Wel, prynhawn ddau. mae gen i'n fwy o 10 ddweud o'r cyd-faserydd yn ysgol yn Wales yn gennym. Dwi'n gweithio'r ffrindiau o'r ystafell yw'r ddweud o'r ffaserydd yn ysgol, sy'n ysgol i'r ysgol yn Wales. Yn oed, mae'n gweithio'r meddwl yw'r ffaith yw'n cymryd arweinydd. that there is good evidence that the Welsh firebreak has had its intended impact on the transmission of COVID-19. You can see from this slide just how far and how quickly cases of coronavirus have fallen in that period at the right hand end of the slide. We've seen a consistent reduction in the rate of coronavirus across Wales in the last 10 days. Rydyn ni wedi ei dwylo'r cyffredig yn fawr i'r acid hwn yn ein tlenedd. Mae'r bythdodol y gallan o'r pethau a'r holl yn gallwn gwyddiadol yn ymlaen. Rydym ni'n fawr y 7-todion hwnnw, mae wedi yn eich hwnnw ar 162 gaf angen bethau a'r ddwyw 100,000 gaf hwnnw i'r gwael. Dwi ddyrau dda fel hyn wedi gaf 20 gaf per 100,000 gaf yn unis mwrn, i gael cael 350 cwysig per 100,000 o bobl yn Blinogwent. Blinogwent is now the highest area in Wales. We've seen a huge drop in the case rates in Merthyr Tidwell, from a high of around 770 cases to now around 250 per 100,000. But of course we need to see that figure improve further. And that's why we will start our first mass testing programme in Merthyr Tidwell this weekend. We will offer testing to everyone living and working in the local authority area over the coming months. And I hope of course that as many as possible of Merthyr citizens will come forward to take part in this very first mass testing programme in Wales. We've also seen as a result of those figures a fall in the R number. The latest estimate for R and that was a week ago was between 0.9 and 1.2. And the latest ONS infection survey has just been published at the end of this morning. The results suggest that the number of people with coronavirus last week in Wales has fallen by about 40% compared to when the fire break period was instituted. Now as we would have expected, we're yet to see this translate into a sustained reduction in pressure on the National Health Service. The wave of cases going into the NHS is always going to be about two weeks behind what we see in the community. But we have seen the rate at which people are being admitted to hospital in Wales with coronavirus stabilised over this last week. Nevertheless, there are still currently the equivalent of more than 50 hospital wards full of people seriously ill with coronavirus. And many of those people may end up being in hospital for up to three weeks. And very sadly, we continue to see high levels of deaths involving coronavirus here in Wales. The Office for National Statistics has said that there have been more than 3,100 coronavirus-related deaths this year. And those deaths are now back to their highest level since mid-May. In every one of these briefings, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the experience of families of all those people and those people who have died during this second wave of coronavirus. It's right that our thoughts are with those families and with those communities. I want now to turn to what is happening in Wales today and what is likely to happen in the weeks ahead. We have always said that the real and lasting impact of the firebreak would depend on how we all act once that period was over. And here I'm afraid the news is more mixed. Most people in Wales go on sticking with it, doing whatever they can to help turn back this deadly virus. But this is not universally the case. I receive letters and emails every day from people all over Wales worried about how others are socialising in large numbers or gathering in their homes. Our police forces have reported in the post-firebreak period that they have had to respond to more than a thousand coronavirus-related incidents where the behaviour of a selfish minority is putting everybody else at risk. Now many of you will have seen just this morning that as Northern Ireland is coming out of a long period of lockdown, the Northern Irish Executive has announced plans for a new two-week circuit breaker, a new lockdown which will start on Friday of next week. And new strict restrictions are being introduced in large parts of Scotland including Glasgow to control rising cases of coronavirus there. Now this is exactly what we are trying to avoid here in Wales. It's against that background that the Cabinet this week reviewed the national measures we have put in place in the post-firebreak period and we have decided not to change them. There is no room for a further relaxation of those measures and they will remain the same for the next two weeks. And we need everyone, every single one of us to play our part to make sure that we continue to build on the progress of the firebreak and to keep those coronavirus cases falling. And it's simple, we know what we have to do. We have to reduce our contact with other people as much as we can. We have to avoid travelling unless it is really necessary and we need to work from home wherever we can. If we do all this together then we can have a path through to Christmas. And I know of course that many people will be planning for Christmas and will be hoping to see family and friends over that festive period. We are working closely with the Scottish, the Northern Irish and the UK governments to develop a common four nation plan to help bring people together safely over the holiday period. There's been a great deal of speculation about what a plan may look like but it's still being worked on. And here in Wales we continue to respond to this global crisis by planning first and announcing those plans next. And that has to be the case for Christmas arrangements as well. Now this year has been a very difficult one for all of us. We have all had to cancel or postpone plans as all lives have been affected and put on hold by the pandemic. No one enjoys the stop-start nature of this year and we are all looking forward to when our lives can move beyond coronavirus. But as I've said many times, government alone cannot stop this virus from spreading. The power to prevent people catching the virus lies in the hands of each one of us and the choices each one of us make every day. We know that coronavirus is a highly infectious disease. It thrives on human contact. That's the reason why we ask everyone to keep their contact with other people to a minimum and to think carefully about where we are going and what we are doing. If we go on doing this together we can keep ourselves or families and we can keep Wales safe. Diolch yn fawr iawn wrth gwrs i chi gyd. I will take questions now as usual and as ever all the answers will be broadcast live on our own social media channels. First of all today over to James Williams of BBC Wales. Can I get this answer in Welsh and English please? We're currently seeing the benefits of the short lockdown period and the numbers are still dropping and because of the lag we expect to see that continue perhaps over the next week or two. But as you say minority doesn't seem to be complying with the current restrictions so I'm just curious about the timing of this. There's a chance isn't there that from the start of December we start to see those numbers rising again in the lead up to Christmas. And so therefore isn't it inevitable that you're going to have to do something before Christmas to really if it's just a tight restrictions or another lockdown to deal with it and give you that space for Christmas. Well I wouldn't agree James with the word inevitable. It isn't bound to be the case but it can't be ruled out that it would be the case either but it's in our own hands. Nobody is making this happen other than the things that we ourselves do and if we do the things that we have been talking about ever since the lockdown period then we can still have a pathway through to Christmas. If people react to the end of the fire break as though coronavirus was over and that there's nothing more we need to do then it's very likely indeed that we will see coronavirus come flooding back into our communities and then we will be faced with another series of difficult decisions. But that's why my message today to people is that doesn't have to happen and the way to avoid it happening is by doing the simple things that we've talked about so often. Avoiding human contact where you can, only travelling when you need to, working from home when you can. All of those things will make a genuine difference and if we do that we can still build on what we've achieved together in the fire break period. If we don't do that then coronavirus will be on the rise again and we'll be back into the position that we faced in the middle of October. So, just to iddweud, does im rhaid i ni fod nôl yn y sefyllfa oeddwn i'n myneb i nôl yn mishadref, mae'n anodd dwylo ni i gyd. Os ni'n neud y pethau syml, allwn ni'n cario mlaen i neud pethau degillydd ac i adoladu ar y llwyddiant ni wedi gael yn y cyfnod clô dan yn y toriad tan. Os dydy'n ni ddim yn gwneud hynny? Wel, mae yng Ngalygi, ni'n mynd i'n nôl atys y fylfa oeddwn i'n myneb i yn mishadref. Os ni'n neud pethau degillydd, neud y pethau syml mae llwyddiadau ni, dal da ni tan yn y ddolig. Diolch. A'r cyfnodd i gynwys ymwng ymddangos gynhwys, rydyn ni'n dechrau hynny o'r gweithio gyda'r Caergyffredinol U.K. o mynd o'n mynd i ddweud ymddangos cyffredinol. Why is that? Is it partly because all four countries are in very different places? We're going to have another lockdown in Northern Ireland, tighter restrictions in Scotland, there's a lockdown in England till the start of December. maen nhw'n mynd i ddweud rhywleisio'r llyfr o gyllideb yn ymgyrch yn maen nhw'n mynd i gyfnodol. Felly, mae'n dweud bod ni'n gwneud yma ar gyffredinol gyda'r rhagl, ond yw'n ddweud rydych chi'n gallu thr polls? Roeddwn ni'n ddweud yn gwneud y rhagl. James yw'r cerdd o'r ddweud yn ein bod ni'n gwneud i'r rhagl, ac mae'n ddweud i'r cerdd i'r rhagl o'r cyffredinol, Ond hyperboleau, ond ar-fyddwyd yngyrchau ar四 retwyr realisticadau hyn. A wir당odd y raddaf yn rhan iawn urxxfaroedd ar hyd ar hyn gyllywedd. Yn Ysgrif zrobiwn rydych chi'n gwirlo ar fyddwyr fel gywir o'r pthysigolfa ddechrau'r ardal. Da rhydych chi'n dweud wrth datblygu hynny yn fônio a ddweud yr oedd ymyrdd. Naró . y cyfnod y dyfodol yn cynghwil y gallach y nesaf. Cymru hynny'n gwneud eich cyfnod ar gyfer y prinsiebl argyrch arall a gweithio, ond roedd hynny'n credu bod yn periwyd ar y llan o'r common. That's what we've asked our officials to work on together. And there will be a further meeting once that work is complete. We've asked for our chief medical officers also to review the work that is being done y gallwn gwneud y fforddau cofnod o'r perthynau cyllidrach yn gwneud i'r ffordd a willu'r ffordd y gyrch arall, a gallwn i'n gwybod i'n ffordd, i'n gweithio'n gwybod yn gynyddiadau'n gwybod yma, fel y fan y ffordd. James Steeleol Fyld. Adrian Masters, Yn Ysgrifennu ITV Wales. Yn y gweithio'r Fyld yma. Rydw i ddim yn gweithio y cwmpu'r gweithio, wedi'n gweithio'r gweithio'r gweithio'r gweithio'r gweithio'r gweithio? gyda'n digwydd o'r gPC o'r datbydd diwethaf, o'r hollu, o fath o'r fath, o'r hollu? Si'n defnyddio'r dynnu gyda'r hollwchol dondol yn holluogau'r