Face Big Life Decisions with Clarity and Confidence - Guided Meditation (ep. 253)

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Welcome to the Mindful Fire Podcast, a show about crafting a life you love and making work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning, and financial independence. I'm your host, Adam Coelho, and I'm so glad you're here. Each episode of the Mindful Fire Podcast explores these three tools through teachings, guided meditations, and inspiring interviews with people actually living them to craft a life they love. Let's jump into today's episode

Adam Coelho 1:05

so let's begin this guided meditation. As always, we recorded this guided meditation as part of the Mindful Fire Legends community, where we gather to talk about the path to fi, practice in community, and support each other as we build the life we want to live. So if you'd like to join us, you can join us at mindfulfire.org/join. So begin by finding a position that allows you to be alert and relaxed at the same time. You can sit with a tall, straight back, resting your hands wherever is comfortable. And you can close your eyes or gaze down. And begin by taking three deep breaths in and out And on your third exhale I invite you to meet yourself exactly where you are and as you are right now checking in with your body Noticing what it feels like in your body Noticing whatever's there to be noticed with the kind, curious awareness of mindfulness And expanding your awareness now to include your mind. Noticing if it's busy or calm, tense or relaxed. Bringing that same noticing A kind, curious awareness of what is there And just meeting whatever's calling your attention Exactly as it is right now Now I invite you to find your way to the breath and bring that same kind, curious awareness to the sensations of breathing wherever you feel the most. Just feeling yourself as you breathe in And feeling yourself as you breathe out Right now, there's nowhere you need to go nothing you need to do There's only this in breath and this out breath. Each one unique, each one happening here and now, moment by moment by moment, and breath by breath by breath And so just resting in the simplicity and ease of this moment Imagining that with each breath, you're sinking more and more into the peace and ease of this moment And whenever you notice that your mind has drifted off Just notice that thinking is happening. Meeting whatever's in, on your mind with that same kind, curious awareness And then choose to come back to the breath and beginning again And now that we've allowed the mind to settle to some degree, I invite you to bring to mind something on the horizon that you need to deal with. Perhaps it's an opportunity a conversation you want or need to have, a decision you need to make Whatever it is, it'll come to you. So just taking a moment to think about what do you need to deal with in the near term I invite you to bring that same mindfulness to what comes up in your mind and body as you think about that That kind, curious awareness, noticing what emotions arise as you think about this thing you need to deal with letting them all be just as they are meeting them with kindness and curiosity I want you to think about now... I want you to remember all the times you've been faced with similar decisions or situations in the past and how you navigated them, made it through, whether it was challenging or easy I want you to feel in your body as you think about how you navigated them in the past and made it through one way or the other What was it that made it possible for you to deal with that? feeling pride for having gone through it and made it through Seeing yourself navigating that challenge and feeling what it felt like in your body as you moved through and ultimately came out the other side And seeing all the good that came from going through that in the aftermath of that decision or situation Seeing how who you are today is in part because of this difficult or challenging situation and how you navigated it to become who you are today Now I invite you to come back to the situation that is yet to be handled And I invite you to envision yourself navigating this situation with confidence, clarity, and ease And feeling in your body as you see yourself, what does it feel like to approach this and to navigate it with confidence, with clear-headedness, and with ease?

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seeing yourself moving through this

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scenario And feeling whatever you feel as you move through and successfully navigate this decision, this challenge, this conversation, whatever it is. Feeling how you feel as you move through confidently and reach the other side successfully

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And as you sit with this

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I invite you to ask a question Finish this statement What would help me navigate this situation with confidence and ease is What would help me navigate this situation with confidence and ease is this

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Just seeing what arises and sitting with it

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Sitting with it as you breathe in sitting with it as you breathe out As we approach the end of this practice, I invite you to bring an intention to mind for how you'll create this condition so that you may attack this situation with confidence, clarity, and ease, just like you've dealt with every situation in your life up until this point And let us finish now with three deep breaths. Breathing in And breathing

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out Breathing in Breathing out Once more, breathing in

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And breathing out When you're ready, opening your eyes and coming back Thank you so much for your attention. I hope you've enjoyed this practice and if you'd like to join us live, you can do so at mindfulfire.org slash join.