{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Vicky Gooden","provider_url":"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com","author_name":"vickygooden","author_url":"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/author\/vickygooden\/","title":"MIND OVER CHATTER - Vicky Gooden","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3tCvvWUPCh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/01\/mind-over-chatter\/\">MIND OVER CHATTER<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/01\/mind-over-chatter\/embed\/#?secret=3tCvvWUPCh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;MIND OVER CHATTER&#8221; &#8212; Vicky Gooden\" data-secret=\"3tCvvWUPCh\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/meidtation.jpg?fit=1170%2C626","thumbnail_width":1170,"thumbnail_height":626,"description":"For just over two months now I have been trying out meditation. I say that with no air of smugness whatsoever because I am far from a bonafide meditator, still very much learning the basics and struggling at times along the way. I am also still to master fitting it in every day. But, I\u2019ve done enough reading to know that meditation, or regular silence with oneself is widely attributed to a calmer and more mindful existence and this is very much appealing to me at this time of my life. Over the past year in particular I have learned that I need to be kinder to myself. Doesn\u2019t that sound twee. But it\u2019s true. I am my own worst critic and then some. The pace of this modern life can overwhelm. Even before getting to our day jobs, if we are unfortunate enough to have to encounter public transport in rush hour this can knock our stress response into overdrive before we\u2019ve even opened the first empty slide of a brand new deck. You see, it\u2019s only via learning the very basics of meditation that I\u2019ve truly realised just how much internal chatter my head has been dealing with&#8230;for [&hellip;]"}