Stacey Kay

And staying present.

So you've mentioned the past and the future, which is really where everyone lives, right?

And the state in the past, like with depression, anxiety in the future.

And through the meditation and the teachers that I listen to and the people that I get my information from and my strategies and things,

protocols, basically.

I really, when that's happening, I work on grounding techniques.

So touch, feel, smell.

You work on your senses and the grounding techniques, but also staying present.

There's nothing...

We're as young as we're ever going to be right now, Sean.

Right now.

We're in a present environment.

And yes, we have families and we have jobs and we have to cultivate and we have to think about.

But ultimately, whenever I get anxious or whenever I'm in a situation like that, you know, uncomfortable, that's how you grow, first of all, which is why I try to seek them out.

Um, but staying present really helps me stay focused and being grounded, like feeling the ground under your feet, you know, and you see those techniques with the fingers.

It just keeps people grounded.

So those are some of the conversations I'll have with people about stress levels and of course meditation.

The conversations.

It's amazing that I'm able, and some of my clients who are struggling with addiction, to be able to have some of those conversations.

It kind of comes full circle for me as a struggling addict in my 20s.