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7 Good Minutes

Clyde Lee Dennis 1000 Episodes Sep 20, 2026

The 7 Good Minutes Daily Self-Improvement Podcast offers daily guidance in mindfulness, gratitude, and maintaining a positive mindset. It is tailored for busy individuals seeking personal growth and a more mindful life. Each episode provides practical tips and inspiration to start the day with purpose and positivity.

Episodes

The "Whose Is This?" Check for a Mood That Isn't Yours
The "Whose Is This?" Check for a Mood That Isn't Yours Sep 20, 2026 99 The next time someone else's bad mood lands on you, you don't have to carry it for the rest of the day.This episode walks through a simple three-step check for that moment: name whose mood it actually is, ask if there's one real thing here that's yours to do, then offer a warm line and get back to your evening.It takes under a minute, and it works whether it's a partner's flat hello, a kid's silen
You Don't Have to Carry Someone Else's Bad Mood
You Don't Have to Carry Someone Else's Bad Mood Sep 20, 2026 325 Someone comes home with a flat "hey," or a two-word text lands with no punctuation, and suddenly your whole evening takes the shape of their bad day.That's emotional contagion: moods pass between people fast, usually without either person noticing, and they travel easiest between the people closest to us.This episode covers why a partner's tone or a kid's silence gets under your skin so quickly, t
Call It a Tie: The Coin-Flip Rule for Small Decisions
Call It a Tie: The Coin-Flip Rule for Small Decisions Sep 19, 2026 104 Here's a practice for the next time a small choice freezes you: call it a tie.If you've gone back and forth twice, stop and ask one question — would I be fine with either one? If the answer is yes, flip a coin and give the result one second. Relief means go with it. A small "oh no" means take the other one. Either way, you have your answer, and you don't reopen it tonight.This is for the small, re
Why One Small Decision Feels Impossible When You're Tired
Why One Small Decision Feels Impossible When You're Tired Sep 19, 2026 318 It's late, the day is behind you, and one tiny choice stops you cold. Which shirt. Which takeout place. Which of two birthday gifts. You go back and forth, and then comes the second sting: I handled real problems today, so why can't I handle this?This episode explains what's actually happening. When two options are close, people slow down and spend the most time on the choices that matter least. A
The Full-Picture Check: A 2-Minute Reset When Someone's Good News Stings
The Full-Picture Check: A 2-Minute Reset When Someone's Good News Stings Sep 18, 2026 99 When someone's good news lands hard, a short written check can take the personal sting out of it.In this 7 Good Minutes: Extra, Clyde Lee Dennis walks you through the full-picture check, five quick steps you can jot in a note on your phone in about two minutes. Name who you're really comparing yourself to, separate what you can see from what you can't, and bring your attention back to one small st
Feel Like Everyone's Getting Ahead But You? What That Picture Leaves Out
Feel Like Everyone's Getting Ahead But You? What That Picture Leaves Out Sep 18, 2026 305 A friend gets the promotion. A cousin closes on a house. You put your phone down, and your own life looks a little smaller than it did five minutes ago.In this episode of 7 Good Minutes, Clyde Lee Dennis looks at why it can feel like everyone else is moving forward while you stay stuck. Part of the sting is simply how comparison works. The bigger issue is the picture itself: who you're really coun
The Visible Twenty: Take 20 Minutes for Yourself Without Paying It Back
The Visible Twenty: Take 20 Minutes for Yourself Without Paying It Back Sep 17, 2026 112 If you keep canceling time for yourself, or you take it and then feel like you owe someone, this is a short, practical way to start.The Visible Twenty is a simple plan for this week. You pick one twenty-minute block, tell the people you live with about it, and spend it on something that doesn't have to produce anything. You'll also get one line to use when the guilt shows up, and one rule for afte
Why You Feel Guilty When You Put Yourself First
Why You Feel Guilty When You Put Yourself First Sep 17, 2026 328 You finally get a quiet half hour. Instead of using it, you go over everything you should be doing until the time is gone. Or you take the time, but it feels borrowed the whole way through, and you quietly pay it back afterward.This episode looks at where that guilt comes from and why it doesn't ease up no matter how much you already give. It also covers what researchers found when they followed w
7 Good Minutes: Extra — Name It, Park It, Give It a Reason
7 Good Minutes: Extra — Name It, Park It, Give It a Reason Sep 16, 2026 100 Here's a two-minute move you can use right before your next break, so the break actually gives you something back.The guilt you feel when you stop isn't really about your list — it's about where your attention goes once you sit down. This Extra walks through four small steps: naming the one loudest thing most likely to follow you into the break, parking it somewhere outside your head, giving the b
Why Rest Feels Wrong When There's Still More To Do
Why Rest Feels Wrong When There's Still More To Do Sep 16, 2026 285 The kids are finally down. The meeting ended early. By every reasonable measure, this is a good time to stop — and instead of relief, you get the unfolded laundry, the unanswered email, and a quiet case that this isn't really an okay time to rest.This episode looks at what that feeling actually is. Researchers who check in on people during real downtime find that guilty, can't-quite-settle flicker
7 Good Minutes: Extra — Give the Late-Night Spiral a Morning Appointment
7 Good Minutes: Extra — Give the Late-Night Spiral a Morning Appointment Sep 15, 2026 107 When the floor gives out at eleven at night, the instinct is to argue with the thought or solve the whole thing from the pillow. Neither works, because the version of you doing the deciding is the tired version, at the low point of the day, with nothing else in the room.This two-minute Extra walks through a simple handoff. One plain sentence to say when you notice the spiral starting. A five-minut
Why You Feel Fine All Day, Then Fall Apart at Night
Why You Feel Fine All Day, Then Fall Apart at Night Sep 15, 2026 316 You made it through the meeting, the forgotten permission slip, the tense email, and dinner. Then the dishes are done, the kids are down, the house goes quiet — and something gives way. Suddenly you're certain you're failing at work, failing the kids, failing the marriage, and too tired to fix any of it.This episode explains why that happens on a schedule. Two ordinary things arrive at the same ho

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