WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.319 But then I realized, like, I'm just kind of filling 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:05.240 myself with poison right now because I'm fearing 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:08.539 what already happened or I have anxiety about 00:00:08.539 --> 00:00:11.119 it. Like, what is that helping me now or in the 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:14.179 future? Nothing. It's just kind of wasting my 00:00:14.179 --> 00:00:17.480 time, really, where I could be focusing myself 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.640 on whatever's at hand, you know? To be better, 00:00:20.739 --> 00:00:23.579 make it better. Yeah. Just don't focus on the 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:27.179 past. Don't worry about the future. Just do you 00:00:27.179 --> 00:00:34.880 now. Welcome back to Keep It Good. I'm your host, 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.979 Emily. And I'm your host, Carly. So last week 00:00:37.979 --> 00:00:40.820 we talked about the never -ending game of keeping 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:43.600 your house clean and facing the fact that you 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.560 will never win that game. But there is an area 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.259 that you can clean that you have a little bit 00:00:50.259 --> 00:00:54.039 more control over and that is your mind. So today's 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:56.659 episode is all about cleansing your inner space. 00:00:56.740 --> 00:01:00.840 My mind is nuts. I have 5 ,000 things going on. 00:01:01.410 --> 00:01:03.609 and it could be really hard some days to kind 00:01:03.609 --> 00:01:05.829 of prioritize, but what do you do to kind of 00:01:05.829 --> 00:01:08.010 help yourself? My morning routine is helpful. 00:01:08.150 --> 00:01:10.650 I kind of start the day off right, but I, for 00:01:10.650 --> 00:01:13.530 me, I would say exercise. And I do that, you 00:01:13.530 --> 00:01:15.409 know, I try to do that most mornings. So that's 00:01:15.409 --> 00:01:18.569 probably my biggest. Mind clearer, if you will. 00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:21.450 What about you? That's perfect. Me, like I said, 00:01:21.510 --> 00:01:25.280 I do yoga. I do journaling sometimes just to 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:28.079 even jot my things down. But we wanted to kind 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:31.340 of dive into a few things that could help you 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:35.260 as moms, right, Emily? We're literally prioritizing 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:37.879 everybody else's life. So we are the calendar 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:41.700 in the mind. It's just loaded and cluttered. 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:43.500 So these are some things that really help you 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:47.200 kind of regroup and move on to your clear path. 00:01:47.459 --> 00:01:52.019 I love that. Yeah. So yoga for me, yoga is so 00:01:52.710 --> 00:01:55.849 incredible, because not only are you like, you're 00:01:55.849 --> 00:01:59.530 giving yourself some time to kind of have no 00:01:59.530 --> 00:02:03.030 noise, like no, just nothing. It's your time. 00:02:03.390 --> 00:02:06.150 But I don't think a lot of people realize what 00:02:06.150 --> 00:02:09.330 the benefits are to yoga. First off, I mean, 00:02:09.349 --> 00:02:11.629 you'll build flexibility and strength and who 00:02:11.629 --> 00:02:14.150 doesn't need that, right? But it can help with 00:02:14.150 --> 00:02:18.150 pain. It can help with your immune system, your 00:02:18.150 --> 00:02:20.610 cardiovascular health, like your circulation, 00:02:20.750 --> 00:02:25.520 all of that. It decreases stress and inflammation, 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:31.860 which who loves inflammation? No one. But most 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:35.639 importantly, it helps with anxiety. You do that 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:38.960 breath work. You're kind of really getting into 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.919 that mindful state of being and just focusing 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.379 on the present, the present mood. You know, just 00:02:46.379 --> 00:02:49.000 in general, but it will help increase your mood. 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.199 It helps with your memory, your intention, your 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:57.580 focus, sleep, and your digestion. So yeah, there's 00:02:57.580 --> 00:03:01.919 physical benefits to yoga, but mentally, oh, 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:06.599 wow. It's just an incredible practice that I 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.879 think more people should kind of get into. Well, 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.020 I also think it's nice because it is something 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:13.560 that you can do at home. You don't have to be 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.569 at a studio, which is incredible to also do it 00:03:16.569 --> 00:03:18.710 with other people because there's just a vibe 00:03:18.710 --> 00:03:21.610 in the room that you cannot emulate at home by 00:03:21.610 --> 00:03:25.629 yourself necessarily. I'm only practicing about 00:03:25.629 --> 00:03:29.590 once a week, but I do a long class and it is 00:03:29.590 --> 00:03:31.610 my time. And the kids know that. My husband knows 00:03:31.610 --> 00:03:34.789 that I am going downstairs and I am doing yoga. 00:03:35.310 --> 00:03:39.560 It's magic. It really is. Yeah, it is. And it, 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.080 you know, you could put on Zen music, you can 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:44.379 do whatever you want. But the great thing about 00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:47.360 it is all you have to invest is a map, which 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.479 you can find at TJ Maxx. You're using your body, 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.180 you're using resistance, or, you know, stretching, 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:57.719 flexibility, all these things. It's just incredible. 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.960 Yeah, absolutely. And there's all different kinds 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.479 of yoga, right? So even if it's for 10 minutes 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:05.900 at night and you're doing a restorative practice 00:04:05.900 --> 00:04:09.199 or the apps that I have, there's all different 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.060 kinds and all different time limits and you can 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:14.060 get out of it really what you want. Do you want 00:04:14.060 --> 00:04:18.680 it to be hard? Do you need to stretch? Yeah. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:20.579 It's really, it's quite incredible. There's even 00:04:20.579 --> 00:04:25.040 chair yoga for those who aren't flexible or can't 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.199 do the certain moves. It's just stretching and 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.519 being connected to your body on a different level. 