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Hello entrepreneurs and seekers of wellness

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, and welcome back to Breaking Boundaries for Entrepreneurs

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. I'm your host , jeffrey Mort , and today

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we're going to dive into a topic that might

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seem a bit unconventional

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for a health for business podcast

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, but bear with me because it's deeply

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relevant to your success and

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I'm talking about the ancient wisdom

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of smudging . Stay with

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me . Hello

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, I'm Jeffrey Mort . If you're like most

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entrepreneurs , you're busy taking care of

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business , yet who's taking care of

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you ? If you're ready to take your energy

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and performance to the next level in your life

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and your business , then this podcast

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is for you , because today

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you're going to start breaking boundaries

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of your mind , body and business

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with integrative health , and when you

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do that , your possibilities are

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limitless . I'm grateful you're here . Ah

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, yes , always grateful for you joining me here

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. Welcome to another episode . And

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. We appreciate you listening to our latest

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episode of the Breaking Boundaries podcast . And

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, if you are not aware of that , every

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single podcast we have from

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a certain date I shouldn't say every single , but many

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of the podcasts over the last six months

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reading as well as you do listening , you

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can check out our blog posts over

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there . And today you're going to discover

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something a little bit different

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to help you through your entrepreneurial boundaries

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, and you might be wondering , jeff

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, what does burning sage and

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sweet grass have to do

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with entrepreneurship ? And that's a very

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interesting question , but , as it turns out

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, quite a lot actually . So

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stay tuned as we explore how this

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ancient practice can help us avoid

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failure and reach that next

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level of success . So let's start

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with the history and significance

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of smudging Now . Smudging

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is a term used for lighting

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or burning sage , sweet

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grass , palo santo , and

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this sacred ritual has been

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a cornerstone of spiritual

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and ceremonial practices for

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centuries , particularly

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with Native American traditions

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. Now , sage and

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sweet grass and cedar are commonly

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used plants , each with

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its unique properties , and sage

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drives out negative energies

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and sweet grass is known

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to attract positive

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energies and cedar is

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known to purify and protect

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. Now , this is the exact

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wisdom that

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I receive , because when I wanted to learn

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more about and here's what you're not going

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to get in the blog post , you're not going to get

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the stories and

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the nuance and the deep in the details that I give you

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here in the Breaking Boundaries podcast

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but when I

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wanted to learn about smudging

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and I wasn't even aware

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of the term , I just knew that Sage

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had these properties I went

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directly to the source . Now I'm lucky

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enough to have a cousin-in-law

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who is Native American

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and he shared

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with me and I shared this actually in our

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Love and Need you Wellness Facebook group . If

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this sounds familiar in the group

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, you might have seen the video over there . His

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last name is actually Standing Bear and

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he shared with me the

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ritual . He sat me down and invited me into his

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home , him and my cousin

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, and they

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shared with me the experience of

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smudging as they educated

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me on this . So it was a little different

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experience for me where I didn't just learn this

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online or from a magazine

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or a book or some influencer . I

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went directly to the source and learned

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about the

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history and the significance of smudging

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and that's exactly what he

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taught me was that Sage is

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known to drive out the negative energy , so that

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is the masculine portion

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of the smudging , and then the sweet

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grass gets added after

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the Sage is lit and that

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attracts positive energies , and that

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is more of the feminine side

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of things . To make the duality

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or the yin-yang of this

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, if we were to reference

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traditional Chinese medicine , and he

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also shared with me that back

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when tribes would prepare to

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go to war with another

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maybe another tribe or maybe

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another party the

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men would plan the war and they would consult

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with the women and the women in

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the tribe would actually make the ultimate

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decision on whether or not

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they would proceed with battle

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. So very , very interesting . So

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that's sort of how the

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masculine and feminine energies

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come together to be able

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to help to purify and

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protect . Now , smudging

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isn't just about spiritual beliefs . There's

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actually science behind it as well , and

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recent studies have revealed fascinating

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insights into how burning Sage

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can benefit us . Firstly , it

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purifies the air by releasing

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negative ions

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that neutralize

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harmful positive ions . And

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I know that's counterintuitive

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, because sometimes we think of positive

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as a good thing , but in this case , when we're talking

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about ions , positive ions

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are not good and negative ions

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are the good guys . And so they neutralize

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harmful positive ions that can

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be emitted by things like electronic

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devices , radios , cell

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phones , computers , especially

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smart TVs , especially your

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Wi-Fi , and

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, in addition to the electronic

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devices , also things like air pollution

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and toxic chemicals that can

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off gas from your furniture , from

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your flooring , from

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so many household products , as

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well as things like pollen and

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mold and pet dander . And

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the negative ions from smudging can

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effectively cleanse our

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environment . And also , according

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to research , smudging has been shown

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to have a significant impact on well-being

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. A study published in the Journal

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of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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found that smudging significantly

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reduced symptoms of anxiety

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and depression in participants of

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the study . Additionally

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, smudging has been found to have

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antiseptic properties capable

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of reducing airborne bacteria by

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get this 94%

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. Now I'll link up that research for you in

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the show notes and also on

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the podcast website Now

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. Additionally , sage contains antimicrobial

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compounds that reduce airborne

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bacteria , viruses and

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fungi . So not only does smudging

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clear the air spiritually , but

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it also sanitizes it , creating a healthier

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workspace for you to

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thrive in . Talk about

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breaking boundaries , but the benefits

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, they don't stop there . Smudging

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has a profound emotional and

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psychological effect

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as well . The aroma I

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was going to say physiological , and in

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fact it does have a physiological

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effect as well as psychological and emotional

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. The aroma of SAGE stimulates

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the brain's limbic system . So now

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we're getting into the neuroscience

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of things . And what this does is

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it promotes relaxation , promotes

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calmness , and this can be invaluable

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during stressful entrepreneurial

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endeavors . Moreover

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, the ritualistic nature of smudging

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fosters mindfulness

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and also

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a sense of ceremony , offering

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a moment of respite in

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our hectic lives . This

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can help us stay grounded , help us stay

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focused , help us stay committed and

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resilient in the face of challenges

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. I'll tell you , I don't use

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the smudging

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technique as often as I should

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. I just did it the other day because

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I hadn't in a while , and that's

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what prompted me and I said you know what

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? I'm gonna do ? A podcast episode on this . I'm gonna talk

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about it in the Love Energy Wellness Community and

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Support Group , even

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though it's not a supplement , it's

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not a protocol that you can do , but I guess it

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is . I guess it is a protocol , because there's science

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that backs it up and it's known

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to be able to help to , you know

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, squelch anxiety and , I'm

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sure , free radicals , and just calm

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the sympathetic nervous system . So

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, wrapping things up here , embracing

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the ancient practice of smudging

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, it isn't just about spirituality

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, it's about creating a conducive

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environment for success and

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by purifying your surroundings

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, reducing stress , fostering

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mindfulness , what do we do ? We set ourselves

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up for greater resilience and achievement in

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our entrepreneurial journey . So

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the next time you're feeling overwhelmed or stuck

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, consider lighting some sage and

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some sweet grass and let

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the healing smoke envelop you . Now

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I will say you know you don't wanna

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breathe too much of the smoke because it could be a carcinogen

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, but just enough to get that effect

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of the activation

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of the limbic system is what I wanted

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to say . Remember , success isn't

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just about what you do , it's also about

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the environment in which you do

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it . So until next time , my friends

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, keep breaking those boundaries .