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Live Confidently Jul 30, 2020

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Confidence doesn't happen overnight—it's a muscle we can flex with experience. Today's meditation covers the three elements that help us stay confident as we work to achieve change.

Here Are the 3 Elements to Building a Foundation of Self-Confidence: https://bit.ly/3ftkeNa
Takeaways:
1- Confidence can help push us to make change in the world, even when things don't go as planned.
2- Give yourself permission to feel confident by getting inspired by other people, and thinking back on the experiences that make you feel good.
3- Lean on your community to practice confidence, and your curiosity to push it forward beyond any one experience.
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Daily Mantra: I have permission to flex my confidence.
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Make Space for Grief Jul 29, 2020

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Grief isn't something we can fix or cure, but it's something we can manage day by day as it becomes part of us. Today's meditation helps you pinpoint where you carry grief inside your body and offer restorative healing to yourself.
5 Compassionate Ways to Cope With Your Grief: https://bit.ly/2PkjdN4
Takeaways:
1- Grief is the process of adjusting to life without something.
2- We carry it with us every day, even inside of our bodies.
3- Notice where in your body you carry grief, and offer yourself breathwork and visualization to help heal it.
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Daily Mantra: I meet my grief with self-compassion.
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Treat Your Feelings Like The Weather Jul 28, 2020

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Our feelings are as temporary as the weather. By letting them pass with the RAIN technique, we can grow and learn from our feelings rather than avoid them. Today's exercise shows you how.
Takeaways:
1- Our feelings are temporary and don't define us.
2- By noticing our feelings, and investigating them, we allow ourselves to fully move through them.
3- Recognize how you're feeling and explore what it could be telling you with kindness and care. Remember that your feelings don't define you.
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Daily Mantra: I am not my feelings.
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Movement Vs. Progress Jul 27, 2020

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Today we're setting an intention to turn planning into progress and action. Grab that journal!
6 Tactics to Help You Aim For Progress—Not Perfection: https://bit.ly/33oXfAB
Takeaways:
1- When we're moving toward goals, we're planning, list-making, strategizing, learning. We're *preparing* to get something done.
2- But true progress is the actions we take that help us from point A to B.
3- Challenge your outlook by asking: Am I simply moving? Or am I making progress?
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Daily Mantra: I aim for progress.
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Embrace the Roots of Self-Care Jul 24, 2020

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This International Self-Care Day, we have a special guest host—writer Ashley C. Ford(IG: @smashfizzle). In this episode, we're honoring self-care’s social justice roots. By looking back on where the concept comes from, we can better understand what it means in our own lives and how we've grown.
Takeaways:
1- Self-care was popularized in 1960's activist circles during the civil rights movement.
2- We can look back on those origins and let them inform our own self-care today.
3- Ask yourself who influences your self-care and how it helps you show up for what you believe in.
Daily Mantra: I embrace self-care from the past to the present.
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Let Yourself Rest Jul 23, 2020

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Today, we're going through the seven types of rest we can offer our minds and bodies—and a meditation that uses all of them to help you recharge for the day.
Takeaways:
1- We often equate the idea of rest to sleep, but there are 7 types of rest we can offer ourselves.
2- Check in with yourself regularly to know what you need.
3- Meditate within your day to help you get all 7 types in one activity.
Daily Mantra: I offer myself rest.
This July, Shine will donate 20% of proceeds from Shine Premium memberships and gift cards purchased on our website to four non-profit organizations that are supporting the mental health of BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ communities. Invest in a year of Shine Premium for a discounted $20 at shinetext.com/20

Take a 3-Second Yes Jul 22, 2020

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Our "yes" to requests of our time, energy and commitment may tend to feel automatic. Today's mediation helps us learn the importance of reflecting and taking a deep breath before saying yes to something—and a practice to help you get used to it.
Takeaways:
1- We all struggle with people-pleasing needs to say "yes" more often than we'd truly like to.
2- Make it a 3-second yes instead.
3- Ask yourself: do I really have the time for this? Is this worth a yes? And what is my gut telling me?
Daily Mantra: I reflect before I say yes.
This July, Shine will donate 20% of proceeds from Shine Premium memberships and gift cards purchased on our website to four non-profit organizations that are supporting the mental health of BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ communities. Invest in a year of Shine Premium for a discounted $20 at shinetext.com/20

Know Your Inherent Value Jul 21, 2020

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The idea that we aren't inherently worthy and valued is something we need to unlearn. Instead, choose to celebrate both yourself and others.
Takeaways:
1- Unlearning means discarding a thought or habit that doesn't serve you.
2- Choose to unlearn the idea that we aren't all inherently valued and worthy of a safe, happy life.
3- Ask yourself how you can determine your worth, rather than leave it up to other people.
Daily Mantra: I unlearn what doesn't serve me.
This July, Shine will donate 20% of proceeds from Shine Premium memberships and gift cards purchased on our website to four non-profit organizations that are supporting the mental health of BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ communities. Invest in a year of Shine Premium for a discounted $20 at shinetext.com/20.

Feeling All The Feels Jul 20, 2020

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It’s human to experience more than one emotion at a time—but we know it can feel overwhelming. Today we're setting an intention to meet our feelings with curiosity and acceptance. Grab that journal!
Takeaways:
1- Research shows we rarely feel just one emotion at a time.
2- Feeling so much can be overwhelming but you have the power to process your emotions and feel more at ease.
3- Get curious—use your thoughts and body sensations to pinpoint all that you're feeling and use them as guidance for what you can do to show up for yourself.
Daily Mantra: I accept my emotions without judgment.

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Share Your Gratitude Jul 17, 2020

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By showing gratitude to the people in our lives, we can strengthen our connection with one another. Today's open meditation lets us tap into our appreciation for others and frees us up to express gratitude from within.
Takeaways:
1- When we show gratitude in our relationships, it strengthens our connection with that person.
2- Our connections help us lead a longer, more satisfying life. And they show that person that we see them.
3- Think of someone who has made a difference for you and a way to show them you're thankful for it.
Daily Mantra: I am grateful for my people.
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