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Good morning, and welcome to Morning Cereal!
Pull up a stool, grab your favorite cereal, and let’s kick-start your day with a spoonful of inspiration, nostalgia and personal growth. Join your host, Shaen Inglis, as he highlights the music, movies, and moments that made the 80s, 90s, and 2000s unforgettable—kind of like digging for toy at the bottom of the cereal box. Each episode, Shaen also reviews a chapter or so from top wellness books, offering practical insights to help you set a positive tone for your day. Start your mornings right—no cartoons required!
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(upbeat music)
Good morning.
And welcome to Morning Cereal.
Okay, good morning
and welcome to Tuesday.
You've already survived a Monday,
the hardest part of the week.
Well, today is powered by caffeine, hope,
and the promise of maybe
going to bed earlier tonight,
even though we all know
that's just not gonna happen.
Well, let's roll into
the day with our quote
who said, quote,
"If you really love something,
"you should try to preserve it the best
you can," end quote.
Now this is simple,
it's soft, and it's true.
Whether it's a talent
of yours, a relationship,
or maybe just your sanity,
take care of what matters
before life distracts
you into forgetting it.
All right, here are your four moments
that matter for December 2nd.
Starting at number one
here and back in 1982,
doctors at the
University of Utah Medical Center
well, they implanted
the very first permanent
artificial heart in the
chest of retired dentist,
Dr. Barney Clark, who
lived 112 days with the device.
All right, number two,
today is World Pollution Prevention Day.
So what can you do?
You can plant a tree,
maybe do some recycling,
but it's important that
we hand this planet off
to the next generation
in a better shape, right?
Not worse.
All right, number three,
the number one song on
this date back in 1988 was
"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.
Has this not already been on?
I mean, holy cow.
All right, now I know you know this song.
This is the main theme love
song from the movie Titanic,
and it is hard to beat.
I love my Celine.
All right, number four,
happy birthday to you if
today is your birthday.
You share it with singer, songwriter,
and someone with
perfect pitch, Charlie Puth,
he's just 34 today.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he's 42 today.
Pop icon and cultural
phenomenon, Britney Spears, 44 today.
Singer and songwriter,
Nellie Furtado, she's 46 today.
And actress and producer,
Lucy Liu, she's 56 today.
Well, let's jump into our book review now
in today's chapter from Mel Robbins,
the Let Them Theory, it's
gonna hit home with you.
We are in the sub-chapter,
"The Great Scattering," okay?
Robbins describes
that moment in adulthood
when friendships, when
routines and familiar rhythms,
they start spreading out
like confetti in the wind.
She writes, quote,
"Everyone you love gets scattered
by jobs, moves, marriages,
kids, stress, and life choices,
and you never saw it coming," end quote.
Now, this isn't a tragedy.
It's simply what adulthood does.
We're growing up.
Robbins paints this
picture with compassion,
noting how we often
panic or blame ourselves
when friends drift, when circles change,
or when the people we once saw daily
simply become harder to reach, right?
What's the key insight here?
Well, she says, quote,
"The scattering doesn't
mean anyone loves you less.
It means life has expanded," end quote.
Now, Robbins reminds us that friendships,
they don't vanish, they reshape
themselves, they stretch,
they adjust to the
realities of adulthood,
which is full of
competing priorities, right?
We all know what those are.
So instead of fighting the scattering,
she urges us to honor it.
It's an invitation to
grow ourselves too, right?
To find new circles, new support,
and new layers to our identity.
Now, one of her most
powerful lines in this section
is this, quote, "You don't lose people,
you evolve alongside them,
even when your paths
aren't parallel," end quote.
Now, this chapter is a deep breath.
It gives us permission to
stop resenting the distance
and start appreciating
the moments that we do get.
Okay, here is your Tuesday takeaway.
The great scattering, it isn't personal.
It's part of growing up.
So let people expand
without taking it as a loss.
All right, well, let's let Tuesday
scatter in the best way.
Let the good moments find you
and let the stressful moments
just drift out like confetti.
We will see you back here tomorrow for
more morning cereal.
Thanks for joining us today.
And until then, have a fantastic day.
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Thanks again for listening.
Have a fantastic day and
we'll see you tomorrow.