Today is going to be a short podcast, but it's going to be a very useful one.

I'm going to talk about morning routines.

I'm going to be using, I haven't used it in a while, the fabulous Melody Beattie.

The Language of Letting Go

And this reading that I'm going to be coaching off of is called Morning Cues. Melody says, “There is an important message for us first thing every day. Often, once we get started with the day, we may not listen as closely to ourselves and life as we do in those still moments when we first awaken.

An ideal time to listen to ourselves is when we are laying quietly, our defenses are down, and we're open and most vulnerable.”

Now, I'm going to stop there because I'm going to tell you what I do for my morning routine and then I'm going to continue to read Melody's reading.

Every morning, when I get up, I make myself a cup of tea.

That's a non negotiable.

And then,while my husband makes me a egg white omelette, as he does pretty much every single morning, He's a master at the egg white omelette. I just have to say. The guy should open up a cafe.

What I do is I go outside and I look at the mountains because I live near mountains.

And I sit and I go through two prayers.

And after I finish those two prayers, I then open up my little notebook and I read out loud the things that I want most.

And in reading those things, I am affirming them. And sometimes I'll be using visualization. Sometimes I'm just saying them. Sometimes I'm just thinking them.

But what it does is it really tunes me into what I want the focus of my life and my day to be.

And when I finish, I always say these words, “Peter Pamela Rose, suiting up, showing up, reporting for duty.”

And that duty is not only to the Universe, God, whatever you want to call it, my God, it's also to me. And it's also to my life and what is important to me, in this one brief shot I have on this earth.

So I hope that inspires you, but I'm going to go on and continue to read what the fabulous Melody Beattie says. She says, “What is the first feeling that floods through us? The feeling that perhaps we are trying to avoid during the business of the day? Are we angry, frustrated, hurt, or confused?

That is what we need to focus on and work through. That is the issue.”

We need to address and I agree that is very helpful and then go on to affirm that you will be able to do that or that you are doing it in that morning routine for me what I am filled with in the morning and this is I'm coming up on my 30th anniversary of doing this work is that I am at peace with who I am now.

And I just want to become a bigger, better, badassier version of Peter Pamela Rose than I already am.

She also asks, “What is the first idea or thought that enters your mind? Do you need to finish a timely project? Are you in need of a fun day, a restful day?”

I also think that is a great question to ask yourself, because that tells you what you most don't want to do, which becomes the number one thing you need to do to build self esteem, to build trust in yourself.

She asks, “do you feel sick and need to nurture yourself? Are you in a negative frame of mind? Do you have an issue that you need to resolve with someone?”

Again, pay attention to those first thoughts so you know where the healing needs to go.

Do you need to tell someone something? Is something bothering you?

Is something feeling particularly good? Does an idea occur to you?

That happens to me all the time while I'm affirming in the morning.

In the morning does an idea occur to you? Something you could get or something that would make you feel good? What are those things?

Embrace the good. Embrace the challenge.

Embrace the learning that you are listening to first thing in the morning.

When you awaken, what is the first issue that presents itself?

You don't have to be fearful. Be brave.

You don't have to rush. Go as slowly as you need to in order to take care of yourself. Lay. Listen. Be still. Accept the message.

And then, affirm the good.

Find that relationship between you and the universe.

And state to yourself that today, I will suit up, show up, and report for duty. Mostly to myself.