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Best Self Breather: A Moment of Gratitude, A Tool For Life

Best Self Breather: A Moment of Gratitude, A Tool For Life, by Kristen Noel. Photograph of couch on street by Kristen Noel
Photograph by Kristen Noel

Taking a deep breath is about more than just calming the nervous system, it’s about resetting our emotional framework. It’s about inhaling gratitude and healing.

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Go ahead, take a load off and give yourself a break (I’m serious).

I’ve been inspired of late by this notion of taking a breather…probably because, I need it (and you just might, too) and sometimes I need to remind myself what’s really important. To-do lists, perpetual motion, engaging in life’s drama…or not. We get to choose and we can stop over-complicating things for ourselves.

Don’t let the simplicity of a single

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