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Insert a Pause into your day to decrease stress, gain perspective, focus and ease. We all get hijacked by our thoughts and feelings, often they are habitual. With practice, you can rewire your brain to identify and decrease your own reactivity which in turn can make your life easier. While we cannot change what comes at us any given moment we do have a choice as to how we want to respond. In that choice lies the opportunity to live with increased ease.

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Choose Your Words, Tone and Volume: Mindful Speech

August 09, 2024 • Jane Lodato, Mount Sinai Surgery • Season 2 • Episode 9

We cannot take back our words. Life is easier if we pay close attention to our choice of words, the tone in our voice, and the volume with which we speak. When caught in reactivity we can easily lose sight of all three. Speaking with awareness, being thoughtful in choosing our words, tone and volume will facilitate being heard, being listened to. Think Before You Speak is an age old adage, here's a practice to remind you of how to do exactly that.