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:34.160 And it really does quiet your brain. It slows 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.740 everything down. And the hardest part is just 00:04:36.740 --> 00:04:39.300 getting yourself to the mat. Once you're on the 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:41.360 mat, you just lose yourself. And you're like, 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:44.439 oh my gosh, this feels so good. A lot of people, 00:04:44.459 --> 00:04:47.839 too, get very emotional when they do yoga, because 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:51.569 I think their mind does get quiet. It doesn't 00:04:51.569 --> 00:04:53.610 have to be like you're crying because you're 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:57.310 sad during yoga. It could be that. But I feel 00:04:57.310 --> 00:05:00.730 like it just unlocks so many things. And I know 00:05:00.730 --> 00:05:03.790 many people who have cried through their whole 00:05:03.790 --> 00:05:08.529 yoga session. It can release serotonin, endorphins, 00:05:08.629 --> 00:05:11.810 all these things that is just stored up in your 00:05:11.810 --> 00:05:15.350 body. And now you just have this flood. these 00:05:15.350 --> 00:05:18.689 chemicals that are good chemicals for your body 00:05:18.689 --> 00:05:22.509 you know but they're just stuck so I mean that's 00:05:22.509 --> 00:05:25.189 that's just one of the things that if you've 00:05:25.189 --> 00:05:28.750 never tried it maybe maybe try some chair yoga 00:05:28.750 --> 00:05:32.129 first or just some slow flow restorative it's 00:05:32.129 --> 00:05:35.129 just there's there's no bad way to do yoga your 00:05:35.129 --> 00:05:40.790 practice is your practice exactly Exactly. So 00:05:40.790 --> 00:05:44.129 let's say that you tried yoga and it's just not 00:05:44.129 --> 00:05:48.089 your thing. You don't like it. Even just walking 00:05:48.089 --> 00:05:52.509 is another awesome tool to clear your mind. Do 00:05:52.509 --> 00:05:55.370 you walk? Yes, I love to walk. I walk whenever 00:05:55.370 --> 00:05:59.029 I can, even if it's for 20 minutes. I have a 00:05:59.029 --> 00:06:02.069 wonderful neighborhood for that. So lucky for 00:06:02.069 --> 00:06:04.389 me, I don't have to go to a trail or anything 00:06:04.389 --> 00:06:08.220 necessarily, which I also do. But I'm really 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:10.199 lucky and our neighborhood has a ton of walkers. 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:12.980 It's actually like a joke because so many people 00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:18.579 walk. But yeah, I love it. How about you? I love 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:20.779 walking, just not in the winter. So that's where 00:06:20.779 --> 00:06:24.180 like my other little tools in my toolbox help 00:06:24.180 --> 00:06:26.779 out because yeah, it's got to be like a beautiful 00:06:26.779 --> 00:06:29.339 day. I'm not one of those like die hard. I see 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:33.180 people running. Running? Never. I tried it. I 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:35.680 hate it. And then like a few years go by, I try 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.240 it. I hate it. And then a few years and I'm like, 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.019 well, I'm turning 40. Maybe this is the year 00:06:40.019 --> 00:06:42.040 I'm going to love running. No, it's never the 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:45.120 case. I'm not a runner. Yeah. No, I got it. Yeah. 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.319 But I see people running in the rain and I'm 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:52.639 like, bravo. Like you are incredible. Yeah. Incredible. 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:55.120 I could never have that self -discipline to be 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.519 like out in the snow, freezing cold. Those people 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.199 are like, they blow my mind. They're just incredible 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:03.959 human beings. Not me. Think about it now, too. 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:06.220 There's so many people who work from home. And 00:07:06.220 --> 00:07:09.439 I know people who have the walking desks. They 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.740 have a small, it's not a full treadmill, but 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:16.620 they stand and they walk while they're working 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:19.319 at their desk. Yeah. There's so many benefits 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.720 to it. It's insane. Have you heard about the 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.639 walking backwards? No. I don't know if I could 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:30.560 do that. I know. But there's, I guess, some. 00:07:30.589 --> 00:07:33.209 evidence or whatever but of walking backwards 00:07:33.209 --> 00:07:37.170 can help you keep your knees like really strong 00:07:37.170 --> 00:07:39.629 and healthy. Oh. Because you're not putting the 00:07:39.629 --> 00:07:41.790 pressure of like going forward with your weight. 00:07:42.689 --> 00:07:45.790 You know when I was younger I used to walk up 00:07:45.790 --> 00:07:49.290 the hills backwards because it was like easier. 00:07:49.529 --> 00:07:52.149 Me and my mom used to do these crazy hills to 00:07:52.149 --> 00:07:55.490 this twin pond and it was like seven hills right 00:07:55.490 --> 00:07:57.589 and it was just like never ending and so I would 00:07:57.589 --> 00:08:00.029 turn around and walk backwards and Yeah, that 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:02.850 makes total sense now that you say that. I've 00:08:02.850 --> 00:08:05.470 actually never seen anybody do it and I have 00:08:05.470 --> 00:08:09.269 not done it, but I think it's interesting. Yeah, 00:08:09.329 --> 00:08:11.670 that's something cool to look into. I've never 00:08:11.670 --> 00:08:14.769 heard of that. But I do love walking. Oh, I love. 00:08:14.769 --> 00:08:18.269 I love walking. I mean - Or hike. You love hiking? 00:08:18.790 --> 00:08:22.290 Hiking is my jam. Yeah. I mean, that's just a 00:08:22.290 --> 00:08:25.889 good old nature walk. Yeah. And you get so many 00:08:25.889 --> 00:08:28.120 benefits from - from being in the woods, like 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.220 those negative ions that are emitting from the 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:33.840 trees and just, you just, it's like a spiritual 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.659 walk. Yeah, the sun. I just can't wait. Counting 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:41.960 down the days until it's warm enough for my body 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.139 to handle it. But yeah, back to walking. I mean, 00:08:44.179 --> 00:08:47.679 this is like such an easy little tool that you 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:50.779 can use, but again, it increases the serotonin. 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:53.840 the dopamine, these are your feel -good hormones. 