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Meg Cox

Writer

Aug 26, 2026

12:47
I think you talk about the difference between routine and ritual.
Meg Cox
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12:49
Yeah, well, that's, you know, sort of the brushing your teeth thing.
Meg Cox
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12:52
It's just being more intentional and focused.
Meg Cox
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12:55
And one of the things when I'm talking to people about starting rituals is to think of it almost as theater.
Meg Cox
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13:00
And I talk in the book about, you know, how to create a ritual from scratch, but it really is like theater, and you need to do something that signals like that the curtain is going up.
Meg Cox
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13:09
And so it's like, okay, now we're starting the ritual and then you do the ritual and then you end the ritual.
Meg Cox
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13:14
But even when you think of something as simple as saying a grace at the table, you know, you start by signaling that you're going to say the grace and, you know, let's hold hands or let's pray or whatever it's going to be.

13 MINS LATER

26:02
Is that sort of like the whole, you know, how you treat a boo-boo?

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