Mindful Actions By Beth

Mindful Actions By Beth

By Beth BackesEducationSelf-Improvement
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Mindful Actions By Beth episodes

  • 33. Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness

    We're covering an important topic this week to make sure mindfulness and meditation is inclusive and accessible to everyone. We'll answer questions like what is trauma sensitive mindfulness, or what is trauma-informed mindfulness. In summary, it's recognizing that a traumatic event may be triggered through mindfulness and meditation when someone is recalling memories or certain feelings. One of the steps covered in this episode is how forcing gratitude or a positive mindset on someone can actually be more hurtful than helpful. Life isn't always sunshine and rainbows! Links to resources and sites mentioned in the episode below. 


    • Trauma Informed Resource Center
    • Mindful Leader Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness
      • 16 min
    • 32. How To Be More Present And Stop Living A Boring Life
      Most of the time, we don't pay attention to our lives. We just go about our daily routines without putting much thought into our actions. In episode 32, let’s explore the little everyday tasks we can start paying more attention to and being more present for. Tuning into the seemingly boring parts of life can actually make life more fun and exciting!
      14 min
    • 5-Minute Meditation For Focus and Stress Relief (Bonus Episode)

      Here is a simple guided transcendental meditation, or mantra meditation, for beginners to help you deepen your practice and your focus. We will recite the mantra Sat Nam, which means "I am truth" or "truth is my essence". Listen to episode 31, "Why Is Meditation So Hard", for ideas on connecting this meditation to how and why we focus for stress relief and anxiety. 

      7 min
    • 31. Why Is Meditation So Hard?
      How do I empty my mind? That's a common question, and misconception about meditation. Meditation actually causes you to get into your head. It doesn't make you clear your mind, it makes you stop and think. It makes you think about you and your life, the impact you have on the world, and the impact the world has on you. So this week we're talking about why meditation is so hard. I will be publishing two more short meditations this week, one on the podcast, and one on YouTube, to help you practice focus and self-reflection daily.
      15 min
    • 30. Mindfulness When Experiencing Overwhelm
      Break down the RAIN method of mindfulness this week to beat out stress and feeling overwhelmed. The RAIN method is about recognizing, allowing, investigating, and nurturing. Let's discuss how just slightly reformatting the words you say to yourself can totally shift your mindset. The words you say to yourself, and others, matter. Mindset matters.
      19 min
    • 29. Mindfulness for Confusion and The Grey Areas of Life

      Even the most mindful, open-minded people can find themselves thinking in terms of black and white. This week, we're learning how the grey matter in our brains is affected when we connect with our past and learn to grow through our traumas. Mindfulness improves your brain function. Let's talk about it!

      14 min
    • 28. Dealing with Jealousy through Mindfulness
      Comparison is the thief of joy. Just because someone else has something doesn’t mean it’s something you need in your life too. Mindfulness can help you forget about comparing your life to others by identifying the things that are best for you and your current situation. But don’t forget, if you’re ready for a change in your career, Mindful Actions can help you. Head over to Career Studio to take the next step toward a career you’ve dreamed of: www.bethbackes.com/services
      14 min
    • 27. Distractions and Focusing Your Attention
      Noticing when you're distracted and aren't focusing on the correct things in the moment is one of the basic fundamentals of mindfulness and meditation. We try a concept this week called divided attention, by Biet Simkin, author of "Don't Just Sit There!". We break down how to observe yourself and your reaction to something in order to change the impact your presence makes on that moment. 
      Also, a quick note to my listeners, thank you for voting in my Instagram stories last week! The new podcast cover photo, that you all voted on, is live and looks great! I appreciate your support for the podcast.
      14 min
    • 26. Mindfulness and Time Management

      Do you ever catch yourself doing something that you're not even enjoying, but you're just doing it because that's what you always do? Mindfulness can help you with time management when you become more present and notice what you're doing, instead of living on autopilot. Talk with me about a few times I shut down my habits that weren't serving me anymore, and help you to identify those times in your life too. 

      17 min
    • 25. Shifting Your Comfort Zones

      Creating habits doesn't happen overnight. The way you become comfortable with the things that make you uncomfortable is by taking action with one small step at a time. You can create big results from small changes, and that's where the real growth happens in life. 

      I also uncover why I allow my morning routine to waver, depending on my needs, but we'll talk about journaling, one habit I want us all to get back into this week together. Journaling can be a super simple way to begin to create those small actions that create big change. 

      16 min

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