00:08:54.059 --> 00:08:57.679 It releases endorphins, which is a natural mood 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:03.379 booster. It lowers stress, anxiety, increases 00:09:03.379 --> 00:09:06.480 blood flow to the brain, which will enhance your 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:10.000 cognitive function and memory attention. If you 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:12.899 feel like you're in like a writer's block or 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:16.440 creativity is just stagnant, it boosts creativity 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:19.700 and problem solving. It can help with depression, 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:24.019 helps with sleep, just builds a ton of mental 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:27.679 resilience. And it's just a healthy outlet. I 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:29.820 mean, no one's going to tell you that walking 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:32.799 is bad. You know, I've not heard one. Unless 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:36.220 you're clumsy and you trip on a stick, then that's 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:38.940 on you. But I mean, that's just a very simple 00:09:38.940 --> 00:09:42.240 way. And it does. It just kind of gets. gets 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:45.120 your mind thinking onto other things, you know, 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:48.200 and when you have less stress and anxiety, you 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.519 have less of those panic thoughts, you know, 00:09:50.659 --> 00:09:54.220 that just adds to the clutter and unnecessary 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:57.740 thinking that will just kind of cloud your judgment 00:09:57.740 --> 00:10:00.980 throughout the day. Yeah, I totally agree. Because 00:10:00.980 --> 00:10:03.019 you're taking, again, a little second for yourself, 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:06.779 even if it's only 20 minutes, and you got to 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:08.559 clear your brain a little bit so you can go on 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:12.190 with the rest of the day. Yeah, it's like multitasking. 00:10:12.450 --> 00:10:14.090 You're helping your brain, you're helping your 00:10:14.090 --> 00:10:16.549 body, you're helping your mood, helping your 00:10:16.549 --> 00:10:18.730 sleep later in the day. It's just like an all 00:10:18.730 --> 00:10:21.509 -around awesome little thing that we take for 00:10:21.509 --> 00:10:23.490 granted. What about meditation? Have you ever 00:10:23.490 --> 00:10:27.690 meditated? I have, and like I have a couple times 00:10:27.690 --> 00:10:32.450 through the years, but not where I feel like 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:35.679 I have a practice of it. I have a really hard 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.899 time shutting my mind off and doing it what I 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:40.759 consider well. I don't know if there's a right 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:45.480 or wrong way to really do it, but I have the 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:48.940 Peloton app and sometimes after a workout, they 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:51.539 have five minute meditations even. And sometimes 00:10:51.539 --> 00:10:54.299 that's even hard for me to do. Like I cannot 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:57.289 even shut my brain off for five minutes. But 00:10:57.289 --> 00:10:59.549 they kind of walk you through it. They direct 00:10:59.549 --> 00:11:01.950 you and tell you how to get into, hopefully, 00:11:02.049 --> 00:11:05.090 a meditative state. But yeah, it just depends. 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:07.350 And I don't do it as often as I probably should. 00:11:08.409 --> 00:11:11.330 I mean, I'm not an avid. I don't do it all the 00:11:11.330 --> 00:11:14.370 time. But when I do, I really do feel the benefit 00:11:14.370 --> 00:11:17.149 of it. You're just in a completely different 00:11:17.149 --> 00:11:20.870 state of mind when you finish. some people are 00:11:20.870 --> 00:11:22.750 like well how do you just like sit in a room 00:11:22.750 --> 00:11:26.269 and not like think no you can there's apps there's 00:11:26.269 --> 00:11:28.809 you can go on youtube there's guided meditations 00:11:28.809 --> 00:11:32.110 i mean there's so many options out there but 00:11:32.110 --> 00:11:34.610 again this is just a simple tool you don't need 00:11:34.610 --> 00:11:37.730 to buy anything you don't need you can sit on 00:11:37.730 --> 00:11:39.490 your bed you can sit on the floor you can sit 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:42.450 at your desk at work put on the the youtube of 00:11:42.450 --> 00:11:45.190 guided meditation on your lunch break and all 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:48.570 of a sudden like you just feel the stress just 00:11:48.830 --> 00:11:52.750 lift, you know, and you I mean, there's all different 00:11:52.750 --> 00:11:55.730 meditations, you can do a manifestation meditation 00:11:55.730 --> 00:11:59.149 where you're just like focusing on your goals 00:11:59.149 --> 00:12:02.049 and what you want. And it's just so cool. It's 00:12:02.049 --> 00:12:04.169 just so cool. And it's another thing that like 00:12:04.169 --> 00:12:06.509 people kind of overlook, I think, because you 00:12:06.509 --> 00:12:09.669 think of it as one specific thing, but it's not 00:12:09.669 --> 00:12:12.950 it could be any, any meditation that works for 00:12:12.950 --> 00:12:15.149 you. It's just like giving yourself a mantra. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.399 which is important because I think mantras just 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.740 kind of guide your life. You know, it gives you 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:23.820 a positive thing to kind of work towards. And 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:26.679 yeah, it's just cool. So if you've never done 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.820 meditation, just look up the app and let them 00:12:30.820 --> 00:12:32.679 kind of talk you through it. It's just listening 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:34.899 to the instructions and following what you're 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:37.019 supposed to be doing. And all of a sudden you're 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:40.080 done and you're like, I just did it. You'd be 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.879 surprised at how easy it can be. I have done 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:47.250 it via app as well. uh, nighttime. So like to 00:12:47.250 --> 00:12:50.370 put yourself to sleep, basically. You know, like 00:12:50.370 --> 00:12:52.269 a, I don't know how long they are. I think they 00:12:52.269 --> 00:12:55.850 range from 15 to 30 minutes and they have you 00:12:55.850 --> 00:12:58.509 lay down, you know, lay down and be comfy and 00:12:58.509 --> 00:13:00.149 start breathing. They talk you through the breath 00:13:00.149 --> 00:13:02.090 work and then they start to kind of guide you 00:13:02.090 --> 00:13:07.370 through. Um, and I think that has been probably 00:13:07.370 --> 00:13:11.669 the closest I've ever had to a complete meditation. 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:14.440 Because it has helped me fall asleep, but just 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:18.659 relax, mind and body. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. It's 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:21.340 so cool. What about journaling? Do you ever journal? 