REDEFINING SELF-LOVE: Week 2

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5-3-1-1- Meditation

What you mentally consume first thing in the morning can alter the rest of your day, and the 5-3-1-1 practice is my favorite way of meeting that truth with intention.

Stay in bed for an extra five minutes. Or, if you know you’ll pass out again if you stay there, endure the nanosecond of pain it takes to swing your legs out of the bed and sit up for this. If you normally hit the snooze three times, hit it twice. You’ll thank me later. Either way:

5—Take five big, deep breaths.

3—Think of three things you’re grateful for. Feel them. Linger in the feeling.

1—Set one intention for how you want to live today.

1—Invoke one very fake smile. Just pretend you’re Jim Carrey. No one will know.

That’s it: a few minutes out of your day to thoroughly set the tone. Science estimates that this practice is about one million times better than checking your phone first thing in the morning.