Ep.12 Do you give your body what it needs? [physical and mental health]

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Hello, hello and welcome to the Borealis

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Today, episode number 12. I want to go back to the body, I posted

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an episode about how the body is influencing your well being and

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you are influencing its well being.

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So

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what do you have to give to your body? What is What are

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essentials? What is your duty as a human being here on planet

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Earth.

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There's the very obvious things, the water, the food, the air you

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breathe in the clothing, and the physical touch. And what I

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learned a couple years back because I was always interested

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in health, fitness and

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eating the right things.

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But then I came across Ayurveda.

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And there you learn how important it is on how you

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consume. How do you consume water food? How do you breathe?

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What are you

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choosing to wear? And how much quality does physical touch have

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in your life? So how do you eat and drink? Do you eat in between

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while standing in a rushed way? Is eating just

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a thing that has to be done? Because otherwise you struggle

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with maybe diabetes or mood swings?

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Or is food really deeply nourishing? Is water something

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that brings you joy or is staying hydrated? Just another

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point on your to do list that has to be done?

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Why is it important on how you do it because your nervous

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system recognizes your intentions and how you ingest

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things.

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And this in turn, affects your intestines and your intestines

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take in everything you put into your body and turn it into your

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body cells.

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And they make up your body and the quality of your skin the

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quality of

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of everything physical that makes you up your bones, your

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blood

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really everything. So

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now let's look at the water intake. Is that just something

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that you read in a book and you do it?

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Because it has to be done and it's actually super annoying? Or

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can you really next time you take your glass of water

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maybe look at it even for a moment and know that without

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water you wouldn't be on this planet you couldn't go any

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longer than a couple of days without water and

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put gratefulness and that

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maybe ritual now make drinking a ritual. Yeah, like some other

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person would appreciate their glass of wine for supper. Look

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at the water as something magical something that gives

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life and and not just something that has to be chucked down. And

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same with food. Prepare your food with love. Sit down, make

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time

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Time to digest. And then relax and really let your body do the

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work. Allow yourself to

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really appreciate every little thing that you put into your

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body and you will see it will change your whole physical

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feeling with yourself over time.

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Then it comes to physical touch.

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Maybe you're single, maybe you feel lonely. And you think of

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physical touches just for people who are in a relationship. No,

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it's not the news. How do you shower? Yeah, do you just slap

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on the soap, and scrub yourself and then

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dry and jump into your clothing?

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Or can you actually turn it into a little bit of a self massage

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and enjoying your body and being grateful for your body? Yeah,

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it's the same thing as drinking, and eating. If we give our body

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a little bit more love and care, we do the things a little bit

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more with intention, then we can drastically change the way we

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feel about ourselves. So next time you drink water, think of

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me next time you drink food or have a snack. Think of me next

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time you have a shower.

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Think about what I said, on how you could maybe afterwards

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massage your feet or put oil onto your hands and your arms

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and your back. And it will make you feel just five, maybe even

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10% better about yourself, I swear.

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What about on a mental level? What do you feed through your

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eyes into your brain each day? Now, let's all sit down for a

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moment. And think about how long and often we are on our phones.

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And what do you read there on a regular?

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Whatever news that you consume? What are the vibes

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that you take in from your surroundings? And your people

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that you interact with?

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Maybe you read books, maybe you listen to podcasts? How do those

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things make you feel? Do they agitate you? Do they make you

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feel really calm?

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A very dear person in my life, had struggles with insomnia. And

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every night, she watches the news and follows what's going on

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in the US.

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And it's very disruptive, it's very disturbing and creates

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anxiety. And of course, for me as an outsider, it's pretty

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obvious. And then you can find restful sleep.

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So all this to say, Do you consume whatever you want, I'm

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not going to tell you all you shouldn't be watching the news

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and so your television out. No, just be aware of what you put

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into your body into your soul into your mind. Because it is

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affecting your health, it is affecting your well being. And

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if you have awareness, if you can track down what might be

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sucking life energy out of you, then you can control it and be a

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master of your health. Because those news

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that make you feel like oh, you have an opinion and all you feel

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as part of the society. At the same time,

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release stress hormones that your body has to deal with. So

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your mind has all caught up and excited about consuming that.

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But your body is actually limping behind and trying to

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balance things out and trying to keep you in check and keep you

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balanced. But if you don't allow it, then it becomes sick.

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And then let's have a look at your relationships. How

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nurturing and positive are the interactions you have with your

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people around you? Did you talk in person.