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:27.460 Journaling, I have for two days. I like it. Nothing 00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:31.240 ever became of that. Let's just say that. So 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:35.460 no, I know that it can be really good, but no. 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.610 Nope, not a journaler. How about you? See, I'm 00:13:38.610 --> 00:13:40.830 not the one where it's like, Oh my God, so today 00:13:40.830 --> 00:13:44.049 Steve got me, you know, like, I'm not like writing, 00:13:44.049 --> 00:13:47.169 you know, like we would if we were teenagers, 00:13:47.169 --> 00:13:49.750 right? Cause I think that's like a diary. Yeah. 00:13:50.090 --> 00:13:51.669 A lot of people think that's what journaling 00:13:51.669 --> 00:13:54.389 is, you know, like dear diary today, I got my 00:13:54.389 --> 00:13:58.990 period and it really sucks. And no, that's not 00:13:58.990 --> 00:14:04.029 it. Journaling can be different and you can make 00:14:04.029 --> 00:14:07.460 it however you want. It's another. form of just 00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:10.279 its brain dumping, right? You're just writing 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:12.559 what comes to mind. Doesn't have to be a short 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:15.720 story. Yeah. It doesn't even have to make sense. 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.919 Right. Like for me, if somebody opened my notebook, 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:23.139 I'd be like, who the fuck is this girl? We need 00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:25.820 to get her some help. Because she was just writing 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:30.659 craziness. But it's all my ideas. Like my brain 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:33.960 doesn't stop thinking. And I just have like, 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:37.200 million ideas for all these different projects 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:42.460 and or just my to -do list, you know, like I 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:45.240 Have to oh, I'll remind myself next Tuesday's 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:47.379 parent -teacher conference or you know, like 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:49.740 just anything whatever is in my brain at that 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:53.500 moment I I just kind of throw it to the paper, 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:56.340 you know So that it's out of my brain onto the 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:59.379 paper and if I need to I can look at it and I 00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:02.509 can remember You know what needs to be done throughout 00:15:02.509 --> 00:15:05.029 the week, but it's not I'm clearing out that 00:15:05.029 --> 00:15:08.470 space in my brain So that I have room for better 00:15:08.470 --> 00:15:11.669 things, you know, yeah, so it's not like necessarily 00:15:11.669 --> 00:15:14.649 a to -do list your But you put like your things 00:15:14.649 --> 00:15:18.850 to do Yeah, and make it just my whole life on 00:15:18.850 --> 00:15:23.230 this page, you know at times like I need to buy 00:15:23.230 --> 00:15:25.629 bananas I don't want to hold on to that thought 00:15:25.629 --> 00:15:28.610 who cares like why am I gonna? hold up space 00:15:28.610 --> 00:15:32.529 in my brain for bananas when I could be just 00:15:32.529 --> 00:15:34.789 thinking of something so much cooler, you know, 00:15:34.870 --> 00:15:37.110 so it's, you just have to kind of think of it 00:15:37.110 --> 00:15:39.190 like, okay, oh, this thought came in, let me 00:15:39.190 --> 00:15:41.250 write it down. So then it's out of my brain and 00:15:41.250 --> 00:15:43.690 I have room for better things, you know? So you're 00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:46.309 not doing like a 20 minute, like, oh, every morning 00:15:46.309 --> 00:15:50.990 I spend 20 minutes. No, no, no, no. This is just 00:15:50.990 --> 00:15:52.929 like throughout the day, throughout the life. 00:15:53.169 --> 00:15:55.960 Okay. you know you're just kind of like jotting 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.720 things down as you go and it really helped me 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.159 just kind of make space yeah and eliminate all 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.480 that junk that's just hanging out it could just 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.279 be something oil change next wednesday i don't 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:09.840 care i know it needs to be done but i'm not going 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.559 to hold it in my brain anymore you know i'm going 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:14.299 to put on my paper so that i know it's there 00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:18.889 i'm not going to forget And it also, I mean, 00:16:18.990 --> 00:16:21.129 you could get into depth with it, and sometimes 00:16:21.129 --> 00:16:23.830 I have, and I've released a lot of my emotions 00:16:23.830 --> 00:16:27.389 or my thoughts. It's helped me get to the deeper 00:16:27.389 --> 00:16:31.509 root of what I'm stressed about. And it can really, 00:16:31.870 --> 00:16:33.950 the coolest part about it is when you get it 00:16:33.950 --> 00:16:37.710 off your brain and onto the paper, it lowers 00:16:37.710 --> 00:16:40.149 your cortisol, and that's your stress hormone. 00:16:40.669 --> 00:16:42.750 And we've been hearing a lot of things about, 00:16:43.429 --> 00:16:47.460 oh, you know cortisol belly or you know like 00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:49.620 menopause and cortisol and all the things but 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:51.519 we don't realize that we hold so much of that 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:54.340 with just our thoughts like our thoughts are 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:56.519 the ones that are raising our cortisol levels 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:01.419 more than anything so by just eliminating that 00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:04.960 you'll be surprised at how you feel afterwards 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.380 you know by clearing that that mind space it 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:11.740 increases your focus too you can now focus 100 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:13.880 % on whatever task you're trying to complete 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:17.039 at that time. You're not trying to multitask 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.880 all the time, if that makes sense. Maybe I'll 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:22.799 start adding that to my morning routine. I think 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.369 you do need to because I always hear you say 00:17:26.369 --> 00:17:29.829 like, oh, I forgot to do that, or I had an idea, 00:17:29.869 --> 00:17:33.390 but I totally forgot. And I'm like, well, you 00:17:33.390 --> 00:17:35.470 need to write it down. Those of you that know 00:17:35.470 --> 00:17:39.829 me, this is very true. I have all good intentions. 