Are you truly living the life you were meant to or are you not giving yourself the chance? Maybe you’re too busy to listen to what your feelings are telling you? It’s time to move past “busy” and to-do lists, listen to your soul, and design a life you won’t need a vacation from. 

In this premier episode of the Soulcation podcast, you meet your host, Mel Miles. She’s a rest coach, an author, and a thought leader in this space. She’s a former international malaria expert who spent 10 years in over 25 African countries with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She initially chose to live by society's script: ignoring her creativity and need for rest, until her body started screaming that she needed more. 

Listen in to learn four things you can start doing today to take back your time and experience more rest. 

What You Will Learn:

• [1:30] Meet Mel Miles, a former productivity junkie and people pleaser who ignored her feelings of wanting more. 
• [10:38] How not giving yourself the chance to alchemize energy leads to bottling up negative feelings. 
• [13:32] Mel explains all the somatic body experiences she did to come back home to herself. 
• [14:49] Soulcation: helping you escape busy, choose yourself, and design a life you don’t need a vacation from. 
• [17:03] Make goals for how you want to feel every day, track and measure them, and put as much effort into them as you do other goals.
• [18:19] Make appointments with yourself: put time on your calendar to spend by yourself.
• [19:38] Write down your feelings every day: name your feelings, recognize them, and let them be.
• [21:24] Start a morning routine: use your morning time to connect with your unconscious thoughts. 
• [23:06] Prioritize your to-do list by just putting three things on it every day that you can memorize, name, and check off.
• [24:52] How the Soulcation planner can help you plan your rest and play with intention.
• [27:12] Understanding the importance of giving your soul permission to rest. 

Relevant Links:

Website: https://www.melodymiles.com/

• Free Soulcation Daily Planning Page: https://www.melodymiles.com/daily-planning-page
• Follow Mel Miles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcationmel/
• Purchase the Soulcation Planner: https://www.melodymiles.com/soulcation-planner