Good morning! Let’s take the pose of a fabulous flamingo and recite an affirmation.
Good morning! Let’s take the pose of a fabulous flamingo and recite an affirmation.
* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com.
And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.
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S1E45, MORNING Fabulous Flamingo
[INTRODUCTION]
Taes: Good morning. My name is Taes and I want to welcome you to today.
Can you wave your hand and say, “Good morning, day.”
Can you put your hands on your heart and say, “Good morning, heart.”
And I want to say good morning to you.
I just love getting to start today with you as we check in, as we wake up our bodies, and as we think about what is in store for us today.
Are you ready to start off our morning? Great!
[FABULOUS FLAMINGO]
Taes: Today, I want to show you a really fun activity that you can use any time in the day when you want to feel really good about yourself. And you know what I want for you? I want you to always feel really good about yourself because you are amazing. Are you ready to get started?
Can you jump up on your feet and can you stand on one foot? Good.
And can you flap your wings for me? Flap your wings on the side.
And can you say the words, “I am a fabulous flamingo”?
That's really good. Okay.
Now switch feet, so you're standing on the other foot. Can you flap your wings? And can you say, “I am a fabulous flamingo”?
Switch feet again. Flap your wings. “I am a fabulous flamingo”.
Okay. One more time. Switch feet. “I am a fabulous flamingo”.
Good. Now, pause.
Put your hands in your heart and just notice how you feel right now.
When you say affirmations, which is repeating something like that, it actually helps your body feel better. It reminds your body of how fabulous you really are.
So I want to invite you today, as you're going throughout your day, if you ever start to have feelings like, “Oh, I don't know if I can do that,” or any of those kinds of feelings, I want you to put one foot up in the air and say out loud or in your head, “I am a fabulous flamingo”.
Because you are a fabulous flamingo.
[CLOSING]
Taes: I'm so excited for you and for your day.
And I want to say thank you so much for starting today with me and for setting yourself up for a big heart kind of day.
I can't wait to see you tonight and hear about all of the things that you did.
Remember: there is nobody in the whole world with a heart, just like yours.
I love you. And I love your big heart so much.