00:17:40.089 --> 00:17:42.630 I'm going to buy you a journal. Yeah, I'm going 00:17:42.630 --> 00:17:45.789 to need a new journal, for sure. It's so funny, 00:17:45.869 --> 00:17:49.970 though, because even my oldest, she you know 00:17:49.970 --> 00:17:52.410 they like they like books they like to draw and 00:17:52.410 --> 00:17:54.130 like write stuff down especially my older one 00:17:54.130 --> 00:17:55.690 because she's learning how to you know read and 00:17:55.690 --> 00:17:57.589 write and all that good stuff and i have found 00:17:57.589 --> 00:18:00.509 a couple of her little journals like she writes 00:18:00.509 --> 00:18:03.230 stuff down like a diary already and it's just 00:18:03.230 --> 00:18:05.690 like it's so weird that that's the instinct i've 00:18:05.690 --> 00:18:07.730 never told her to like write down her thoughts 00:18:07.730 --> 00:18:09.829 or anything it's so funny and i remember doing 00:18:09.829 --> 00:18:13.069 that as a kid too you know like dear diary i 00:18:13.069 --> 00:18:15.309 mean that's not what she's saying but it's funny 00:18:15.309 --> 00:18:18.640 how I'm seeing that even she's doing it. So I 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.559 should take after my eight -year -old. I should 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.440 really start doing that. It's amazing what we 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:26.200 learned from our kids. They're like just totally 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.599 innocent and know how to do certain things that 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.819 we like overthink, you know, constantly overthinking 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:36.660 things. That's a big one right there too, overthinking. 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:41.130 Like, okay, so... This brings me to the point 00:18:41.130 --> 00:18:43.650 of the past, present, future, right? What is 00:18:43.650 --> 00:18:46.289 the majority of your thoughts that you think 00:18:46.289 --> 00:18:48.710 about? Is it the past, present, or future? Wow, 00:18:48.710 --> 00:18:52.730 I've never actually thought about that. I guess 00:18:52.730 --> 00:18:56.750 future. Well, let me tell you something, okay? 00:18:56.950 --> 00:19:00.069 The past already happened. There's no amount 00:19:00.069 --> 00:19:02.410 of thinking that is gonna change whatever happened, 00:19:02.589 --> 00:19:05.609 right? You can't go back in time. Even if you 00:19:05.609 --> 00:19:08.269 think of the situation differently, it's not 00:19:08.269 --> 00:19:14.130 gonna happen. it already has been done. So let 00:19:14.130 --> 00:19:17.789 that fear or anxiety or anything else go. There's 00:19:17.789 --> 00:19:19.730 nothing you can do to change it. Live with it, 00:19:19.730 --> 00:19:23.470 own it, move forward, right? Yeah. Your future 00:19:23.470 --> 00:19:27.069 has not happened yet. You're not a fortune teller. 00:19:27.130 --> 00:19:29.490 You can't make things happen unless you're practicing 00:19:29.490 --> 00:19:34.630 like manifestation. You can kind of like know 00:19:34.630 --> 00:19:38.009 that it's coming, but Once you put it out there, 00:19:38.009 --> 00:19:39.569 you just kind of have to forget about it and 00:19:39.569 --> 00:19:41.490 know that it's happening You can't overthink 00:19:41.490 --> 00:19:45.269 it. You can't second -guess it. So Stop thinking 00:19:45.269 --> 00:19:47.549 about the past stop thinking about the future 00:19:47.549 --> 00:19:51.069 and just be in the moment because before you 00:19:51.069 --> 00:19:54.809 know it The future is here and you fucked up 00:19:54.809 --> 00:19:56.990 the present that you were just at because you 00:19:56.990 --> 00:20:01.910 weren't appreciating it, you know so don't that's 00:20:01.910 --> 00:20:04.970 I've been trying very very hard to be mindful 00:20:04.970 --> 00:20:09.420 and and just live in the present moment. Yeah, 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:12.740 be in the moment. That's solid advice, for sure. 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:14.779 It took me a long time to get to that point. 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:17.960 I was more worried about the past. Like, I shouldn't 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.660 have done this or did that. But then I realized, 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:24.779 like, I'm just kind of filling myself with poison 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:28.539 right now because I'm fearing what already happened 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:31.539 or I have anxiety about it. Like, what is that 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:34.660 helping me? now or in the future, nothing. It's 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:37.920 just kind of wasting my time, really, where I 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:41.079 could be focusing myself on whatever's at hand, 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:44.519 you know? To be better, make it better. Yeah. 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.880 It's just, yeah, don't focus on the past. Don't 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:52.599 worry about the future. Just do you now. Yeah. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.140 I always, people make fun of me because I never 00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:58.140 take pictures. I love pictures. I'm the worst. 00:20:59.549 --> 00:21:01.690 I've always said, well, it's because I'm not 00:21:01.690 --> 00:21:06.769 thinking about that. I'm present in the party 00:21:06.769 --> 00:21:09.750 we're at or the holiday or whatever. But then 00:21:09.750 --> 00:21:11.329 after, I'm like, oh, darn it, you didn't take 00:21:11.329 --> 00:21:16.069 any pictures. I do sometimes. So I like to think 00:21:16.069 --> 00:21:18.190 that I'm kind of present. But I think my mind 00:21:18.190 --> 00:21:22.609 is more looking to what's next. And that's probably 00:21:22.609 --> 00:21:25.049 common because we're just busy. Humans are busy. 00:21:25.269 --> 00:21:28.589 Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So yeah, we're always looking 00:21:28.589 --> 00:21:30.670 towards what what do we have to finish? We all 00:21:30.670 --> 00:21:33.829 have work to do to keep our mind clean. And this 00:21:33.829 --> 00:21:36.750 is these are great tools. Yeah, it's just hopefully 00:21:36.750 --> 00:21:39.309 people are less stressed, you know, because I 00:21:39.309 --> 00:21:41.769 just I look around and everyone's fucking stressing 00:21:41.769 --> 00:21:44.609 out. Everyone's got a million things on their 00:21:44.609 --> 00:21:48.309 plate. But like, nobody takes the time to. to 00:21:48.309 --> 00:21:50.390 take care of themselves you know you have to 00:21:50.390 --> 00:21:52.569 kind of put yourself first sometimes invest in 00:21:52.569 --> 00:21:54.650 yourself well and they can be quick too like 00:21:54.650 --> 00:21:56.430 even that's like oh i'm thinking about the future 00:21:56.430 --> 00:21:59.069 okay nope take it in what i'm doing right now 00:21:59.069 --> 00:22:01.109 instead you know yeah that takes two seconds 00:22:01.109 --> 00:22:04.970 to turn it around yeah it makes me kind of sad 00:22:04.970 --> 00:22:07.289 sometimes because i take a lot of pictures i'm 00:22:07.289 --> 00:22:09.490 i'm like the polar opposite of you i i probably 00:22:09.490 --> 00:22:13.109 should put the camera down and not take so many, 00:22:13.269 --> 00:22:16.910 but I do. But then I look back at my kids and 00:22:16.910 --> 00:22:19.730 I'm like, ah, it feels like yesterday. And they 00:22:19.730 --> 00:22:22.190 were just in their little jammies and all snuggly 00:22:22.190 --> 00:22:24.309 with their binkies. And those were the times 00:22:24.309 --> 00:22:26.609 when I was so focused on either the past or the 00:22:26.609 --> 00:22:30.970 future. I didn't really enjoy that moment. And 00:22:30.970 --> 00:22:34.450 now I regret it. As a mom, you're just like, 00:22:34.450 --> 00:22:38.730 ah, it's time for bed. But one day, it's going 00:22:38.730 --> 00:22:41.049 to be the last night that they ask for snuggles. 