10 Minutes to Feel Less Overwhelmed

When everything feels like too much, you don't have to figure out the entire day. You only need to take care of the next ten minutes. This short meditation/affirmation practice is for those moments when your mind is racing ahead—through the emails, responsibilities, decisions, worries, and everything you think you need to accomplish. For the next few minutes, we'll make life a little smaller. We'll breathe. We'll let some things wait. And we'll remind ourselves: I do not have to solve everything right now. Not everything needs my attention right now. I can take life ten minutes at a time. I trust myself to meet the next moment when it arrives. I don't have to meet it early.