hollwchol yn hyn, ac mae'n reoli trefydd o'r hollwchol o'r hollwchol yn bobl, yw'r bobl, o'r hollwchol o'r hollwchol yn eich dda i'r ddwyf yn oedol o'r hollwchol? Rydyn, dyma'r ddwylo sydd yn rhan o'r hollu, Robyn a Rwys. Mae'r ddysguoedd yn ymweld yn ystod y prysgafion cymryd y 4 o'r Fnogaethau ac ymweld yma yma ychydig, felly o'r maen nhw'n gweld, mae'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r gwasanaeth yn ymwyledd. Rwy'n ddweud i wedi bod yn y rwyf. Rwy'n ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud, a'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud. Llyweddau mewn brol Chynyddiad, mae'n e Pizzaidio Gweithio Ion Ier Diquadraeth, ond mae'n dweud a neud efallai ei defnyddio i chi o'r ddechrau. Ond fan i, mae'n ddosid i fewn i ddefnyddio'n adeilad am trefynol ein dweud, ond mae'n ddwydo'n llawer i ddweud i ddim yn ymddwynt a'u sigw ymddangosol lle'r cyflecなeth yma hwnnw. Dwi'n dweud weithio i Gweithio Ion Iddy, yr yng Nghymru sydd yn arddangos yma hyllaf yma hefyd hunting hynny ddechrau y cyfnod. Rhyw gwybodol y ysgrifennid differentiationr yn gweithio gweithio'n ddefnyddio i'r ddalod y ddefnyddio gyda'r ffordd gyda'r cyfan a chynnyddoedd ar y byddaraod gael ei wneud, ond mae bryddoedd â ystafell o 4 ysgrifennidchiedات ddefnyddio i'r dduch i gyd y dyfynodd yw i'r ddau ddechrau'r cyfyrdd a'r ffordd ar y ddangos gwyddoedd yma, gwnaeth, at gennym, bywyd yn hy Gru hyn o rai memurio gwnaeth. The Chancellor is reportedly looking at freezing public sector pay in the areas the UK Government is responsible for in order to pay some of the cost of the pandemic. Are you considering looking at any kind of public sector pay freeze in the sections the same reports and I really hope that they are not true the notion that the costs of dealing with this pandemic should be heaped on to the shoulders of frontline public servants seems to me to be exactly the wrong answer to the experience we've gone through together and it doesn't make sense to me in sheer economics to extract purchasing power from the economy ydych chi'n gwybod a'r economa hwnnw, sy'n bwysig i'r gweithio yr ymarfer, yn ei gweld i'r fforddau o'r ysgol ym mwyaf o'r gweithio ar gyfer y cyfathol, a'r gweithio ar gweithio'r gweithio, yn cael ei wneud hynny yn lleolio ar gyfer yr ymddor. Yn mynd i'n mynd i'n gweld i'r FIF, rwy'n gwneud yn cael ei ffysgol ym wrthymol ym mwyaf o'r economa hwnnw, ymddor o'r ymddor i'r gweithio, yn bachu ar hyn o fwyaf o'r ymddor. Y problem ar y deadliadau i'r ydych chi, Adrian, yn wneud i ddim yn ei wneud iddynt eu mynd i ddweud o ddechrau i Anglennu, ond mae'r cwrs iso gywe yn imbryd yn cael bod i'r ffirmidag byd Ni'r Cyddiers i ddatach i eich bleidio i'r ffyrfan o ddweud i rhan o gyfyrdd yma. A byddwn ni wedi bod ydych chi ddweud y gallu cefnogi'r ddylamiadau, ond ei ddweud i ddwyll defnyddio yr Ymgyrchu Dyn Dau My efforts are focused on saying to the Chancellor, please don't go down that path. It's neither fair to the people involved, nor does it make sense economically. Yr Edwin Draw E Adam Hale, PA. You mentioned measures in place or in place elsewhere across the UK, at times when Wales yn Wales, a'r Pwg Fyglwyr yn Wales Cymro, ac yn Llywodraeth Pwg Fyrdd yn gyntaf y regent, ond, mae'n gyrhaifft fo 11 a'r Prima. Rwy'n cael ei cyfnod i'w fwy o'r gwych i'r lockdown a'r hyn yn ymgylchedd yn ymweld y ffordd. Ond, mae'r effeithio'r cyffredinol yn dda, mae'n rhoi'r cyffredinol a'n gwneud, yn ymgylchedd yn ymgylchedd, yn gweithio'r cyffredinol i'r cyffredinol, yn ymgylchedd, yn gweithio'r cyffredinol, ac yn gyfrynwyr gwael ymddangos iddynt i gydag, y cwylio gwybr a dewisio'n gwneud hynny a'r bwysig, oedd yw'r hyn ar gyfer yr unig? Gweithio'n bwysig fel ymddangos. Mae'r bwysig fel yma, gweithio'n bwysig fel ymddangos a ddydig, fel ydym ni'n gweithio'n gweithio, yn byw. Ymddangos i gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio, yma'r bwysig fel ymddangos i wneud eich ffyrdd ymddangos, ymddangos i'r bwysig fel ar gyfer, If you delayed, you would just end up having to have a longer fire brake to achieve the same effect. So I don't think that it would be a fair reflection to say that by going early we have created risk. What we have done is to act early in line with a scientific advice to reduce the risk. Now I just go back to what I said in my opening statement, that we have created gyda'r platform sydd yn gyfieithio gyda'r cyfairiaethenol ac yn rhanolion platformol, rwy'n credu hynny am oed y bydd ein bod yn ei wneud hynny, a'r flynyddoedd y brif. Felly, ei wneud hynny'n gyrsaf gyda'r platformol arall, fel oedd mae'n gallu masrach yn cyffredin ni'n gwybod. Ond mae ydy'r cyfrifydd aeth yno efallai i ddoledig. Ond y galla cefydlu i ddoledig byddwch ei ddechrau oherwydd i risu o'r gallu hynny yn ei ddaid am fywau i'r misoedd y pethau ynghyrchu. Ychydig. Yn ymlaen eich cyffredinol, ond ond mae'rкаim yn ei brofiadau a'r cyfraeg ar y cyhoedd yr ydych chi a chi am ddigonol, yn y bwrdd, o ph Gaza a Angela Mhylch. Gofyn, mae'n ddigonol ar y Cymru. Ond wrth gyd-ganol, yw'r cyhoedd. A'n gwybod i brofiad dros y cyhoedd ar y cyhoedd, ond dyna'r cyhoedd ar y cyhoedd, ond mae'n gyrw'r cerddau ar y cyhoedd, ond mae'n beirio'r cyhoedd, amser mae'r cyhoedd erbyn yn gofyn gwleid. felly o'r proffesiad bwrdd yn ymddangos. Ond y ddwy'r ddweud yma hynny'n nhw'n lawer o'r holl o'r pryd bod rhan o'r f说iadau i mi oherwydd i'r cerddiau, i'ch holl o'r cyfrifio'r rheidiau i'ch rhaid o'r holl o'r rhan o'r holl o'r f说iadau, how it factor in things like a movement of people from one part of the country to another and as I say how we plan together for the fact that in any relaxation when people mix and get together Coronavirus will spread. That's what this disease loves and if for the special reasons of Christmas we are to allow more of dwi'n dda i'r cymdeithasol, mae'n dda i'r perioedd hynny yn ddalig yr oedd effaith ar gyfer maen nhw'n ynnig. Felly, rydyn ni'n pethau i'r Unedig, sy'n dda i'r gael y byddai'r gwath yma i fynd, a'r ddweud i'r ddym nhw'n defnyddio'r ddweud i'r ddyddol. Adam Diolch yn fawr yw, rydyn ni'n ddann Bevan ar LBC. Rwy'n meddwl am ystod yn ydych chi'n amlŷn. y bwysig yw'r h LSF o haes bryzeis yn ei gweithreid ei wneud hon. Mae fyddai mae'n gwneud ei fod o ffoxigiau a roi'n gweithio i fynd o'r holl. Dwi'n ddifwyr eich holl yma i gael yw nid y rhai o'r newid awardedd, ond mae'n croes o whatszol, ond mae nid yn nid yn y galag. Mae hynny'n mynd i chi'n mynd i wnaeth ymddangos cyfnodol. D orchestral, gweithio, Dan, Mae'r meddwl yn yw'r meddwl mewn ymlaen i'n ae� ac yn ôl iawn i gael eu bethy â'ch tremygu sy'r coronavirus. Ond yn hyn mae'r meddwl yn ôl allan gwybodaeth yn y llwyddoedd, mae'n adredu amser yr adrwyntuau, a'i gwybod y bydd hynny'n eisiau ddoch chi wedi tymorol. Fe wnaeth cymryd cyfrithio'r cyflogfyrdd o'r cychwyn gael hwn yn cynnig o'i gyflwg yma. Rydw i'n fwyaf yn gorffod ddweud o'r sector a ddechrau ddweud o'r argyftiau sy'n dros ymgyrch, oherwydd y maen nhw'n gweithio'r cyffredinol oherwydd mae'n rhaid i'w gweithio. Rwy'n dda i'r ffioedig o'r cyffredinol i'w cyffredinol o'r cyffredinol, mae'n rhaid i'n ffordd i'w cyffredinol i'r 25 o Deisemba. Oherwydd, oherwydd, yma rydych i ni'n ffordd yn y cyfrifnol o'r cyfrifnol gyfnodol y gallwn gofyn nhw i'r cyffredinidol o gyfyniad yn awr yn gwybod a ddefnyddio'r rysg gynnyndoeddfa gweithio. Ond rydyn ni wedi'i gweld eu cyn Christians, gweld llawer o'i amlwg sydd wedi'u gynhygoedd gwneud ymddi, ac yn ffalu i'r gweithio'r meddwl i'r edrych a'r beth fel pathun o'r fathon yma ym ni'n cynnig ychydig yma. Yn yw'r gwnaeth ym ni'n cael chi o'n meddwl i'i gweithio yma yma ar gyfer gyfer gyfer mynd yn ddiwyddiadol, am ddiforol i'r unrhyw ystod o'r ysgol yn ysgol yma? Dyma'r ddweud hwn yn ei gael. Yn y ffaffr, mae'n rhoi'r hyn o'r cyffredig ymweld yma yma am 15 o'r ysgol yn Llangoslen. Yn y ddweud y pethau i'ch gweithio ar gyfer y pandemi, ond dyma ni'n fydd ymddangos hynny, ac ymddangos wedi gwneud y cestyn yma ar y mynd i'r mythau. Gall fod yn gweithio'r hoffi, yn y ddweud ymweld, Starsley? Well on the first part of your question, I do think that the rwars around care homes are much stronger now than they were back in the spring that we've got a much better understanding of the way the coronavirus spreads. But once corona virus is in a care home it is there with a group of the most vulnerable o'r gyfnod o'r cyd-feydd, o'r cerddau ymlaen, o'r cyd-feydd, a'r hynod o'r cyd-feydd ymlaen, o'r cyd-feydd, o'r cyd-feydd. Ond o'n gweithio'n cyfnod, o'r cyd-feydd yn ymlaen i'r cyd-feydd, o'r cyd-feydd o'r cyd-feydd. Wel, we will being thousands of these tests a day. We need to plan now for how best to use those tests both thinking about the settings where they will be most effective but also the sheer practicalities, how the tests arrive in Wales, how they get distributed to where they are needed, how people can be trained to use them effectively, how the results of tests can be fed back into the health records of people in the NHS. the NHS, you know, these are significant challenges, which are being worked on very hard at the moment, and care home staff and residents in care homes, you can be sure they are very much part of that conversation. Dan, thank you over to Abbey Wittig at Wales Online. Good afternoon, First Minister. Scotland has committed to giving one million vaccinations between now and January and saying that everybody over the age of 18 will have a vaccination by the spring. Can you make any similar commitments in Wales? Not in a position to make a commitment of that sort. I have yet to see the actual figures of the number of vaccinations that will come to Wales this side of Christmas, and I'm going to stick to the way we've done things throughout the pandemic in Wales, which is to have a plan and to work on the plan and to then make an announcement, rather than to opt for eye-catching headlines, which you then have to scramble to find a way to deliver. As soon as we know the number of vaccines we have, we will let people know how those vaccines are going to be delivered, who they will be delivered to first, and how we will build on them thereafter. But I'd rather have a plan that people can rely on rather than a headline that looks good for a day. Thank you. There are widespread reports from SAGE that for every day that restrictions are relaxed over Christmas, and that will lead to five days of lockdown. You've obviously seen those reports. Do you think that's a fair trade-off and a safe way for us to approach Christmas? Well, I think I've said a couple of times this morning that if we relax the rules over Christmas and people meet each other more, coronavirus will be spreading more than it otherwise would have been, and we need a plan to deal with that. I've seen reports of the SAGE formula, but there are other things that have to be taken into account. I'm interested in what people think about this themselves. I've been following a number of the sort of conversations you see people entering into as to whether or not Christmas is so special for people that they would think that that was a reasonable payback for it. As ever in Wales, we would like to be in a conversation with Welsh people about where their priorities would be. At the moment, I think