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Weekending November 15, 2025
Sunday: November 9, 2025
Thought for the Day:
Gratitude doesn't erase your struggles, it expands your capacity to hold them with grace.
Episode Overview
This episode explores how gratitude can serve as a powerful tool for emotional balance during difficult times, not by denying pain but by creating space for a fuller perspective that includes both struggle and appreciation.
It reveals how practicing "micro-appreciations" and acknowledging the complete spectrum of your emotions can help shift overwhelming feelings without invalidating your authentic experience.
The Key Takeaways:
Gratitude changes your brain chemistry by releasing dopamine and serotonin, literally rewiring your mind to notice positive aspects alongside challenges.
Discover how to transform overwhelming emotions into balanced awareness through the gentle power of authentic gratitude practice.
Monday: November 10, 2025
Thought for the Day:
The breath you take right now is the bridge between the chaos of yesterday and the peace of this moment.
Episode Overview
This episode reveals how conscious breathing can instantly shift you from stress to serenity, offering three simple techniques that work with your body's natural wisdom to restore balance and peace.
It explores how your breath serves as both an anchor to the present moment and a powerful tool for self-regulation that's always available to you.
The Key Takeaways:
The four-seven-eight breath technique activates your body's relaxation response by breathing in for four counts, holding for seven, and exhaling for eight counts.
Transform stress into serenity in just minutes with these powerful yet simple breathing techniques that put calm back in your control.
Tuesday: November 11, 2025
Thought for the Day:
The answers you seek are not hidden in the noise of the world but whispered in the silence of your own heart.
Episode Overview
This episode explores how intentional journaling can cut through mental fog and connect you with your inner wisdom through five transformative prompts designed to unlock clarity and self-discovery.
It reveals how putting pen to paper creates a sacred space where your authentic voice can emerge, helping you access the deeper knowing that's always been within you.
The Key Takeaways:
Viewing your life as chapters in a book provides perspective on where you've been and what needs to happen next, while asking "What would love do?" transforms decision-making from fear-based to heart-centered.
Discover the transformative power of five simple journaling prompts that can unlock the clarity and inner wisdom you've been seeking.
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Wednesday: November 12, 2025
Thought for the Day:
Your energy today does not define your worth, and your struggles today do not predict your tomorrows.
Episode Overview
This episode provides a compassionate reset strategy for reclaiming your day after a poor night's sleep, offering gentle techniques that work with your tired body and mind rather than against them.
It explores how to navigate sleep-deprived days with self-compassion while taking practical steps to boost energy and maintain well-being without relying solely on willpower.
The Key Takeaways:
Be extra gentle with your inner dialogue and remember that your worth isn't determined by productivity on any given day, while preparing for better sleep tonight to break the cycle.
Transform your exhausted day into one of self-compassion and gentle productivity with these powerful reset strategies that honor your humanity.
Thursday: November 13, 2025
Thought for the Day:
The fastest way to where you want to go is often the slowest way to get there.
Episode Overview
This episode explores how to break free from the exhausting cycle of manufactured urgency that keeps us in constant stress and reactive mode.
It reveals the difference between true urgency and anxiety-driven pressure, offering practical tools to move through life with intention rather than panic, finding peace in the present moment rather than always rushing toward the next.
The Key Takeaways:
Learn to distinguish between real urgency with immediate consequences and manufactured urgency based on fear, comparison, or the belief that faster is always better.
Discover how letting go of manufactured urgency can lead to greater effectiveness, deeper peace, and a more intentional way of living.
Friday: November 14, 2025
Thought for the Day:
Your emotions are not problems to be solved but messages to be received with an open heart.
Episode Overview
This episode introduces a simple yet transformative daily practice called the "Inner Inventory" that helps you develop emotional literacy by genuinely checking in with your feelings rather than operating on autopilot.
It explores how emotions serve as valuable messengers providing information about your needs, boundaries, and values, and teaches you to approach them with curiosity rather than judgment.
The Key Takeaways:
Resist the urge to immediately fix or change your emotions. The goal is awareness and acceptance, recognizing that all feelings are valid and temporary like weather patterns.
Transform your relationship with your emotions through this powerful daily check-in practice that honors your inner experience with compassion and curiosity.
Saturday: November 15, 2025
Thought for the Day:
The clearest path forward is always found by first understanding the values that call you home to yourself.
Episode Overview
This episode explores how to create and live by a personal "true north statement". A guiding principle that serves as an internal compass for meaningful decision-making and authentic living.
It reveals how this powerful tool differs from goals or mission statements by focusing on who you want to be rather than what you want to achieve, helping you navigate life's complexities with clarity and confidence.
The Key Takeaways:
Create your true north statement by reflecting on your most meaningful experiences and core disappointments to identify the values that matter most deeply to you.
Discover how to create your own internal compass that cuts through confusion and guides you toward a life of greater purpose and authenticity.
Welp, that’s all for this edition of This Week. Until next time…
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Clyde Lee Dennis
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