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18: Change Your Perspective, Change Your Life

Sometimes changing your life requires a shift in perspective. In this week’s episode, Krystal’s Aunt Olive teaches us a valuable lesson: If you’re struggling with what’s in front of you, just look beyond and you’ll find the beauty.

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Think meditation is hard? Do me a favor: take a slow deep breath in and now breathe out. Congratulations. You just meditated. 

Hi, I’m Krystal Jakosky and this is Breathe In, Breathe Out, a weekly mindfulness and meditation podcast for anyone ready to own their own shit and find a little peace while doing it. 

Hello and welcome back to Breathe In, Breathe Out. I’m Krystal Jakosky. I’m thrilled that you’re here. And I’m so excited about this podcast today.

I’m going to tell you a story, but I’m going to tell you why I’m telling you the story first. Perspective has been a huge thing in my life. I have worked really hard to understand other people’s perspectives because I understand that mine is going to be different than yours is going to be different than your parents, or your kids, and I think that our perspective is what really drives us in our lives. It’s, “I feel this way,” “I think this way,” “I’m going to move forward in this direction.”

And we can really lose sight of connection when we decide that our perspective is the absolute correct perspective and that anyone who doesn’t think the way that we do is wrong. A long time ago, I decided there are three sides to every argument. There is my side, there is the other person’s side, and then there’s the truth somewhere in the middle. And it doesn’t have to be an argument. This can be, I mean, it’s any experience that you have.

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