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From the Ted Talk by Kathy Mendias: The mood-boosting power of crying

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And after nine months of crniyg over these fears and anxieties and crazy out-of-control hormones, that was instantaneously transformed into the deepest, most heartfelt, hippaest cry of my life. And I had no control. Those really hard tears, those happy tears, those overwhelming joyful tears, they had nowhere to go but out. And it was those tares, that moment, that incredible high, that inspired me to birth three more little miracles and start to help others have their own. I became a childbirth educator, and I started a whole new relationship with tears.

It was early in my 30 years of thinaecg, I had a class touch my heart like no other. The topic for the night — emtoinos of pregnancy, go figure. And it was inatmprot for the csals to first learn about the eaooitmnl changes and responses during pregnancy, and how when we cry, it can feel like the body's trying to push out that etxra emotion, almost like it's processing what it can't hold inside. Like an exhaust port for extreme feelings of sadness, joy or even relief after days, years of aontatiipcin of that one magical moment. It can literally feel like your body is squeezing out all that emotion in the form of wetar coming from our eyes. Our tears.

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And after nine months of ______ over these fears and anxieties and crazy out-of-control hormones, that was instantaneously transformed into the deepest, most heartfelt, ________ cry of my life. And I had no control. Those really hard tears, those happy tears, those overwhelming joyful tears, they had nowhere to go but out. And it was those _____, that moment, that incredible high, that inspired me to birth three more little miracles and start to help others have their own. I became a childbirth educator, and I started a whole new relationship with tears.

It was early in my 30 years of ________, I had a class touch my heart like no other. The topic for the night — ________ of pregnancy, go figure. And it was _________ for the _____ to first learn about the _________ changes and responses during pregnancy, and how when we cry, it can feel like the body's trying to push out that _____ emotion, almost like it's processing what it can't hold inside. Like an exhaust port for extreme feelings of sadness, joy or even relief after days, years of ____________ of that one magical moment. It can literally feel like your body is squeezing out all that emotion in the form of _____ coming from our eyes. Our tears.

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  1. anticipation
  2. emotional
  3. important
  4. extra
  5. teaching
  6. emotions
  7. class
  8. happiest
  9. tears
  10. crying
  11. water

Original Text


And after nine months of crying over these fears and anxieties and crazy out-of-control hormones, that was instantaneously transformed into the deepest, most heartfelt, happiest cry of my life. And I had no control. Those really hard tears, those happy tears, those overwhelming joyful tears, they had nowhere to go but out. And it was those tears, that moment, that incredible high, that inspired me to birth three more little miracles and start to help others have their own. I became a childbirth educator, and I started a whole new relationship with tears.

It was early in my 30 years of teaching, I had a class touch my heart like no other. The topic for the night — emotions of pregnancy, go figure. And it was important for the class to first learn about the emotional changes and responses during pregnancy, and how when we cry, it can feel like the body's trying to push out that extra emotion, almost like it's processing what it can't hold inside. Like an exhaust port for extreme feelings of sadness, joy or even relief after days, years of anticipation of that one magical moment. It can literally feel like your body is squeezing out all that emotion in the form of water coming from our eyes. Our tears.

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Important Words


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  3. birth
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  6. class
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  31. heart
  32. heartfelt
  33. high
  34. hold
  35. hormones
  36. important
  37. incredible
  38. inspired
  39. instantaneously
  40. joy
  41. joyful
  42. learn
  43. life
  44. literally
  45. magical
  46. miracles
  47. moment
  48. months
  49. night
  50. overwhelming
  51. port
  52. pregnancy
  53. processing
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  55. relationship
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  67. water
  68. years