the message is from people in Wales that they would like more of an opportunity to meet with family and friends, but your question is the right one that I have to say to people if that's what we do, then we will have to act afterwards in a way that deals with the consequences. Thank you very much. Over to Howard Griffith at BBC Network. Pranound, we see since the fire break numbers coming down over the last 10 days and shoppers going out, people mixing far more. What are your concerns about potential complacency? What are you planning if that graph goes back up again? Well, I am anxious. Howard, as I said in my opening statements of reports of people behaving post the fire break as though coronavirus had now disappeared, I've always been a bit anxious about some of the UK press reporting of vaccination as though, you know, we've got a vaccine it's all over. You can do as you like because that absolutely is not the case. That's why I go on and on as I have again today in saying to people coronavirus is still here, coronavirus is still killing people, coronavirus remains a deadly disease and the way we act in our individual lives is the difference between us being in control of it or it being in control of us. Now, because our fire break did succeed to the extent that it has, we have a pathway through to Christmas without needing to impose further lockdown periods, but it's not inevitable that that will stay the case and my message has to be to people, it's in your hands, it's in my hands, it's in every one of our hands together. The decisions we make about how we behave in our individual lives will either put us in a position to build on that fire break success or will simply put us back to where we were in the middle of October and if we are back in where we were in the middle of October then our NHS will once again be in real difficulties and what I don't want to see is our NHS simply having to deal with coronavirus cases and other things which are so important being squeezed out of the ability of the NHS to be able to respond. Diolch. As Wales came out of fire break, we came into national restrictions from Anas Montablaenagwent, the rates are massively different but we have the same rules. Why have we abandoned local lockdowns when other parts of the UK decided that's their route out of lockdowns? Well, other parts of the United Kingdom are in lockdowns of their own and for longer than we felt we needed to have one here in Wales. We have been drawing more on the advice of behavioural scientists alongside others in recent weeks and the advice we had was very straightforward really that the more complex rules are, the harder people, even people who really want to follow the rules, the harder it is for them to know what the rules are and the more difficulties to follow them and that a simpler set of common rules had a better chance of people being able to understand them and then do the right thing by them and that the different local restrictions that had grown up over the autumn were causing people to feel that they didn't know what was being asked of them and therefore that they didn't always do what was necessary. So, that was the calculation. There's always a trade-off here, it's a trade-off between simplicity, clarity and therefore the ability of people to follow the rules as against more precise, more targeted but inevitably more complex and difficult to follow restrictions. Howell, diolch yn fawr, over to Steve Bagnell at the Daily Post. Thank you, First Minister. Returning to the question of Christmas, it's appreciated people want to enjoy the festive period, but if there is any relaxation of restrictions in Wales even as it's been suggested and even compensated by a number of days after a lockdown for the day of relaxed conditions over Christmas, this will put people at increased risk. Is that a price worth thank? Well, it doesn't put people at increased risk, Steve, does it? Because people can still choose for themselves how they use those new freedoms and even if we are able to offer people new freedoms, I still hope that people in Wales will think very carefully about doing the right thing. It would not seem to me sensible even if there are more freedoms to be mixing with vulnerable elderly people who, if they were to catch the virus, it could be very serious indeed for them. So it's a matter of allowing more possibilities for people while still being very clear with people that you should think very carefully indeed about how you exercise any of those freedoms in your own lives and not doing things that pretty obviously put the most vulnerable people at risk. Thank you, First Minister. A different topic. We were contacted by someone in the holiday cottage home industry this week. We said the sector is seeking answers about when they can start taking bookings from guests in England to boost business. Now, obviously England is in its four-week lockdown. There are travel restrictions. Is this something that could be explored after? Do you think it would be months before this would be allowed to happen? Well, I met with representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry earlier this week. It was a very constructive meeting. This issue was raised with me there. What I've asked the sector to do is to work with us on a set of rules that might allow that to happen safely. So at the moment, I think, we wouldn't be confident that if people were to travel to holiday lets in Wales, that they would be arriving in the extended household to which they are confined. But the sector, I think, was very keen to think imaginatively and creatively with us, and I've given them a guarantee that at the next two-week review, we will hear anything that they are able to offer us, and we will consciously make a decision as to whether or not it's possible to make different arrangements. It will depend on those arrangements being water-tight from a public health perspective. Steve, thank you very much. Draw Ibrannwen, Jonesa, Espedwarec. Ydw chi'n cydnabod bod bod mwy'n gadaeth o'i fath yma'n hymry, angen eich cyfnogaeth i'n dopu yn ymwys o'n nesaf o'n sgiliau effaith y pandemic?  Y gwaith mae'r yrdynneud gyda pobl i fank am y angymru am pwysig dros ben, a ni'n yw ddys i gweithio dda nhw i weld os, ni'n gallu fyndio ffordd i ddyn nhw ddod trwy'r ar pandemic a gallu bwrwm llanggrannog y gwaith pwysig maen nhw neud. Cri ben i dog. Ac ar pwmp cwaith anol an, sut mae'ch perthynas chi ddarllwodraeth y dynas yn etig wedi bod droswith nosa dwyethau, ac adi borys John Sennol ar eich chrestyn a ddoli Gaelenni? Wel, diolch yn fawr a ffordd mewn am eich cwestiwn. Wel, ar un ochr, mae pethau wedi wella. Ni wedi cael patrwm nawr dros y pethau ffnos dwyethau, ble ni wedi cwrb bob ythnos, a mae cyfarfodd da ni ythnos nesa, ac mae pethau yn ydyddiadur am ythnosau ar ôl hynny hefyd. So, os mae hwn yn digwydd, mae hwn yn cam amlaen, yn gallu dod, digwydd, mae'n ffordd dibyniadwyd. O'r cwrs, dwi'n angeti nhw yn llwyr gyda'r prif yn i diwg borys John Senn pan oedd e'n sôn am dathgenoli. Mae hwn ar ddim yn wir gwybod beth wedi oedd e, a mae'n cymryneu yn yr albann hefyd. So, mae'n anodd am beth waith pan i'n trial i bod yn adaladol gyda'r lwodraeth yn y dynas yn etig, pan mae'n nhw'n mor gas ar dathgenoli, a beth ni'n wedi llwyddo i wneud am yng Nghymru. Ond, dili dydd, mae pethau wedi weithla dros y pethau'r nos dweithla. Diolch yn fawr. Over to Rob Taylor at www.rexham.com. Bafnodd, First Minister. In the statement from the incident management team regarding the 15 care home deaths report this morning, they say, we would like to assure all concern that control measures have been put in place working jointly with the care home, including limiting the movement of staff and residents to reduce transmission. Will you be ensuring that such measures are in place for care homes across Wales, and why is that the response rather than the standard already? Well, it is the standard already, Rob, isn't it? It's what we've agreed with the sector that they must minimise the movement of staff between different locations, that the use of agency staff must be controlled in the same way, and that visiting arrangements at care homes have to be closely aligned with the nature of the population. So, I don't think it is a matter of the approach that we have agreed with a sector needing to be amended. It is the delivery of the approach. It is making sure that it is being properly observed in care homes. Care homes, as you know, the vast majority of them in Wales are not run by local authorities. They are run by private individuals, and there are a very large number of different people involved in that. What we have to do is to make sure that the things that we have agreed with the sector are being delivered on the ground, and the IMT, the local incident management team, alongside Denbyshire County Council and the Health Board have been helping at this care home to make sure that all the things that need to be in place are properly in place. Thank you. Is it possible to have the latest updates on the Wrexham hospital outbreak? A week here at the Health Board said there were 20 people affected, and a few days before that you said it was under control. Is it ongoing, and how many people are currently affected? Rob, I don't have those figures in front of me, and I didn't see them before I came down here this morning, so apologies, thy. Rather than trying to make a guess at it, they'll be available. We'll get them, and we'll get them to you. Thanks very much. To Thomas Moody of the South Wales Argyffs. Good afternoon, First Minister. We've seen rolling weekly case rates in areas of Gwyn, such as Glynog Gwyn, to Port and Caerphilly. They've been creeping up again, although not quite at the same rate as before the fire break. Can you share any more detail from maybe the track and trace data that you've seen on why these areas are creeping up when seemingly elsewhere in Wales these are falling? Yes. Well, Thomas, it's a good point you make, and it's a matter of concern to us that we have seen in the last few days at the beginning of creeping up in some parts of Gwyn. It's important to get under the bonnet of some of those figures because they can sometimes be driven by very specific things, like an outbreak in a care home of the sort that we've just been referring to or a workplace. So work is going on at the moment with the local IMT to make sure that we've got a proper understanding as to whether or not those figures are the first signs of an early return of community-wide transmission or whether they can be explained by the more specific events that you can deal with through the TTP system more easily. The numbers are early numbers, so I don't want to put too much weight on them, but I do want to say that we are concerned and we are taking them very seriously. Thank you. Well, on that, are these areas being looked at for the same sort of mass testing that we've seen is going to start in Merthyr Tydfil tomorrow? Has the Welsh Government got the capacity to carry out this mass testing scheme in several areas simultaneously? Well, not today we don't, but we will learn a great deal from the mass testing in Merthyr. We've been in close touch with Liverpool