#319 | Microdose Meditation: See Stress Through a Different Straw for More Mindfulness and Resilience

What do milkshakes and stress have in common? More than you might think.

In this gentle microdose meditation, Michael uses an intriguing milkshake study to help you see how your mindset shapes your experience of stress. Just as participants in a study perceived identical milkshakes differently based on expectations, we too can reshape how we experience stressful moments — not by changing the stress itself, but by changing how we see it.

1. Discover how perception influences your emotional and physical experience
2. Learn a short mindful practice to create space around stress
3. Reflect on how you might reframe stressful moments to support growth, not overwhelm

Press play now to explore a new way of experiencing stress — one that invites curiosity instead of judgment.

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