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:45.240 or it's gonna be the last night that you get 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:48.839 to tuck them in and read to them and those days 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.539 are coming up because you know they're gonna 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:53.519 be like in the double digits soon and i'm like 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:57.900 just oh my god yes snuggle with me until your 00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.680 whatever age you know it's probably be weird 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:01.640 when they're 18 and i'm like do you want snuggles 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:04.819 you know so i'll take it i will live in the moment 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:09.039 for that those five minutes and just soak it 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:12.509 in soak it in I don't care that the dishes need 00:23:12.509 --> 00:23:16.210 to be changed or whatever. No, I'm soaking it 00:23:16.210 --> 00:23:18.589 in and I'm taking that moment and I'm being present. 00:23:19.170 --> 00:23:23.210 I love that. What about grounding? I love grounding. 00:23:23.849 --> 00:23:27.829 Me too. I love it. Same, same, same. Don't talk 00:23:27.829 --> 00:23:35.190 dirty to me, Emily. Sorry. I love it. No, I like, 00:23:35.589 --> 00:23:40.000 I don't know. I think we both kind of learned 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.079 about grounding around the same time, like really 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:46.099 the benefits of it. But then you sent me the 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:49.519 documentary and we watched it and we were like, 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:53.740 okay, this is like far beyond what we thought 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:56.460 grounding was. You know what I mean? Yeah. Oh, 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:59.980 beyond. I mean, I always felt a special feeling 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:03.880 being in my garden, being in the dirt. Yep. you 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:06.319 just feel different. And I never could put my 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:10.019 finger on it. I just never, I always felt great 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:13.180 after yard work or like being at the beach. Who 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:15.900 doesn't feel good when they're at the beach? 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:18.740 I know. If you tell me you don't feel good being 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:20.619 at the beach, then you're just a negative Nancy 00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:23.500 and we should not be hanging out. Right. We are 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:26.200 not friends. Yeah. We are not friends. Oh my 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:28.700 God. Like, well, first of all, if you haven't 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:32.000 heard of the earthing movie, It's a documentary. 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:35.619 I believe it's free on Amazon Prime if you have 00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:38.400 that. Yeah. Yeah, that's where we watched it 00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:40.440 I don't know if it's still on there, but just 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.599 Google search it. It'll come up Yeah. Yeah, just 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:45.000 look it up. It's called the earthing movie You'll 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.599 see a pair of bare feet in grass. If you see 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:51.680 that that's the one it's phenomenal and it made 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:54.920 me realize that feeling that I was having at 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:59.160 the beach or in my garden and It's so freaking 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:03.440 cool. So listen to this. The earth is negatively 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:07.220 charged, right? It just has this like natural 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:12.880 negative electrical charge. And our body can 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:15.799 kind of build up this positive static electric 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:18.099 charge throughout the day without even realizing 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.839 it. Because if you think about it back in the 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.259 day, people would walk around barefoot. There 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:24.880 were no shoes. there wasn't anything. So everyone 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:27.140 was naturally connected to the earth on a daily 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:30.039 basis without even trying. And they were just 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.599 in this awesome state. So along came the shoes. 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:36.839 Now we are disconnected from the earth. We hardly 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:39.460 ever walk around barefoot or anything like that. 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:42.079 But when you do, they say you should do it for 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:44.299 about 30 minutes or more to get the real benefits, 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:49.269 right? But when you do this, You're neutralizing 00:25:49.269 --> 00:25:52.250 free radicals in your body. So free radicals 00:25:52.250 --> 00:25:55.230 are like crazy molecules that are just like super 00:25:55.230 --> 00:25:58.190 unstable They cause destruction to your healthy 00:25:58.190 --> 00:26:01.329 cells and that in turn turns to inflammation 00:26:01.329 --> 00:26:06.309 disease all these things so when you're you're 00:26:06.309 --> 00:26:10.130 basically absorbing the negative electrical charge 00:26:10.130 --> 00:26:13.369 from the earth and you're absorbing these electrons 00:26:13.369 --> 00:26:18.339 and You're just kind of neutralizing what's going 00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:21.700 on in your body as you absorb this So your sleep 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:24.059 gets better your well -being gets better. Your 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:27.359 pain goes down Circulation gets better. Your 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:31.779 healing is quicker your calmer which leads to 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:35.900 less stress and Some people say that they feel 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:39.299 energized after you know, it just fuels you with 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:42.240 this awesome Energy so you're probably saying 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:44.900 like oh 30 minutes of plus like is there such 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:47.880 a thing is too much No, there is no such thing 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:51.039 as too much like the more you do it the better 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:54.799 you feel it's addicting cuz now like Like I said 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:57.480 in the the last one. We're never inside in the 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.259 summer. We are constantly outside My nails are 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:03.200 never pretty in the summer because I'm like I'm 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:05.420 just in the dirt. Like I love it I want to feel 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:10.000 it touch it smell it I'd eat it if I could But 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.940 yeah, I mean, I love, I love it. It just, it 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:15.539 just makes me so like, it's like a drug. Yeah. 