Friday Shift

Hello, Hello. How are you? — — — Let's take our first of several long, deep breaths together. — — — — — — — — — Are you looking forward to the weekend? — — — — — — — — — Take another long, deep breath and relax your shoulders. — — — — — — — — — Now, focus 100% of your attention on listening to life. — — — — — Listen for sounds you otherwise wouldn’t hear. — — — — — — — Can you notice a little mini-shift when you put 100% of your attention into listening? — — — Feel for that shift. — — — — — — — — — — Feel life buzzing on your skin now. — — — — — — — — — — — — Nice. Let's set an intention to dive deep into presence as we listen to life together and breathe deeply for another minute. — — — — — — — — — — — — Feel yourself shifting more into presence as you breathe and listen to life with your complete attention. — — — — — — — — — — — — Feel it. You can always feel a shift when you take the time to intentionally make a Shift. One of the things that helps me reconnect with that fact is remembering that we each inhabit different mental states throughout our days. You can't always be in a peak state. But, you can be aware as you shift through mind states throughout a given day that dropping further into presence is always to your emotional, physical, and health benefit. Everything about being in presence is aligned with health. If you spend a lot of time in presence, you know that being present feels like a healthy place. Presence is a place from which you tend to make healthy feeling decisions too. Presence is always a positive amplifier of your current state. It might be that you're getting hyped up in order to generate enough energy to do something important — so you bring presence into that intention. Or, you might want to come into quiet or silence to chill by yourself — to enjoy your body, your life, your environment, and the sounds that surround you. Either way, presence is your amplifier. Let’s come further into presence. Listen to life with 100% of your attention for 20 seconds. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Nice. Let’s shift deeper into a beautiful, peaceful Friday state of presence to shift into weekend mode now. Take another long, deep breath. — — — — — — — — — Allow your arms to relax even more. — — — — — — — — — Allow yours shoulders to fall to the ground again. — — — — — — Had your shoulders tensed up since the last time you intentionally relaxed them? — — — Notice. — — — — — — Remind yourself that you can always enhance your state by being exceptionally present. — — — — — — — — — — — — Take your time. — — — — — — Enjoy your now. — — — — — — Feel yourself shifting deeper into presence. — — — — — — — — — Set the intention to be present and have fun now — and for the weekend. — — — — — — Let’s take one last deep breath together for now. — — — — — — Sink deep into now. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Feel it. — — — — — — — — — Ahhh. Have a great rest of your day. Talk to you soon. Stay present, Sean P.S. Here’s an HR News article that may interest you. How Can I Improve My Mental Health as a Work-from-home Professional? Personalize your next Shift in the app anytime. iPhone | Android If you like Shifts, give them to a team you love. Start a team trial. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.oneperfectshift.com