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arry. “You can start to live more atinosytihmoeuprmlebofmdivyeeinnmt aiannpudotsecistoivnaendewacyat.ymAwpoiprthes asuncdhTahsinkm, ailnindg eainddsp, atcoeparBergeraethate, but even just listening to your own breath and paying attention to it for a few moments is being mindful. Don’t fmewakme tihneutgeosaǨls too high, start with a abaitnoWivdeye, chmbaeyonatlcitiohrsneytaeartlnenilnaeategmidotsnuo.scihtoispmr sewopšriaetrmhiptpououlaser-l, instead of diving into a large bar of chocolate or opening a bottle of siwsiwstoirnepeaaltlnyhdecrcnaoevnšinstigtd.iem“Areswkyhyoaoutufyresoeeullrfd, bwoowhdanyt, amfIoarct?u”alslyuhgu-ngry

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ale. “Is it a hug, a bath, some “uiet time, a walk, to be in nature, to sdealnfc-ceoomr paesrhsiaopns,osrelsf-ealcf-creepctoagnncei-, tion? atisfy those needs and you’ll fcionndtegnrtemateenrthinapypoiunrebsso,dpye, waciethaonudt treating it unkindly.

often say, ‘when I am thin I will Bim, portDa’n,”tslaiifde evaelen.t“sWseucphosatspdonAe, bfineuadycinhghanobeliowdyafcyrl.ioetnthader,tsg,leiotvtriinngggoyminoagurrroilneifdea, r‘Yigohutcnaonw’t. Wgootuoldthyeoupsaarytytobeaccahuilsde, yspoeuaakretofayto?ursfeclof uinrstehinsowtǨayo? wihvye nyouwr, rliefgeatrhdelewssayofyyoouuwr apnpt etoar, aringchet. “Write a list of everything that you’re not doing because of how you feel a list from someone you really loved, t h i n g s on this list. feIa- htoupre iynofuorfmindattihvies.