to learn from their experience, which is interesting, and highlights some of the challenges of a whole-town testing regime, as well as some of the very positive things that they've gleaned from it. Our aim is to put this in place in Merthyr on a sort of learning basis. When we've learnt what works and what doesn't work in a Welsh context, then we will hope that we will be able to use that to see whether we will be able to do this again in some other parts of Wales where the need arises. But I think it is important to make sure that we have that learning opportunity before we move ahead and do it elsewhere. Thomas, thank you. Over to Tom Magner at Carersworld. Thank you, First Minister. You've made a lot of announcements over the course of weeks and there are many issues to discuss. Viewers are telling me that they feel that the state of day centres and day services has been lost in the wash if I can put it that way. Some appear to have closed permanently, some appear to have closed temporarily and some have limited availability, we understand. So please can you clarify in as much detail as possible where we are now on this issue of much needed daytime help? Well, where we are now, Tom, I'm afraid, is that the picture is inevitably complex because while day centres are able to operate, they will be affected in how they can operate by at least two or three things, won't they? First of all, they will be affected by the physical space available. Some of our day centres in Wales are purpose built and very modern and some of them are buildings that have been adapted from the Victorian era. Now, when you're talking about social distancing and making sure that things are done properly, not all buildings will be equally amenable to that. So the physical space makes a difference. The nature of the people who would normally go to the day centre will be different. Some day centres have catered pretty exclusively for people who would be at the most vulnerable end of coronavirus and therefore not all of them will be able to resume in the same way because the risks for the individuals will be different. And then the third variable is staff because staff are equally, well staff are also vulnerable to coronavirus and some local authorities will have greater numbers of staff self-isolating or in contact with other people and that will be making a difference to how far they are able to reopen day centre services as well. So I'm afraid the real answer is that the complexity is unavoidable and that people are best relying not on a general rule that I could set out for them but by close contact with the centre they know and the people who are responsible for it. Thank you for that. Our Welsh viewers are worried that your country could follow the example of Northern Ireland where we where we're told that day services and day centres are unlikely to return full stop. That's the fear there and our Welsh viewers are expressing that same fear here and in light of your answer to the first question it seems that it's actually quite a realistic view on the part of that view. Do you agree with that? Well I understand it, let me say that. Of course I understand why people would be anxious about that but we don't have a blanket approach in the way they've had to in Northern Ireland where the numbers of cases that they have faced have been far higher than here in Wales and where as as you know you know having just been through a prolonged period of severe restrictions they're about to re-enter a two-week firebreak period in a week's time. Now we haven't we've been fortunate not to have faced such a severity of public health difficulty as they have in Northern Ireland and we haven't had to take the same blanket approach but are people right to be anxious? Well I can't I can't say that I that I don't share their anxiety because as I've said many times this morning if we don't do the right thing then the difficulties that they're facing in Northern Ireland could occur here but that is not inevitable. It's not the case today and provided people do the right thing the fact that our firebreak has had some success means we wouldn't need to be in a position of blanket inability to resume those really important services. Tom thank you to Nathan Shusmith at the Speaker. Thank you First Minister, good afternoon. Then about to the topic of mass testing in methodivity. What can you say to encourage asymptomatic people to get tested who may be apprehensive to get tested in case they test positive and have to isolate? Do you perhaps pressure a little bit more on having you got any idea over timescale for when you'd like to see more mass testing programmes in question one? Okay Nathan thank you. Well on the first point you know the real appeal to people in mass testing areas is to come forward because of that sense of collective responsibility. We're not asking people to come forward because there is some immediate benefit to themselves. It is that if you are an asymptomatic person and have coronavirus then the risk is without you knowing it at all you may be giving it to people who matter a great deal to you and whose lives may be at risk as a result. So the appeal to people to come forward is to make sure that you are playing your part in protecting other people. We will have at the testing centres people who will be able to give you advice immediately on the help that is available if you are asked to self-isolate so we will be able to accelerate the help that people get through the £500 payments and so on. So we will be building into the system help for people who find themselves in that position and hope that that will encourage people who are anxious for the reason that you said and which I understand to do the right thing and the right thing is to come forward and take a test that is available to you. Partly because it will tell you about your own state of health but mostly because it will make sure that you will then be able to behave in ways that protect other people who matter to you. And in terms of our ability to do more of this well that depends a bit on how quickly we get the volume of tests that are likely to be available to us and we will have thousands of lateral flow tests available every day in Wales. But there's a lot of things that we need to do with those and we've heard some of them this morning in relation to front line staff, classroom teachers and students, visitors to care homes and so on. But when we know the volume we will be able to plan for whether further whole town tests are necessary in Wales having learnt first from the Merthyr experience. Thank you. You've already answered a question today on Botsong Day sales. The Black Friday shopping event takes place this time next week though many sales are of course already underway. Would you be encouraging people to complete such shopping in as few trips as possible or even to avoid high streets where possible and shop online in order to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19? Well what I say to people is just do it sensibly. You know don't go mad because of some sort of advertising campaign. Think carefully about the risks that you are running and the risks you are taking in relation to other people as well and if you do it that way you will think about all the avenues that are available to you. You'll think of the times of day and the places you can go and provided people approach it in that way then those risks will be minimised. If people think that dashing out to the shops because of some enticement from the retail sector to do so, then I'm afraid the impact of that will be felt not just in those people's lives but in what we will all be facing as a result. Thank you. Finally today to Alan Jones of Llanelli Online. Alan Evans, I apologise. I've got Alan Jones written down here. I'm confusing you with the Glamorgan opener of the same name. I'm the last batsman unfortunately. Diolch yn fawr. Thank you. The good news about the hard work of all the people we also put in and the reduction in the figures. Just a little bit sort of a side of the COVID but it's still related. One of the major impacts of COVID-19 has been the pressure on local authorities and the cessation of planning meetings. Those who would exploit the situation including developers have had almost free rein to begin building on greenfield sites across Wales, opting for retrospective planning as and when things get back to normal at County Hall. Does the first minister have concerns that local authorities have lost control over planning and developers and is there not a case for a moratorium now on building on greenfield sites in Wales during the pandemic? Well I'm concerned to hear what you say Alan, of course. I understand all local authorities have had to operate differently during the pandemic. Planning committees are certainly meeting. I know from my own constituency work here in Cardiff that the Cardiff Planning Committee is meeting albeit online rather than in person and that the level of public accountability therefore remains unchanged. Developer certainly don't have carte blanche to build on greenfield sites and it's a very high risk indeed to assume that you will retrospectively be able to get planning permission if you have built in places which are not in accordance with a local authority local development plan and indeed we've recently strengthened the rules here in the Welsh Government so that if a local authority does give permission for building to happen on land that is not in their local development plan for housing purposes then that decision must come in here to the Welsh Government precisely to avoid building on greenfield sites wherever possible. So well you've alerted me to the issue and I will make sure that our officials have a look at what you've said but in general I very much hope that the position you've outlined is is not one that is to be seen in all parts of Wales. And secondly Manchester's courts across Wales are ending the day with tens of thousands of pounds in the kitty as a result of people breaking restrictions. Is there a case for diverting some of that money to deserve in projects dealing with COVID-19 such as food banks and additional support for carers in Wales and if so is this a process Welsh Government is involved with looking at at present? Well I see of course the case you make but the truth is we're not involved in it because Manchester's courts are not the responsibility of the Welsh Government. Any money that is raised at a Manchester's court goes directly to the UK Government back to the Treasury in London and we have no say in how it is raised or what is done with it. So you know our fixed penalty notices in Wales are not designed to raise revenue that is not at all why they were introduced they were introduced in order that our police and our other enforcement agencies have the tools they need to deal with people who deliberately and knowingly break the rules. But when that money is collected at a magistrates court it's for the UK Government to decide where it goes and what use is made of it and it doesn't touch the sides of the Welsh Government in the process I'm afraid. But diolch yn fawr, thank you very much indeed, thanks to everybody.