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:18.519 It just makes me feel so good. But yeah, we're 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:20.640 just never inside. We're always outside and I 00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:24.500 got my kids doing it. And like I said, my son 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:27.460 has ADHD. So when we watch the grounding movie, 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:31.900 it talks about, um, in the, in the winter, right? 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.019 We live in an area where we get a lot of snow. 00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:37.279 It'd be stupid to walk outside. We are not going 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:40.519 outside and grounding at all. for months, honestly, 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:44.299 months and months. Yeah. So we all, and I know 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:47.539 your family went all in too, we got the grounding 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:52.279 mattress covers, right? We did it for my sons, 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:55.180 for us, and it's so cool. I mean, the only thing 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:57.119 you have to watch out is during a thunderstorm, 00:27:57.240 --> 00:28:00.680 you should probably unplug it, but otherwise... 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:04.180 Good advice, solid advice. Yeah, solid. Read 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:07.720 that warning label. But otherwise, like it's 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.119 such a cool feeling. I'll go to bed and I feel, 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.920 I don't know about you, but I feel like tingling 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:14.460 in my legs when I'm like laying down. We just 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:16.000 replaced it because we've had it for like two 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:19.660 years. Yeah. That's interesting. We're probably 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:23.480 about that too then. Maybe we should get a new 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:26.680 one too. Yeah. I mean, I felt something the first 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:29.240 night. Again, placebo effect, whatever. I felt 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:34.250 glorious. So I was feeling it. Yeah, and we had 00:28:34.250 --> 00:28:36.650 gotten it because first of all, my son, when 00:28:36.650 --> 00:28:38.849 it talked about ADHD, I was like, oh, sign me 00:28:38.849 --> 00:28:42.589 up. Another natural thing. Yes, all for it. But 00:28:42.589 --> 00:28:46.130 my husband also was in a really bad car accident, 00:28:46.269 --> 00:28:48.930 and he really screwed up his back. And he's had 00:28:48.930 --> 00:28:50.950 back pain ever since. And we've tried all the 00:28:50.950 --> 00:28:54.950 things. We've just tried it all. And so we were 00:28:54.950 --> 00:28:56.750 like, you know what? Why not? Let's try it. His 00:28:56.750 --> 00:29:00.470 back is so much better. I mean, it lowers inflammation. 00:29:00.589 --> 00:29:04.309 It does all the things that I said. I mean, I 00:29:04.309 --> 00:29:07.349 don't think anything is as beneficial as the 00:29:07.349 --> 00:29:11.849 real deal. Yeah. But for us who, yeah, who can't 00:29:11.849 --> 00:29:15.930 be outside for eight months or seven months a 00:29:15.930 --> 00:29:18.869 year to put our feet, it's way too cold. Yeah. 00:29:19.450 --> 00:29:22.410 Are there snow? Yeah. I'm not doing it. I don't 00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:24.809 even like to walk in the cold, let alone take 00:29:24.809 --> 00:29:28.930 off my shoes. Yeah, right. Never. But yeah, it's 00:29:28.930 --> 00:29:33.119 just so cool. And it works so much that... We 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.099 put it in his 504 at school my son. We actually 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:38.440 don't need it anymore We just took it out this 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.920 past year, but we would have him go to the grounding 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:45.880 mat at the nurse and Sit there for 10 minutes 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:48.799 and just kind of re -stabilize himself, but that 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.619 was after recess too, right? Yeah, so like after 00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:55.700 some energy was let out Yeah, okay So it was 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:58.059 it was just so cool and the principal and the 00:29:58.059 --> 00:30:00.500 teachers were all like what what are you talking 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:03.779 about? You know? And I'm like, Oh my God, like 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:06.660 everyone needs to know about this. Everyone needs 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:09.099 to know about grounding because it's just nature's 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:11.579 medicine. Yeah. Well, and I think it's neat that 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:14.319 there's these options for us who, whether you 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:16.079 can't get outdoors or you live in a cold area 00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:20.339 like we do, but they make sheets. There's grounding 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:22.160 sheets. So if you don't want to put the mat, 00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.720 the mattress pad on there, I've never done the 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:27.779 sheets. You guys did, didn't you? We have the 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:30.680 sheets for our bed and then we use the pad for 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.079 the boys, but they also make like pads that you 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:35.299 could just, while you're at work. Right. Sitting, 00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:37.440 just put your feet on. Typing. Yeah. You just 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:40.160 take your shoes off, put them on this mat and 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:43.920 wow. I mean, it's just so cool. It is so cool. 