In the last blog post, I shared the walkthrough of the NDxReset Hour, which I’ll reiterate here for ease of use. Then, I’ll explain how your morning might look different by implementing this technique. For the extra tips for each item, check out my earlier blog post.

1. Do NOT check emails or texts. ❌ 📲
2. Listen to a 10-20 minute guided meditation in the morning, with a WINDOW open! A connection to the outside world is absolutely ESSENTIAL here. Meditations are best performed with open windows or in an outside environment.
3. If pressed for time, allow yourself to do an “active meditation” ^ Another great option is to listen to the guided meditation while showering! 🚿
4. If you really tune into the guided meditation, you will get an urge from your subconscious. The urge is typically body or nature related. Follow it. 🛣️
5. If you get a “quick dopamine” urge after the meditation, it’s a sign your body needs extra meditation. 📲
6. If you’ve been taking great care of your body, your subconscious might give you urges to do even cooler things such as teach yourself new skills, create or express yourself creatively, listen to music, 🤳
7. Let yourself do whatever it is that you feel the urge to, even if just for 20 minutes! Maybe it’s journaling or working out. The more you honor your intuition and give your body what it is asking for, the more you will be able to hear it in the future.

You wake up feeling stressed out. Your room is messy. You see some dishes in the corner that you didn’t wash last night. Your cat is meowing at you for breakfast. You hear texts coming in from your boss asking you for an update on a couple different projects. You catch a glimpse of yourself looking disheveled. You could use a shower.

You know that you have a bunch of requests coming in from people at work and you are feeling super behind. Your first instinct might be to start replying to everyone right away. So you hop on your phone and do so. A couple people respond back quickly and you get into some long conversations. Your stress just builds from there and the day gets away from you.

Here's why that's not a great way to start your day: it's setting you up to feel like you're not in control of your universe. 🌌

What if you had a magic wand you could wave to change all that? 🧙 🪄 ✨

Well you do. It’s that hour you saved to try out the NDxReset technique.

Here’s an alternate way to go about things:

You wake up feeling stressed. Your room is messy. You see some dishes in the corner that you didn’t wash last night. Your cat is meowing at you for breakfast. You hear texts coming in from your boss asking you for an update on a couple different projects. You catch a glimpse of yourself looking disheveled. You could use a shower.

You turn off the alarm on your phone. You don’t look at texts or notifications (Morning DND mode on). You open a window. You feel a gentle breeze coming in.

You notice thoughts coming in, worrying about projects you’re behind on at work. You keep thinking about one project you had to finish in a rush. It wasn’t your best work. You’re worried about what your boss will say when he reviews it.

So you put on this meditation: Acceptance of the Present Moment

Because you only have one hour for this, you decide to try the eyes open method.

The words deeply resonate with you. You’ve done everything you can do, and as thoughts come up to you of this project, you acknowledge them, and then gently envision these thoughts disappearing as you touch them, like bubbles floating by. The gentle breeze tickles your face and reminds you of the feeling of being outside playing as a child. You feel at peace. Thoughts float by but you keep yourself focused on the present moment. You recite the mantra carefully as a way to keep your overactive conscious mind occupied.

You find a sudden urge from your body to stand up and move the dishes to the sink. Without making a conscious decision, you find yourself moving the dishes as you continue to listen to the meditation, washing them and setting them to dry. You return to your room, finding yourself tidying things and feeding your cat.

After the meditation is over, you find yourself putting on a 10 minute “Workout from Bed” routine on the bed you’ve just made. Although you’d forgotten it, these short workouts really help with your chronic back pain.

After the workout, you take a shower. You really enjoy the earlier meditation, so you put on another one to listen to, this time a “Manifestation Meditation” because you really want to grow your photography side business.

With the hour nearly over, you find yourself putting on some Tate McRae that really gets you pumped for the day. Your room is looking neat and tidy, you did a quick workout, you smell good, your cat has been fed, and you even had an idea to reach out to a fellow photography friend and schedule a photography meet-up so you guys can exchange tips.

You almost feel ready to open your laptop and tackle the slew of emails and texts coming your way, but suddenly you have an idea to do a quick check in with your body.

You sit next to the window, close your eyes, and allow your mind to be still. What is it that you feel in your body?
Hunger, thirst, pain?

You realize you feel quite thirsty and empty your water bottle, then notice your plants look a little thirsty as well. You touch their leaves to check, then water them.

How different is the day when you commit to the NDxReset Hour?

You listened to your body. You cleared your mind of worry and rumination. You did little but important things that proved to yourself: I AM in control of my day.

When you hop on and start work, you’re positive and upbeat. You come up with a couple clarifying questions that you should have asked your boss when you were doing that project. So you run it by her. Once she clarifies, you ask if you can have another day to make the edits and get it back to her. She agrees. Another co-worker reaches out to your boss, complimenting your attitude and efficiency in working with them to resolve a recent issue.

When it comes to people with trauma or neurotypical minds, we can spend so much time worrying about what other people might think or do. By letting go of all of this worry, we can be our most bold and confident self and when we do, the world opens up for us!

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