I'm concerning our empire long, we have to win. Climate change is the long term change in weather patterns for decades or millions of years. Homes and shelters, because everyone deserves a warm and safe environment to live in. Because if we didn't have shelters and homes, we would get wet and dirty. We chose a safe place to live. Part of it keeps us warm and dry. We construct a building in the environment to get shelter. I think families are the most important because they're always there for you. Without family, we wouldn't be here. If I never had family, I wouldn't be a part of this world. I would tell you, I had a wish. I would tell you, because we live together, and the people would know who I am. Food is important to you because without it, you would starve. It keeps you alive and it gives you energy.  Lots of nutrients and energy in it and we wouldn't be here without it. We have no food in the world, but we just don't share it out equally. Trees provide us with books. Would we wear? I definitely would, yeah. Trees, plants, grass and flowers. We have trees, flowers, plants, we're going to see. Trees, taking all the plants. We can't breathe. We have oxygen. If we have oxygen, we'll be able to breathe properly. That's why we're here. In nature, we can't breathe. That's why we're here. The roots, leaves and stems of trees are a source of habitat. And few animals eat grass as well. Used as grazing land. Our habitats to some animals like birds, insects and some other animals. Trees prevent the speed of running water that leads to soil erosion. It's helped in the formation of rainfall. Trees matter for durglan and bushik. Trees water is important for us. We need it to survive. We can't last without water for more than two days. For an important TV. Us, we need them to durglan. We need salt. We need salt. We need the plastic durglan. The environment is in contact because it provides us with water. I think education is important because it gives us a better lifestyle. We need to do our best. We need to keep our body warm. Clean air is really important. Because if it was dirty, it carries two of them back to you.  I need ready durglan. Or hair is my iron, helping me through both. I think peace is important. Because children could be evacuated to other countries in the world. Without the stable climate, we wouldn't be able to choose anything else.  Environment is important to us because we bloke bloke. We are not living. It contributes to the beauty of our place. The beautiful bridges in the forest. I think climate is important because I learned a lot about it today. And it's my future. Environment is important for future generations. We want. Shall we do it? Oh, the trees are fast. Black moth reeds. We can't turn around. And kashan olidas.


Anyone who knows me knows I love archery, but I don't love it nearly as much as the woman I'm about to introduce you to. Christy Branham has lived her whole life in Floyd County and has won several IBO World Titles. But you'd never know she picked her first bow up only seven years ago after years of persistence from her husband Scotty. And it took him until 2012 and he was out practicing at our home and he was and I went and got nice the next time he asked me I'm going to do this. And he did that day just so happened he did that day and he was like just try to hit this bell and I did and he just kind of looked at me and an addiction was born at that moment. And calling it an addiction is putting it mildly. My neighbors and new neighbors and it's so funny we'll see me at the grocery store and say you're that lady that shoots that bow up there all the time aren't you? And I'm like yeah that's me. Christy started competing in 2013 and has racked up championships left and right. But 2019 has been her best year ever shooting in a brand new class. Out of the five national shoots of the IBO this year I won the first three which was the winter national spring nationals and the first leg of the triple crown. You know you set goals or I do I'm that person. And my goal this year just in this first time being in FBR was I want shooter of the year. I want that. IBO world championships were at the beginning of August and just days before she left Christy Branham had the best and worst streak of luck an archer can have. I was at five arrows because I had busted knocks and things like that and we were waiting on the equipment to come. We had ordered it and was at home practicing and I busted just Robin who did the crap out of it and I was like oh my god I'm down to three arrows because it's like you're happy that you did it but then you're like realization I'm down to three arrows and worlds in three days. Two evenings later the husband meets me here and I'm looking at everything and making sure that it's where I want it and we're down here on target and I shot and he said okay hit the same place again because I was having sight issues I felt like my sights were off and just as soon as I did you hear that pop and he was like you did it again and I was like you're kidding me I literally left here going to a world tournament with one arrow. Thanks to her East Kentucky archery family she got her new arrows just in time. At the end of day one she was in fifth place and climbed to third place at the end of day two. So then you realize I can do this I am as good as these ladies and they are fierce they are very fierce when they come so the end of the ten shots nerves got me the first couple shots it cost me some points so I finished second in I be a world this year. I did get shooter of the year and I cannot tell you the thrill of that because once you and everybody knows once you say to go and you feel like it's unreachable and you it's there and it's yours and it's like I did this I am I'm as good as they are. Christy spends every minute she can promoting archery to women and kids hoping that they don't wait as long as she did to let that first arrow fly. Find that natural seat in your hand. I was in my thirties before I ever picked a bow up for the first time so it's never too late and it's never too early so anybody that wants to just be out and I love outside that's where I want to be. But contrary to popular belief you don't have to be a hunter to enjoy shooting a bow.  Christy says it's funny how something that can so easily trigger a temper tantrum can also be the best kind of therapy. It's something that relaxes me a lot of people they golf or their horseback ride or their fish well this is my relaxation this is what I do to kind of calm the day or clear my head when something's weighing heavy on me I can go out and shoot a few arrows and it's better.


Welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen and I am a certified weight loss and nutrition coach and I am on the WW Blue Plan. Today I have an amazing grocery haul for you. I picked up some new food vines. I shopped at my local Fred Meyer Kroger store and I went to Trader Joe's and let me tell you, Pumpkin has sprung at Trader Joe's so stay tuned a little bit later this next week for a Trader Joe's Pumpkin haul. I'm so excited, the first one of 2020. Also you're going to see what I am doing for my meal plan for the week as well as meal prep. So if you're new to my channel, I do upload a grocery haul every single Saturday so you don't want to miss out. Make sure you're subscribed and your bell notification is turned on. That way you're not missing a single video. Check out the description box down below where you're going to find my nutrition and weight loss coaching website. See what I have to offer. I can help you on your healthy lifestyle journey wherever you are in the process. I would love to be there with you every step of the way. So check out my nutrition website in the description box. You're also going to find links, discount codes to my favorite things and the link to head over and join my public, Facebook group, Jen's WW Tribe. We'd love to have you come over and join us there. So check out that description box. Lots of good stuff down there. Give this video a big thumbs up if you love grocery hauls and let's jump in. So here's this week's grocery haul. I decided to venture back to Fred Meyer which is a Kroger store I haven't been there in a long time. And let me tell you the price difference between that and Walmart is tremendous. I had no idea because I was never really much of a Walmart shopper. You guys, I paid way more at Fred Meyer Kroger than I pay at Walmart. So note to self. Plus I just didn't have as many good things but I just find a few new food finds which I'm excited to share with you guys. And then of course I ventured up to Trader Joe's grab my produce and all things pumpkin. So stay tuned for the first pumpkin haul from Trader Joe's of 2020. But first let's jump into this week's grocery haul. So I grabbed a six pack of Zivia. This was actually on sale for $4.50 instead of $5 at Kroger. The ginger root beer is my absolute favorite. I haven't been drinking pop as much but it just sounded really good. And I can take a few up to the lake with us this weekend. Speaking of a lake this weekend, I picked up this little four pack of Sutter Home Moscato. So these are just a little individual bottles and I thought that that would be better because that way I can really track calories and points a little bit better and know exactly how much I'm drinking and they'll last because I certainly won't drink all four of these over the weekend and I'll have them for a future.  This was the best option at Fred Meyer. I need this for an upcoming dinner recipe. I have not had this brand and I cannot find the Sam's Choice chicken apple at all in my town any longer, which completely bums me out. I don't know if it's not being carried by Walmart anymore or if it's just always sold out but I can't find it. So I grabbed this for the recipe. This was on sale and I've actually heard about this brand and I've never tried it. This is the traditional Skyr Icelandic Provisions yogurt. So this actually expires here in a couple of days. I'll probably eat it today but this is yogurt, strawberry flavored. It has really, really good ingredients and 15 grams of protein for only 130 calories. So again, I've never tried this brand. This is a new food find for me. So I'm excited for that. And then I found this dip, which is also new. I was actually on the hunt for hope hummus and of course they didn't have any. It was completely sold out. In fact, they hardly had any hummus. It must be from Labor Day still. So I found this La Terra Fina spinach and Parmesan dip and spread made from Greek yogurt. So it is only 50 calories per serving. It had decent ingredients. I want this for those little non-dipper crackers because those things you guys are amazing. So if you see those at Walmart, I'm gonna pop a picture in here for you or if at your local store, grab them because they are amazing but I thought we could dip those in this and veggies for the lake and then for next week since they didn't have hummus. And then I picked this up, which is also new to me. This was on sale. This is the Three Bridges Italian Sausage Ravioli. It has 13 grams of protein per serving which is pretty darn good for pasta. So I grabbed this so that we can have this maybe as a quick, easy dinner. Literally warm these up, top it with some sauce and call it a dinner. So I picked that up. I'm just gonna pop it in my freezer until we actually eat it for dinner. And then I restocked my milk butter. It looks like they changed up the packaging. I liked the Miocos butter as well but this one was less expensive so I picked it up. Another new food find. Now I have seen this at Target which by the way I do love grocery shopping at Target too but this is the Mrs. Jones Baking Company. So this is the same company that I picked up that little cake in a cup that I bought at Target. Again, I'll insert a picture here for you guys but this is the frosting and this is vanilla frosting 100 calorie pack. Okay, sometimes a girl just needs some frosting and I love frosting so for me this is a good decision because it's proportioned out. I don't know the points. It'll be here on the screen but I had to pick it up. It was 99 cents. I'm gonna pop it in my pantry and when a frosting craving hits I can control myself with one serving. And then I also picked up a couple of cans of green beans for the dogs. You guys know. And then I restocked kombucha because I went through everything I had last week which is great. So I picked up two gingerberries. Now the kombucha at Fred Meyer Kroger is really expensive. So I didn't go too crazy but I grabbed two of the gingerberry and then I decided to go ahead and pick up the big jug of the ginger aid just because the bottles were so expensive. This was a much more affordable option. That's basically three bottles of kombucha and then these two bottles of gingerberry makes five bottles. So that will get me through the week. Troy wanted the same sandwiches next week kind of that Italian BMT. So again, another thing I noticed huge price difference was deli meat. It is much more affordable at Walmart. Much, much more affordable. So again, you guys don't sleep on Walmart if you don't shop there. Don't be me and shop other places and pay a lot more. Just go to Walmart. Plus they have an amazing selection. You guys saw all my new food finds last week. It was incredible, which everything was amazing that I picked up.  