Mindful Elevation

By Rachael Thalheimer, LICSW

Energy Psychology, Mindfulness, and You

Healing is both an art and a science. Join Rachael Thalheimer LICSW in her conversations with colleagues, friends, and clinical experts that explore the rehabil... more

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The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.

Mindful Elevation episodes:

December 04, 2023 Energy Elevator: R.A.I.N.
Rachael shares a mindfulness tip named R.A.I.N. in today's Energy Elevator. This acronym mnemonic can come in handy when feeling an uncomfortable or intense emotion. Recognize the situation and emotion, allow the situation to be, investigate the emotion, and practice non-identification.

Resources:
https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/
https://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/personal-stories/rain-mindful-framework-addressing-anxious-thoughts

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15min
November 20, 2023 Six Tips to Tackle Stress During the Holidays with Carrie Stone
The holidays can bring us joy, happiness, anxiety, sadness, and STRESS. In today's conversation, Rachael talks to Carrie Stone, LMHC, about six tips to cope with stress during the holiday season! Challenge expectations, set boundaries, allow yourself to feel, and let yourself say no. If we work on decreasing our stress during this season, then we have a better chance at actually having a happy holiday!

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27min
November 13, 2023 Energy Elevator: Impermanence Meditation
Change is the only constant in life. In today's Energy Elevator, Rachael shares a meditation on the power of change and impermanence. This meditation is from Recovery Dharma, a recovery fellowship and community rooted in Buddhist practices and principles.

Resources:
https://recoverydharma.org/
https://recoverydharma.org/resources/meditations/impermanence-meditation/

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12min
November 06, 2023 Energy Elevator: Tending Our Inner Garden
As we continue to grow and evolve, we need to be careful of the weeds growing in the shadows! Check in with your Inner Garden and make sure that you are nurturing and tending to it, not neglecting it. In today's Energy Elevator, Rachael shares a passage from Sue Patton Thoele's "The Woman's Book of Courage: Meditations for Empowerment & Peace of Mind." Take some time every day to check in with the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual gardens within you.

Resources:
https://www.suepattonthoele.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx6UgfQreYY

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9min
October 30, 2023 Self-Regulation Tips for Better Relationships with Allyson Balara
Rachael sits down with Allyson Balara, LMHC and Assistant Director of Elevate's Children and Family Team to discuss five tips and tricks for improving relationships. Hint: It starts with your own relationship with yourself!

Resources:
Brene Brown's Atlas of the Heart: https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/
Mirror Neurons: https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct05/mirror
Dafna Lender: https://www.dafnalender.com/

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26min
October 23, 2023 Energy Elevator: ”Pretty Ugly”
Today's Energy Elevator shares a beautiful poem by Abdullah Shoaib called "Pretty Ugly." Similar to the "Worst Day Ever" poem, this poem shows the power of reframing and positive thinking. When read in one direction, negativity and shame takes over. When read in another direction, positivity, love, and confidence shines through. How will you speak to yourself today?

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8min
October 16, 2023 Energy Elevator: Alleviate Depression Meditation
In honor of October being National Depression and Health Screening Month, this week's Energy Elevator is a meditation to help alleviate depression through use of positive affirmation, cognitive challenging, and cognitive refocusing.

"You are not your feelings. You just experience them. Anger, sadness, hate, depression, fear. This is the rain you walk in. But you don’t become the rain. You know the rain will pass. You walk on. And you remember the soft glow of the sun that will come again." - Matt Haig

Resources:
https://teach.mindfulnessexercises.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Alleviate-Depression-Guided-Meditation-Script-MindfulnessExercises.com_.pdf
https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Mental-Illness-Awareness-Week

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10min
October 09, 2023 Energy Elevator: Body Acceptance
We carry our bodies with us everywhere we go, so shouldn't we learn to be kind to them? In today's Energy Elevator, Rachael reviews a passage from "The Woman's Book of Courage" as well as explores themes from "The Body is Not an Apology," that begin to explain how to heal your relationship with your body. We are all born with innate worth. Don't let societal expectations jade your beauty!
And if you haven't listened to the Mindful Elevation podcast on body neutrality with Kim Hollister, LICSW, I would highly recommend you check it out!
Resources:
https://www.suepattonthoele.com/ https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/

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10min
October 02, 2023 Energy Elevator: Breathe Poem by Thich Naht Hanh
In today's Energy Elevator, Rachael shares a beautiful poem by "The Father of Mindfulness," Buddhist monk Thich Naht Hanh about the power of breath. Let your breath connect you with the world, yourself, and the present moment.

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6min
September 18, 2023 Energy Elevator: Make Peace with Imperfection
Why strive to be PERFECT when there is beauty in imperfection? Learn to accept people and things as they are by practicing gratitude, mindfulness, and acceptance. Rachael goes over the chapter "Make Peace with imperfection" from Richard Carlson's Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff. If perfectionism isn't serving you, try "enough-ism."

Resources:
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: https://dontsweat.com/
The Four Agreements: https://www.miguelruiz.com/the-four-agreements

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8min

FAQs about Mindful Elevation:

How many episodes does Mindful Elevation have?

The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.