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7. In Case of Emergency, Press Play: Return to Sender, Address Unknown · We Didn't Plan for This Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to another episode of In Case of Emergency Press Play.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: This is Adrian.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Before we get into the meditation today, thank you so much for following us over to our new feed along with We Didn't Plan for This and People Be Peopling.
• 0:18
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• 0:22
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• 0:24
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• 0:29
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• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: That's WdPFT podcast at gmail.com.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is for those days when you walk into a room feeling perfectly fine and somehow walk away carrying someone else's mood.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: Whatever you call it, energy, stress, tension, it's other people's shit.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: The more important thing to remember is that you don't have to receive everything someone tries to hand you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can be around somebody else's mood without making it your own.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when somebody tries to hand you their bullshit and your nervous system almost signs for the package, press play.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to your practice.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: Find somewhere you can be still for just a few moments.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sit or stand.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: You can lie down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whatever feels right today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if at any point you do need to move, do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because suffering's optional.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: Close your eyes or find some softness around your eyes.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: Take a slow breath in through your nose and let it go.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: Again, breathe in and exhale out.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to notice how you feel right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not how you should feel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not how others around you feel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just how you feel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Scan your body.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice your jaw, your shoulders, your arms and hands, your torso, your legs and your feet.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: Ask yourself quietly what am I carrying right now?
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice what comes up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is some of it yours?
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe some of it isn't.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: Take another breath in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as you exhale, imagine creating just a little more space around yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not a wall or armor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not to shut the world out.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're simply noticing where you end and where everyone else begins.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine whatever works for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: It could be a bubble around your body.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's a light or it's a boundary.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can imagine your feet rooted into the ground underneath of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or maybe you don't visualize anything at all.
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  SPEAKER_00: You simply remind yourself, I can be here without taking this on.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_00: Take a breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: Feel the surface underneath of you.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: Say quietly to yourself someone else's mood is not directions for my nervous system to follow.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: Take a slow breath in and breathe out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now think about whatever interaction brought you here today.
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  SPEAKER_00: No need to replay the entire thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just notice it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The person, the place, the feeling.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now imagine placing that experience in front of you instead of inside of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look at it from a little distance.
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_00: Say quietly to yourself, That happened around me, but it does not have to stay within me.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_00: Come back to what actually belongs to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your thoughts, choices, actions.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_00: Take another breath.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: Roll your shoulders.
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  SPEAKER_00: Clench and unclench your jaw.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shake out your hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Move your fingers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Move your toes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give your body a physical signal that the interaction is over.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_00: Protecting your peace doesn't require you to become cold.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_00: You can still be kind.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_00: You can still care.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_00: You just don't have to receive everything someone else tries to hand you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take one more breath in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a long breath out.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you're ready, open your eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go back into your day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the next time somebody walks into the room carrying enough negative energy to qualify as their own weather system, press play.