Hailey's Podcast

This one will focus on emotions. As women, we are often told we are being too emotional, being difficult, or dramatic, often simply because of a persistent gender stereotype. Consider what bias you hold towards others as it relates to emotions.

I realize sharing this story is not the best way to start a podcast meditation but stay with me, I promise we will get through this together. This meditation will explore safety and how we might support settling our nervous system. My podcasts often address challenges I have faced in my own life and how I have used meditation to support my healing, I have explored grief, triggers, stress, exhaustion, and even overthinking. This one I am still processing and I am not even sure where the lesson will land.

What stood out for me as I watched the turtles, was how they carried their little homes with them at all times. It is their safe place where they feel most grounded. A place they can retreat to or take pause when they need a moment, in instances when the world gets too loud or busy. While we might not have a protective feature on our backs, we can create those safe grounded spaces physically in our home or spiritually in our hearts. We can picture that safe space in our mind, maybe it is our meditation space, or our toes in the sand, or the sun against our face or even a walk in nature.

I love to engage with others in their menopause journey because despite the many challenges, it is also a time of wisdom, growth, and strength. This is about honouring all of the women before me and all of the women after me.

Creativity is defined as “the ability to make new things or think of new ideas.“ I love the simplicity of this definition. This session is all about you. It is about stretching and growing yourself to dig deep, to look at a situation from a different perspective and to try something you might not have ever tried before.

Finding balance in Creativity

Reflection Exercise:
How can you incorporate more creativity into your everyday?
Find a childhood picture of yourself, one that reminds you of your creative self?
What do you need going forward to sustain and enhance your creativity?
Complete your creativity autobiography timeline What is one takeaway creative activity you might try? How can you draw on your courage and leadership to support you creatively?

Accompanying workbook available on my website:
https://www.haileypinksen.com/product-page/my-six-degrees-of-meditation-workshop-reflection

This one is an important degree to our overall well being. Resilience is “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change”. It is a journey of learning, awareness and growth. It is about ensuring you have what you need when you need it. Finding balance in all things. The verb of balance is defined as keeping or putting (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.

Finding Balance in Resilience

Reflection Exercise:
What is included in your resilience self-care kit?
Complete the resilience exercise
Resilience Check-In: How are you?
How can you enhance your overall resilience?
Perform at least one simple action from your self-care list

What I have found so fascinating about my meditation journey is all of the whispers of insight that keep showing up every day. These whispers of insight are what I’m calling My Six Degrees of Meditation. Leadership, Resilience, Creativity, Present Moment Awareness, Courage, and Gratitude. There is a vulnerability that comes with looking inward and exploring yourself at a deeper level. meditation isn’t just about the good stuff. It is about finding a balance and accepting all of who we are.

The course will include reflection exercises and journaling. So join me as we explore my six degrees of meditation further by digging deeper into this journey of reflection and insight.


Accompanying workbook available on my website:
https://www.haileypinksen.com/product-page/my-six-degrees-of-meditation-workshop-reflection

These lessons are intended to be an opportunity to pause and reflect. To incorporate the learning and insight of meditation. You might be wondering why leadership as it relates to meditation. The institute of mindful leadership defines a mindful leader as “someone who embodies leadership presence by cultivating focus, clarity, creativity and compassion in the service of others.” That is who I strive to be. It is a journey of learning, awareness and growth. Leadership is really about presence, connection and empathy.

Reflection Exercise

How does leadership and meditation relate for you?
How can you be more presence in your life?
How can you make more meaningful connections in your life?
How can you incorporate more empathy into your life?
How can you live your “I am” statements?

Accompanying workbook available on my website:
https://www.haileypinksen.com/product-page/my-six-degrees-of-meditation-workshop-reflection

The theme of this meditation is honoring your experience in this moment. As you become mindful of your body, mindful of your environment and as you maintain a gentle present moment focus. The intention of this meditation is to provide support to yourself if or when you are triggered by a situation.

Our breath has the power to: help us calm, help us to reset, help us to bring awareness,
help us to reflect, help us to pause