcast with someone who you
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feel might need a little mood booster. I think might be lovely.
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And just remember that you are never more than one minute away from a better moment.
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So thank you so much for being here. Thank you for listening. I love you.
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You have the power in the palm of your hands to change your mood in less than 60 seconds.
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And I will see you on the next episode of The Manifestation Station. Goodbye.