And this time I did turkey because ham was so expensive. This turkey was actually on sale. So I do a mixture of all three of these meats for his sandwiches for the week. And then I picked up a big can of diced chilies. This is for a crackpot recipe that you guys will see next week in my what I eat in a day. And then I've actually never tried these. These are the Lily's milk chocolate style peanut butter cups. But I thought that I would take this up to the lake this weekend because this would make a delicious s'more. And this whole package is only 170 calories. Again, the points will be here on the screen. But I thought for a different option, I didn't buy a Hershey's bar. So I thought I would do this instead, better ingredients, better calories and points, and make my s'more from this. So I'm pretty excited about that. And then I picked up a can of cremos celerie soup, which is also for a dinner recipe. I restocked my dried basil because I am completely out of basil. And I do like that they have organic spices that are pretty affordable at Kroger. So I picked that up. Small little jug of whole milk. This is for a recipe and whatever is left. Of course, my husband will drink two new to me creamers, which I'm stoked about. Chobani now has a pumpkin spice creamer. I love the sweet cream. I love the vanilla. It's so good. So this is 30 calories per tablespoon. And I can't wait for this because to be honest with you, the coffee made pumpkin spice is not my favorite. I actually think the sugar-free one is better, but I won't drink the sugar-free one. So I will not be repurchasing the coffee made pumpkin spice. Now the coffee made peppermint mocha, amazing. So I'm hoping this is good so that this can cure my pumpkin spice creamer needs for the season. And then I also saw this, which I generally don't buy the Starbucks creamer, but I saw this non-dairy creamer almond milk and oat milk and caramel macchiato. So this is 30 calories per tablespoon as well. And I thought this would be just a really good non-dairy creamer option. Again, I've never seen it or bought Starbucks creamer. So I'm pretty darn excited about that. Couple of big boxes of broth. I needed chicken broth and beef broth for several recipes this next week. I am completely out of rice. And I will say that Fred Meyer Kroger is one of the only places that I can actually find organic rice, like organic dry rice. So I picked this up at last forever. This rice is actually really, really good if you are concerned about having organic non-GMO rice. This is a great option. We loved this bread, you guys. This is probably the best sliced sourdough bread we've ever had. And this is the one from Trader Joe's. So I picked this up again for his sandwiches for the week. A new item at Trader Joe's is this organic almond beverage chocolate bar. So I'm gonna bring this to the lake too. So I have s'more options. I've got peanut butter, I've got chocolate. I heard on Katie Hespi's channel, if you don't follow her, she does a lot of Trader Joe's haul. She actually works at Trader Joe's. So check her out over on YouTube. She has a really good channel and I get a lot of great Trader Joe's ideas from her. But she bought this, taste tested it and said it was delicious. So I am excited. It's 210 calories for half of the bar. Has pretty darn good ingredients honestly and no natural flavor. So, oh yeah, really good ingredients. So I'm excited. She said this is really good. So I had to go ahead and pick that up. I also grabbed some cheese while I was at Trader Joe's. I've never seen this. This is the light Havarti cheese. So Havarti is really good because it melts really nicely.  So yeah, I was excited to see that. So I grabbed that and then whatever's left over we can have on sandwiches for the week. I also decided to grab some of the turkey corn dogs because I saw them and it sounded good. It was kind of an impulse purchase. But these will be really good popped into the air fryer for quick easy lunches. Dinners, I know Troy will eat these as well. So I picked that up. Everything else is produce. So I have some shredded carrots for a recipe and salads. Two big bags of the organic shredded green and red cabbage with carrots. I actually need quite a bit of cabbage for a dinner recipe and I thought it'd be nice with the purple and the orange carrots as well. Some broccoli florets for a recipe. I screwed up last week and did not buy any lemons or limes. So I had plain old boring water all week. So I was excited to remember this time to grab a big bag of my organic lemons for water. Blackberries for meal prep. They did not have any organic.  So I really, really prefer organic but I'll just make sure I watched these really, really well. So I bought these for a meal prep recipe, a dessert wait till you guys see meal prep on Monday. Couple of limes for a recipe and lastly some organic crimini mushrooms also for a dinner recipe. So that is this week's grocery haul. I found a few great new food finds which I'm pretty excited about. And again, I will be vlogging our entire trip this weekend. So you'll see that video as well as my exciting first pumpkin haul of the season from Trader Joe. So let's jump into my meal plan and what you will be seeing on Monday for meal prep. So here is this week's meal plan. This is the week of September 12th through the 18th. We're already halfway through September. I feel like it just started. Anyone else with me? For Saturday, we're still at the Airbnb. We're on vacation. So we don't have any dinner planned. Sunday, I'm gonna be making slow cooker chicken carnitas. So you guys will be seeing this recipe in next week's what I eat in a day on Wednesday. So stay tuned for that. Monday, I'm gonna do smothered steaks. We still have quite a bit of steaks from ButcherBox in our freezer. I'm still low key doing the use it up. Really just trying to use up mainly what I have in my freezer when it comes to meats. Tuesday is always a leftover's night because I have Jazzercise. Wednesday, I'm doing a one pot pesto dinner. I'm making my life easy on Wednesday.  Thursday is a deluxe steak dinner. Again, back to steak in the freezer, but this one sounds really good. It's kind of an all inclusive meat, potato, veg dinner. So I'm excited for that. And then Friday we'll do leftovers just eating up anything extra that we have from meals previously in the week. So now let's take a look at meal prep. So here's the plan for meal prep. You guys will see all of these recipes in Monday's meal prep video. So stay tuned. I'm going to be making a pinks in a blanket pancake bake. Doesn't that sound really, really good? I'm excited for that. Lunches, I'm going to be doing a smoked sausage broccoli pasta. This also sounds really good. And dessert is blackberry cobbler. That's what I bought those fresh blackberries for. I'm feeling cobbler. Like it's getting cooler and I'm wanting cobbler. So I'm gonna do that for a dessert. Everything sounds amazing. So stay tuned again on Monday for meal prep. Thank you for joining me on another WW grocery haul. We had quite a good haul this week. Lots of new food finds. And again, I'm realizing that Walmart is the place to be for groceries. It seems to be a lot more affordable at least in my area. So let me know down in the comments if you find that Walmart is the least expensive option in your area as well. I like Target too. I feel like Target is pretty good. But let me know down in the comments what your thoughts are for your area. 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There are so many great lipstick formulas at the drug store. I practically couldn't decide what to put in this video today, but I'm bringing you what I have that I absolutely love. I use all the time and I can't wait to share these lipstick formulas with you today. Hey friends, in honor of National Lipstick Day, I am bringing you all of the lipstick formulas at the drug store that I think are fantastic, but I decided to not stop there because as I was looking through this sales and all the things that are happening, there are lip liners and lip glosses as well. So I'm bringing you a few lip gloss formulas that I love as well. Before we get into that video, I'm going to put a timestamp right here where you can skip ahead to the actual reviews of all of these lip glosses, lipsticks, all the formulas if you would like to skip over my intro because I do like to show my shirt, my jewelry, that kind of stuff. So go to this timestamp right now if you want to skip over all of that. Alright, let's start out with my shirt and I am so in love with this shirt. I know I say that every time, but this time I am really liking this shirt for it's being a t-shirt that has a little bit dressier of an element. It is very light t-shirt material. I love that about it, but it also has this keyhole with the tie right here that I think dresses it up. It also has the puff sleeves that dresses it up with the cuff and then it has four buttons right here to match the color of the shirt. Of course, I pick up this color so often because I love it so much. Also, we always go over my earrings. Now I have to show you these. These are so cute. First of all in the front, you have that paperclip design which is so in right now and then you have the little hoop right here. So it gives a little bit of extra dimension, but this is the back of it and it's just a chain with the hoop on the bottom and I just think it elevates the look of these so much. They are not heavy. They are very light and I just really like the way that they hang and that they kind of have a little bit dimension when you know you turn your head. Also, I wanted to show you this lifetime jewelry necklace with this heart pendant that has rhinestones in it. I first of all love this chain. It's an 18 inch chain. The chain by itself has so much detail in it and I love it, but this is the jewelry that will not tarnish on you if anything happens to it. It has a lifetime guarantee on it and you can return it to the company and they will replace it. I think this jewelry is really held to a higher standard and that's why I've been buying pieces of it here in there and I am in love with all of their stuff and as always, all of my rings, everything that I have on my face for makeup will all be listed and linked below in the description box and speaking of links, we always talk about right here will come up a number and I always throw up the number three because it's just easy for me to remember number three will correspond to the third product that I hold up in today's video. You don't have to remember what this this product will be that I hold up. You just have to remember that you like number three. You don't have to remember the color of it or anything like that. Remember number three jot it down put it in the back of your mind, whatever you need to do and then you can go into the description box and everything will be numbered one to however many however many products we get to today and you can look for number three next to it will be the description the color and the link and you can shop that way if you would like to I just realized that I didn't have most of my rings on to begin with so now they're on they will all be listed and linked below along with the nail polish. Let's start out with something that I talk about on my channel constantly which is the Maybelline lipsticks. They are my writer die my very favorite formula at the drug store. I talk about these all the time and it's no surprise that I would put them first because they are that good have about 20 of them in my drawer so I couldn't really swatch all of them but I tried to pick out ones that I felt like might be a little bit different than what I've showed before the first one is called untamed spice untainted spice excuse me this has got kind of a little bit of a mob in it but it also has that brownish color in it and it's just really a nice color