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Now during COVID You could come up and say while we are not

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supposed to meet it's not allowed

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out. But you can talk on the phone or you can meet up for a

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walk and keep your distance. And you will see that a

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conversation, personal conversation over phone, or in

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person has so much more quality and meaning then a voicemail or

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interacting over messenger. So really look at your relationship

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and see how much they're nurturing you and help you grow

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or help you comfort and make you feel good.

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And now sleep as I mentioned before, sleep is also your huge

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thing, because I feel the sleep is most interrupted.

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When we consume unconsciously, so late night snacks, and heavy

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foods that are difficult and long to digest, late night news.

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Of course, if it's a comedy show, or something that chews

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you up, that's awesome. But the blue light the screen light is

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somewhat agitating your eyes and and so in doing so your brain to

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see if you can be aware of, of little habits that you might

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have created because it helps you to cope with life.

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But it actually is not good for your health, then just have a

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look at it.

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So it is the approach

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to food intake, water intake, physical touch, and

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relationships. It's your intention that you have when you

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step out into the world. It's also your attitude. Yeah, when

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you have like, oh, I have to drink or I have to eat and it's

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all boring and the same.

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And also your perception and how you perceive the world that will

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greatly affect your well being.

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So with mindfulness, with intention, with a good attitude,

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whatever you approach, you will have positive, good results for

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yourself and for others.

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And if you're driven by your monkey mind, I mentioned the

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monkey mind a little

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a couple of times now your monkey mind is we can call it

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your ego or it is the part of yourself that was heard in the

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past and is trying to protect and control you now. And to

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fill needs to satisfy cravings.

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But the monkey mind sometimes acts like an misbehave child and

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has to be put in the backseat. And you have to focus on your

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body again and your heart and make decisions from that place

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instead of from the monkey mind.

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The signals from your body can be very subtle when it feels

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discomfort. And when the monkey mind is Ruling Your World. Then

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it oftentimes

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over rules, what the body is actually needing because the

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body has a very,

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very soft way of telling you when things are going wrong. And

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when we are sick.

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I don't want to say it's too late. But then it means You

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disregarded those warning signals for a long time already.

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Doesn't mean you have to go into self punishment and everything

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is bad. What do you do? It just means Be aware of your body and

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what it is trying to tell you.

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And why is it so critical to ask yourself who is ruling your life

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because when you ignore those signals, once again, you can

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become sick and if you are aware, you can get out of

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sickness and live a very healthy and fulfilling life.

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The monkey mind like in some cases in my life, for instance

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can be so powerful that makes you believe it is the body's

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needs that it is addressing. Yeah, when you look at Netflix,

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junk food, alcohol weed porn.

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The body reacts

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So with with positivity there, but only because it has no

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choice because it feels okay. We have all this now to distract us

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from a bigger pain. Yeah. So if it is loneliness that makes you

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binge watch NetFlix and eat junk food, drink alcohol, consume

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porn, or smoke weed, then your body will act positive to these

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things that you give them because it is actually

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distracting from the pain of loneliness.

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But previously, I gave you the tools now on how to connect

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physically again to yourself and it is through drinking with

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intention, eating with intention, touching yourself

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with care, love, and intention. And yeah, we can even go down

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the road of pleasuring yourself, which is a very important thing

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when it comes to your sexual health. You don't need a partner

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to

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experience that you can do it without porn, just you and

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yourself.

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So those are the things that would be so cool if we could

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replace

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the Netflix the junk food, or go all the way to porn, replace it

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by a hot bath, a nice phone call with a long lost friend, food

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that you truly appreciate and water that you see as this

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magical source that is so important for you to consume

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with mindfulness.

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So I got a little bit intense here because this topic is so so

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important to me.

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This was a 12 episode of the Borealis experience. I hope you

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you would love me to talk about. take really good care of

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yourself. Let this sink in what we talked about today, thank you

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so much for spending time with me. And I'll post Dion Sanchez,

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beautiful message to me now. Thank you so much. Bye Bye

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Hey, girl, it's Dion. Um, I saw your post in the podcasters or

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the land in the free I believe. I just want to say I love your

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podcast. I love your good hearted in free spirited nature,

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and how you go about explaining

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your topics. I only listened to one of your podcast episodes so

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far. But I absolutely love it. Don't change a thing. Don't

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change the thing. Stick stay true to your message and the

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essence spine, your podcast.

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The Mind Body Spirit all intertwine and when it comes to

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what you said in one of your podcasts about being a warrior

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girl shout out to you man cuz we're all warriors, man. So hope

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you have a good evening and yeah, love your podcast.