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.880 So yeah, grounding is like, I mean, if you only 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:51.019 practice one thing out of this little box of 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:54.930 tools, do... the grounding. You won't regret 00:30:54.930 --> 00:30:57.950 it. I don't know if we've said this yet, but 00:30:57.950 --> 00:31:03.650 it has to be grass, woods, sand, dirt, because 00:31:03.650 --> 00:31:05.609 I love to be barefoot, especially when it's warm 00:31:05.609 --> 00:31:08.509 out. And I was like, oh my god, I'm just grounding 00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:10.890 all the time. This is so crazy. I love to be 00:31:10.890 --> 00:31:14.630 barefoot. And then I was like, oh, not on my 00:31:14.630 --> 00:31:19.869 patio, not on my driveway. Well, they say sometimes 00:31:19.869 --> 00:31:22.930 you can be on concrete, but it shouldn't be treated 00:31:22.930 --> 00:31:26.170 with a chemical or painted. Then it won't really 00:31:26.170 --> 00:31:27.849 fit you. You're going to get the full experience 00:31:27.849 --> 00:31:32.450 if your feet are actually on the ground. On the 00:31:32.450 --> 00:31:35.190 sand, on the grass, even if you're just swimming 00:31:35.190 --> 00:31:38.809 in a body of water and not a pool. Right. The 00:31:38.809 --> 00:31:43.390 ocean, pond, lake. Yeah. And it does. It feels 00:31:43.390 --> 00:31:47.240 so good. You do. And if you know this now, The 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:49.839 experience is 10 times better. Yeah, you're going 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:52.660 to have a phenomenal summer. But one thing I 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:55.299 did start doing with my kids, I forgot to say 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:58.059 this when we were talking about journaling, is 00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.779 in the morning right before school, usually we 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:03.359 have a little lag time, right? And I would let 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.079 them like watch, you know, something on TV, whatever. 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:08.660 I noticed that this would kind of hype up their 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:12.599 energy in the worst possible way. It wasn't doing 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:15.150 anything to kind of help them set up. Positive 00:32:15.150 --> 00:32:17.789 day for themselves and it led to a lot of fighting 00:32:17.789 --> 00:32:19.650 a lot of like I don't want to watch this You're 00:32:19.650 --> 00:32:21.549 gonna watch, you know, and it was just like enough. 00:32:21.650 --> 00:32:24.630 Oh my god So the last 10 minutes before we leave 00:32:24.630 --> 00:32:27.650 for school We started doing this little journaling 00:32:27.650 --> 00:32:30.710 prompt which already is making a big difference 00:32:30.710 --> 00:32:34.470 I think so I have them write how they want their 00:32:34.470 --> 00:32:38.630 day to go Ways that you can make this happen, 00:32:38.890 --> 00:32:40.589 you know, like so they'll list like three things 00:32:40.589 --> 00:32:44.299 that they can do that day To make this goal happen 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:48.900 today Then they write any fears or concerns that 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:52.380 they have for the day You know, I'm nervous about 00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:54.819 this or whatever and we kind of talk about it 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:57.940 and then we find a solution Then I have them 00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:01.220 write five things that they like about themselves, 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:05.640 you know, I'm smart. I'm fast. I'm whatever five 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:08.660 things that they're grateful for and Then three 00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:11.869 things that they can kind of work on for that 00:33:11.869 --> 00:33:15.329 day, you know, like share more or Raise your 00:33:15.329 --> 00:33:17.569 hand more like whatever it is. I mean little 00:33:17.569 --> 00:33:19.950 kids come up with the funniest things right like 00:33:19.950 --> 00:33:24.450 Today my son made a made a mission. He Wrote 00:33:24.450 --> 00:33:27.180 down his goal And then I just got a picture from 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:29.500 my friend that he just won a little possum award 00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:32.519 at school. And I was like, oh my God, like this 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:36.119 is so exciting. I can't wait to praise him when 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.039 he gets home because he stuck to the plan. And 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:42.039 I just think like, not even for kids, I'm going 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:44.339 to start doing this with myself too, because 00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:47.380 I think it's great to kind of set yourself up 00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:50.799 with a goal. Identify the ways that you can get 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.140 that goal. Think of things you like about yourself. 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:56.680 Stop picking yourself apart. And like I said, 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.839 I always talk about what I'm grateful for first 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:01.160 thing in the morning, but it's just a good reminder 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:03.380 too. Right. Well, and for them, they're clearing 00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:06.500 out their mind now, you know, of maybe some junk 00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:09.739 before their day starts. Yeah. And I tell you 00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:13.980 the transition from that to going out the door 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:16.780 to getting to school, it was so much better. 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:19.539 I mean, usually we have a lot of issues like 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:23.019 in that short timeframe. Yeah. But it was, it 00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:26.750 was a nice little change, even once a week, you 00:34:26.750 --> 00:34:28.510 know, like, what is your goal for this week? 00:34:28.630 --> 00:34:31.289 What are you going to do to accomplish it? Set 00:34:31.289 --> 00:34:34.949 yourself up for success. I love it. That's fantastic. 00:34:35.369 --> 00:34:37.710 Hopefully you guys can try some of these and 00:34:37.710 --> 00:34:40.269 just kind of clear that mind. Yep. And remember, 00:34:40.570 --> 00:34:42.789 stop thinking about the past. Stop thinking about 00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:46.289 the future. Focus on today. Absolutely. So you 00:34:46.289 --> 00:34:49.650 have a little quote for us. I sure do. A cluttered 00:34:49.650 --> 00:34:52.949 mind will never lead you to a clear path. and 00:34:52.949 --> 00:34:58.329 that is by Christina Scalise. I love that. You 00:34:58.329 --> 00:35:00.489 want a clear path? Get rid of that clutter. Hope 00:35:00.489 --> 00:35:03.170 you guys have a great week. As always, keep it 00:35:03.170 --> 00:35:03.449 good.