and I think coming on into fall you're going to love it the next one is pink souffle this is kind of a bright pink which I absolutely adore. I think it's so pretty any of these that you see that you really want to pick up I think that they're going to be really good for you this one is called purely nude this is one that you would want to wear as your nude color when you were you know looking for something that you really wanted a nude lip and you know you did the liner that was a little bit darker that is your nude and that one is a little bit more of a matte formula these other two are a little bit more of a satin cream formula another one that I absolutely adore is from flower beauty and these are so good I wear this one called Dahlia desire all the time and when I do I get so many compliments on it because it's just this mixture of fuchsia and pink and it's really bold and it just really brings a lot of brightness to your lips and because it's also got that blue base when you smile your teeth are going to look wider so that is beautiful and then this one is my nude pick that I go to for all all the time this one is called naked blush I love this one because it does have the blush color in it it's not quite that nude nude but for me it's a cool nude and I love it and these are a little bit more on that I would say they're a little bit more on that matte satin side so those are beautiful I love those the next formula that I absolutely love is from Revlon and I had a hard time picking which one of these I was going to pick so I decided that I wasn't going to pick I was just going to swatch them for you but kind of swatch them quicker so the first one is called champagne on ice this one does have a little bit of that pearlescent look to it and again that is your nude color that I think is so pretty one of my very favorites ever is called Berry hot this is a cream formula but it again it's got that blue base and it's got just a little bit of the lilac color in it this next one is called pink in the afternoon this is one of my favorites because I feel like this is a cross between peach and pink and just about anybody can wear that one and then we have one called this is the next one is a matte formula and it's called make it pink this is from their matte line I like this one again for my particular nude when I'm going for a nude I like to look for really pale pink or pinky beige and this one is kind of a really pale pink and then the next one is bear it all so again we have this one for me is kind of a mid toned nude color and this one is so pretty this has a lot of the shine in it so when you go and you use it you could use it by itself definitely and it would give you that beautiful shine and pouty look to your lips because it has a lot of shine in it and then the last one is blushing mauve and this one I would say is more along the lines of my sort of a pink color my sort of a mauve color when you're just wanting that really true pink beautiful formula and I will say that although a lot of these are on sale at Ulta right now for National Lipstick Day I feel like you can get them so much cheaper either on Amazon or on Walmart so I'm going to link for you where the cheapest is that you can get it what Ulta is having is they're having buy one get one half off which is pretty good but when you look at it from the standpoint if you just want to buy one it's a little bit different that way I'm going to break away just for a second out of the 10 lipsticks I'm going to show you this lip this lip liner right here from LA girl and these are the LA girl shockwave nude liners and the reason I'm showing this to you is because one of them is the one that I am wearing today the first one is just mauve it is definitely your bluish mauve I love it I wear that one all the time the next one is called Rosewood and it's a little bit darker than that one can you tell that I really like these mauve colors of course they're what I go for all the time but I do have the one that's called chocolate on today with the pairing of the lipstick that I have on and I love that to give that outline that is the shadow and also this goes so good with so many of your nudes a little bit of dimension a little bit of yumminess there and so let me show you what I do have on these are the L'Oreal colorish original formulas they've repackaged them into this packaging that is a little bit more shiny I have two of them this first one is called I can't tell what the first one's called it's number 129 and I do love the color of it it's a mauve color as well but the second one that I have on is called this one's called tropical coral and I wanted to wear a coral today so that you could see that when you mix them with your lip liners even though this might be a warm color it still looks so good I just loved this combo that I put on today and I love this formula it's every bit as beautiful and creamy and yummy as the L'Oreal and the Revlon ones I have a lot of Maybelline in here because I believe that Maybelline just does their lipsticks right these are the Maybelline matte lip ink and I just think that these are great because they're not too matte they're not like that liquid matte formula that they have the first one is seek adventure sorry about that I should have rubbed those off a little bit better so this is seek adventure what's nice about these is that you can line your lips with it and also have the ability to fill them in so that's really great and then this one is called spoil me this next one is called spoil me these are just going to be kind of just different hues of the same pink because I do like their pinks and how they do their pinks the last one is called happy birthday and happy birthday has in it a little bit of shine and I didn't realize that until I was not shine a little bit of glimmer in it and I didn't realize that until I was swatching all of these and I think these are so pretty they also have a sharpener on the other end which I think is great if you were wanting to do that lip lining that I was talking about so these are so pretty such a great formula not super matte but not enough that they do stay longer than your average cream lipstick the number six lipstick formula at the drug store that I absolutely love are the actual lip stains from Revlon and I think these are amazing this is a super thin formula so if you're somebody that wears a mask and you you know you have that on all day at work or whatever you might really love this the first one is called silky sienna and I didn't think I would like that but that is kind of a darkened nude color and it's going to be so beautiful for fall on anybody I think that's so pretty so this is super thin and yet super saturated and that's what I love about it the next one is called speak up I have a hardest time seeing these because my vision is not the best down there so this one is called speak up what I love about these you could put a lip gloss over them if you want to but they're comfortable enough to wear on their own if you need something to last all day long the last one's called your go to I didn't think I would like this one this is kind of a very neutral brown color almost on the side of a top top brown excuse me and I didn't think I would like that but I love wearing that color and I love wearing it with a bright pink liner or a berry liner so pretty so this formula will dry down and you will have that stain on there all day long I just think that these are exceptional as far as what they were going for and that it's a comfortable liquid lip so it's a satin without being just you know sucking the life out of your lips and making you look older I love those number seven going back to Maybelline this is their vinyl lipstick and I really didn't like these when I very first picked them up but these are a really unique formula that I have been wearing nonstop for the past little while the first one is called unrivaled and what you're gonna find when you first pick this up is that the formula again is super thin but it goes on really nicely super saturated like the Revlon ones however these have a little bit more moisture to them than the other the Revlon do they really are a little bit more hydrating this one is called peachy I don't feel like this one is very peachy I feel like it's more of a nude your lips but better color for me peach is kind of a brighter color but it's really a pretty color as far as just a mid-tone nude and then the last one this one is called koi and I've been wearing this koi one for days and days and I am in love with it of course it is again that lilac undertone with the pink and I think they're so pretty now I'll tell you one thing that you might have to get used to it's a little bit different they are a little bit tacky when you put them on so you're gonna feel like your lips are sticking together a little bit for the first little while like maybe the first hour or so but as they dry down they don't dry out as they dry down is what I'm trying to say and they don't feel glossy so you don't have gloss on but you definitely have the moisture there so your lips look very full and very hydrated at the same time of still having that color on your lips for hours and hours the next one that I'm gonna show you is from wet and wild these can be a little bit harder to find but I find all of mine on Amazon and they also do have a lot of these at Walgreens and CVS now some of you might start saying that's a lip gloss that's not a lipstick however they do classify this as a lick a lipstick this is the mega mega last liquid cat suit high shine lipstick the first one is caught you bear naked this is probably the most nude one that I have in all of these now I love this formula because it is super opaque it is the most opaque gloss formula that I have found at the drug store I love it this next one is called flirt alert and it is absolutely beautiful as well I really hope that wet and wild does not do away with these because I don't think they've gotten enough love on social media if you're somebody that likes a gloss but you like to have color they're so pretty and then the next one is called chick got real and of course this is my lilac pink color that I absolutely love now you can see how saturated they all are they're so pretty and they're so nice and I have loved these forever and I really should go get some more backups and maybe put them in my fridge because I have a feeling that they are going to start doing away with these but this is such a good formula so much better than the cat suit matte formula I just I am in love with these I have been for a really long time the next one that I want to show you is one that I really didn't like when I first got it but once I tried this and I kind of wore it for a while it really grew on me this one is called cash flow so this is the dual sided where you have the liquid lip on one side and then on the other side you have the actual lip gloss now I'm gonna have to let that set down for a minute okay so I think it's probably not set down all the way but I'm gonna go ahead and put the lip gloss on top of it it just is such a pretty formula and then that bottom part or the liquid part is gonna stay on all day while the liquid while the lip gloss might you know wear off but you can put that back on during the day it's so pretty and I actually am gonna go pick up more of these but they really stumbled on to something different here because the lip gloss can come off but that color is gonna stay on there and that's what I like about it number 10 let's jump back to Maybelline they have the best stuff if you're somebody that really does like a matte formula this might be for you because it's matte but it doesn't like suck the life out of your lips again and make you look older this is their ultimate formula this is their stick formula I have one and more mauve of course I do that's gonna be the color that you guys have seen so much that is the color that is my color that I wear color that matches my top I love these they're creamy and yet they're not drying which I love as well the next one is called more buff and so it is going to be that one that is kind of just oh gosh it's kind of a pinky nude color mid-tone pinky nude I really think this one is beautiful I've actually had more blonde as well and that is your true nude color so if you're looking for one that is truly nude you might really you know take a look at that so these are beautiful love them they last a lot longer even than these pencils do so you know take a look at these if you haven't liked the pencils for longevity you might really like these now I want to show you something because I'm wiping off my hand so I can do the next layer take a look at that next it's still on there I just wiped everything off including the lip gloss that was on top of that but there's nicks it's sticking around alright we're gonna go next into my other lip liner pick for this there's lots of lip liners that I love but I wanted to showcase these because they're the ones that I probably love the most this is the Maybelline color stay these are color sensational excuse me this first one is in gone graze this is the one that I reach for and I wear probably the most because it does give me that extra outline right there where it's a shadow love gone graze it's one of those ones that's so good and again you have the sharpener on the other side if you do like that and then the next one is called beige babe this is definitely one that you'd have to really love your nudes to wear that one I like that one when I'm not self tanning this is a little bit light for me in the summertime and then this one is called raw chocolate I've really gotten into trying some chocolates lately because I feel like they also give you that beautiful shadow that you need when you're outlining your lips a little bit bigger than what they actually are and that one goes so good with pinks or peaches whichever one that you choose and then this one is called dusty rose and dusty rose is one of those ones that just goes so good with any pinks that you choose you're just looking for a monochrome color that dusty rose goes so good with that this formula is really creamy as well now I'm going to show you just a few of the lip gloss formulas and these are going to be no surprise to you whatsoever because I wear these all the time maybe one of them will be the Maybelline lifter glosses I'm always talking about my two favorites which are pearl and moon now I want to show you this one is called crystal and this is the latest addition and I am so into a gold lipstick or lip gloss on top of my pink or my lilac lip glosses because it just seems to really catch that light and I just have been absolutely in love with that these are pillowy they're non-sticky these are so many people's right-or-die ones at the drugstore and they are they absolutely mimic the Fenty gloss bombs I love those two but these are just so much like them and you can get a couple of them for the same price that you would get a Fenty one so you can choose a couple of colors the other one that I talk about on my channel all the time is the Milani keep it full and I have several colors I will swatch for you the nude shimmer one this is probably the one that I wear the most out of them and then I will also swatch for you this tropical shine one that I have that I absolutely love tropical shine is got that kind of a little bit of a peach cast to it so it's super brightening on top of anything that you want to wear and I love that too I've been really enjoying that for summer these are the plumping formula so if you're into that little bit of cooling like the Buxom glosses you're really gonna love these speaking of the plumping glosses I have two of the new infallible pro gloss plump from L'Oreal these are probably not really new the first one that I have is called lucid glow again these are just kind of they're kind of just a gloss but this formula right here it's really super long-lasting it really is long wearing the other one that I have is called nude twinkle both of these have that little bit of shimmer in it that I've been talking about but both of these again have that that cooling feel or that feeling of the Buxom glosses on it and they are so nice I absolutely love this formula I also like the eight hour pro glow formula that they have that one is probably my favorite even more than this but this is a beautiful plumping formula that's fairly new before I do send you off today I want to leave you with us some swatches of ones that I absolutely love that are on sale during this sale for National Lipstick Day and they're from Buxom now if you haven't tried these lipsticks I think that they run about $12 on sale right now and they're amazing truly truly amazing if you like the Buxom lipglosses with that cooling effect that's what these do and they are such a very nourishing formula I love these so much now I this is my favorite one and you're gonna of course know why it's the color of my shirt it's called badass excuse me for swearing but that is what the color of it's called that color is so flattering I get so many compliments on it when I wear it the next one is called goddess and this is your true nude one so pretty it's just got that beautiful nude look to it now please keep in mind that these are a very creamy formula this one is called triple threat I feel like this is one that has a lot of warmth in it I like it a lot and if you're you're somebody that leans neutral warm you might absolutely adore it because it's like that really deepened nude color the next one is one that you have to be pretty fierce if you're gonna wear it it's called gladiator I love it but I have to be in a mood to wear it because it is that deepened purple just a beautiful color but it's super bright so you have to be acting in a very fierce mood to wear it I feel like the next one is called dolly dreamer dolly dreamer is one that I wear all the time because it just goes with so much and these are beyond beautiful lipsticks and I definitely wanted to mention them to you here because they are ones that I reach for all the time and I think that they are a special formula and I think that lots of people would really love these and they're on sale right now so I wanted to make sure I mentioned them now I know that I could have made this video like three hours long and it's probably probably pretty long already all by itself right now but tell me in the comment section what your favorite drugstore lippy is or your favorite lippy of all time I don't care if it's drugstore because I'm always looking for different things to try so tell me in the comment section what you think thanks guys so much for being with me today right now I'm going to put up on the screen right here I'm going to put up a video where I showed you how to overline your pout and how to fake lip filler that's a video that I think a lot of you might be interested in so go over and take a peek at it right now please give this video a thumbs up on your way out of here love everybody so much want to take care of yourselves and have a great day


Let's now turn to a very central archetype in the Psyche that of the shadow The very name gives us a key to what we're dealing with Something in the shadows something not quite in the light something dark Jung says that and I quote a closer examination of the dark characteristics that is the inferiority's constituting the shadow Reveals that they have an emotional nature a kind of autonomy and accordingly an obsessive or Better possessive quality. This is from collected works 9 to paragraph 15 Here we have a very important idea about the shadow It is highly emotionally loaded with the life of its own at times We know this because of what happens when we begin to project the shadow It feels as though it takes us over for a little while Try this exercise Think of someone of the same gender as you are Someone who you really dislike Someone whose habits and behaviors and attitudes are quite disgusting to you someone who really irritates you with their behavior Do you have that person in your mind? Now list the qualities that they have that you dislike they could be selfish or gossipy or vindictive or always late The person you just imagined is a real living walking example of your shadow and The qualities that you dislike about them so much are your own qualities the qualities of your shadow You have met your shadow and it is you Feeding a little uncomfortable right now You and I both know that you keep these qualities to yourself Very well hidden because if people knew about your shadow side, they would never want to be around you Jung said and I quote Though the shadow is a motif as well known to mythology as anima and animus It represents first and foremost the personal unconscious and its contents can therefore be made conscious without too much difficulty In this it differs from anima and animus For whereas the shadow can be seen and recognized fairly easily The anima and the animus are much farther away from consciousness and in normal circumstances Are seldom if ever realized With a little self-criticism one can see through the shadow so far as its nature is personal But when it appears as an archetype One encounters the same difficulties as with anima and animus in other words It is quite within the bounds of possibility for a man to recognize that relatively evil side of his nature But it is a rare and shattering experience for him to gaze into the face of Absolute evil end quote and again is from collected works 9 to paragraph 19 Now very important we can think of the shadow as a complex Recall that complexes are the structures we find within the personal unconscious I will give greater detail about the complexes in a later episode What is useful for us now is that we can imagine the complex to have three layers almost like an onion The outer layer is the personal shadow The next or middle layer of the is the cultural shadow and the central core is the archetype of the shadow Don't get confused by the fact that we have an archetype at the center of the complex I said that complexes belong to the personal unconscious and that archetypes belong to the collective unconscious. That's quite right So think of the archetypal core of the complex as simply being connected to an archetype in the collective unconscious The first layer the personal shadow is Built up of all of our personal experiences with the darker side of life As an infant we get early messages from our parents that certain behaviors are bad or naughty We try to stop these behaviors But they all end up adding to this first layer of the shadow complex in the form of the personal shadow So this layer is composed of all the nasty or shameful parts of yourself that you prefer No one else knows about your spitefulness your bigotry your racism your cruelty, etc Jung said that the shadow and I quote is the thing a person has no wish to be end quote That's from collected work 16 paragraph 470 The next or middle layer is the cultural shadow Think of how the society you grew up in has a dark side a side in which people were discriminated against or persecuted or minorities were hounded Your cultural shadow if you are in Canada like I am now is The manner in which first nations people have been stripped of their land their language and their culture Another cultural shadow on the island I live on Vancouver Island is The wholesale decimation of the natural world through clear-cutting of the forests So you can see that all societies all cultures have a dark side What is yours? The third or inner layer of the shadow complex is the shadow archetype We know this archetype well as we have seen the archetypal image that derives from it in a variety of places For example people raised in the Christian religion know that the devil is the embodiment of the archetypal shadow We often tend to think of historical figures as being the embodiment of the archetypal shadow people such as Hitler or Stalin If we consider what these individuals did in their time We can understand that they enacted something beyond simple bigotry Something far more powerful than simple discrimination They enacted archetypal forces of the shadow The Holocaust is an horrific example of just how terrifying the archetypal shadow can be What is very important in our understanding of the shadow is how well we actually know it Jung was clear that we can never eliminate the shadow, but only come to terms with it There is a very good reason why we cannot eliminate the shadow At the core of the shadow complex is an archetype the archetype of the shadow And we are not able to alter our archetypes Only to become more conscious of their images and impact on the rest of the psyche This means that we know what our shadow qualities are Cringe whenever we think about these qualities, but endeavor not to enact them on others As Luke Skywalker finds in Star Wars, the evil we see around us is within us too This means that if we are conscious of our shadow We are also far less prone to project the shadow onto others and even better We have a reduced tendency to enact the shadow To be conscious of the shadow Permits the projective capacity of the unconscious I alluded to in the earlier section of this episode