Mindfulness and Self Care Tips for Midlife Moms: The Balance Blueprint

With all the different hats we wear, it's natural that we bump up against conflict from time to time. The juggling act of a busy home and work life, where we spend a lot of our time trying to please everyone else, can be all consuming. 

It's no wonder we might blow our top every once in a while. Or feel we've been hard done by when we spend all our time trying to keep everything together and no one notices our efforts or the sacrifices we make.

Or perhaps it goes a little deeper for you right now and you're grappling with a big knot in a relationship that you're struggling to untangle.

Tune into this 10 minute guided mindful meditation to heal and lift the heaviness in your heart.

Find some ease, self-compassion and love.

FREE Guided Walking Mindful Meditation
And if you have more time this week - tune into Mother Nature for life's natural healing remedies all around you. Download my FREE guided walking meditation HERE

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

This is a ten minute or so,  guided mindful meditation called a Moment to Release.

When it all gets too much, how can you get through?

You let it go. You unclasp the grip overwhelm has and you take a breath. You feel down into your strong core, and you let go of the hurt.

Listen to this guidance when you're feeling overwhelmed and you don't know what to do or how to shake off the negative vibes.

Mindful meditation, even just these 10 minutes will help you lift the heaviness and guide you to the other side with hope and compassion.

If you like this practice please give the episode a 5 star rating and follow so you don't miss these ten minute bite size practices to help you navigate life transitions as a busy professional juggling it all.

If we're not already connected on Instagram you can find me HERE
I post regular mindful living tips and approaches that I think you will love. Hope to see you there.

Gwen, The Mindful Guide

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Welcome to Season Two!

It's going to be a little different this season. Tune in to hear how your mindfulness practice will hold you during life's transitions. How it builds resilience to see you through the  ebb and flow of hearing difficult news, navigating grief, making tough decisions, testing choices and seeing the way forward.

In this episode listen to what you can do when it all gets too much. Step out of your busy mind, and find peace, calm and connection. I'll show you how.

Here are the key mindful walking steps to get you started:

Step 1 - start with gratitude
Step 2 - ground yourself
Step 3- coming to your senses
Step 4- end with gratitude

You can download my FREE guided walking meditation HERE. 
Take it with you when you next walk out. Breathe, release the tension and open the senses to what's around you. I hope you enjoy the experience. 

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

If you do anything this week, take these ten precious minutes for yourself. Find a quiet cosy spot, grab a hot drink and journal and get ready to fill your heart with the essence of YOU.

The guidance will invite you to come into stillness during your busy day, and land right where you are. You'll create a beautiful space to let go of the busyness and open up to reflecting back on how the year has been for you. 

What lit you up, what brought you down, and what lifted you back up again? What did you learn, what changes did you navigate and how have they brought you to where you are right now? Present, still and strong.

This exercise will be such a powerful support to you as you turn towards the holidays and the end of 2023. It's particularly hard to know how to show up during this devastatingly sad time of war and violence. Bearing witness to what is happening weighs heavy I'm sure for us all. Allow this to be your time to reflect. To bear witness to yourself and to how you want to live, love and be, in the new year that awaits you. 

Listen to your voice within. Hold it softy, without judgement. Let the light in when things feel dark and difficult. 

When the guidance has ended I encourage you to continue your reflections by journaling what has come up for you. These ten minutes can be the door way to a room full of exploration and presence. 

Namaste xo


Want more help?
If you are inspired to bring the power of mindfulness to your one precious life - download my FREE  'Mindful Living Starter Kit'. It's a wonderfully supportive resource to help you reduce the stress in your life and make positive change - starting TODAY

GET YOUR MINDFUL LIVING STARTER KIT HERE

Join Tune in Thursdays
Need quality Me time, and can’t find the time during your busy week – are you free at 8pm GMT on Thursdays?

Carve out 30 minutes for yourself - helping you ease into a restful nights sleep.
Come join my FREE 'Tune in Thursdays,'  a  weekly online meditation circle.

I will guide you through a mindful meditation with a specific theme each week on zoom. No meditation experience is necessary – simply show up, and tune in, however you are, whatever you’re feeling. I hope it can help you rest~relax and restore. 

SIGN UP FOR TUNE IN THURSDAYS HERE


Come find me on Instagram @the_mindfulguide for more mindful ways to stress less and find more calm in your busy life

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

How to start a Mindfulness Practice

Today's episode has actionable steps to just start now - to take you from thinking that mindfulness isn't for you, or that you don't have time, to realising it's for everyone. 

Finally understanding that you don't have to add another thing to your to-do-list to be mindful. It can happen naturally, and all you have to do is sit back and observe.

I explore these 5 steps to starting a mindfulness practice. Listen to the episode to hear how:

1.   Setting Intentions- define your purpose for practicing mindfulness

2.   Beginning to notice your breath – mindful breathing for stress reduction

3.   Practicing a body scan- scan the body from top to toe tuning into what's here, connecting the mind and body

4.   Embracing mindful observations – opening to what's here without judgement or striving for things to be any different to what they already are

5.    Bringing self compassion – and loving kindness 

Want more help?

If you are inspired to bring mindfulness to your one precious life - download my FREE 'Mindful Living Starter Kit'. It's a wonderfully supportive resource for this episode and continues my step by step actions to make positive change in your life - starting TODAY

GET YOUR MINDFUL LIVING STARTER KIT HERE



Date for your Diary:

• Free Guided Mindful Meditation
• Thursdays 8pm GMT
• Tune in Thursdays
• On Zoom
• No meditation experience needed
• Join our friendly meditation circle
• Relax, restore and find your moments of calm

Email [email protected] for details


Come find me on Instagram @the_mindfulguide for more mindful ways to stress less and find more calm in your busy life

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Today’s episode is a guided mindful meditation called a moment to queue.

This short mindful meditation will help you dial down the frustration of feeling like you’re going nowhere fast, stuck in a queue.

Want more? - If you like this and are needing some quality Me time, come join my FREE Tune in Thursdays,  my weekly online meditation circle. 

I generally start these back up during the Winter months when we can get cosy. 

I will guide you through a mindful meditation with a specific theme each week on zoom. No meditation experience is necessary – simply show up, and tune in, however you are, whatever you’re feeling. 

Sign up HERE

I hope it can help you rest~relax ~ restore

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Do you have a potentially stressful situation coming up?

Are you feeling nervous, apprehensive, anxious even?

You’ll want to hear what Mindfulness Coach, Sally Singleton @mindful.interlude has to say about dealing with this 👇🏻

In this weeks episode Sally spills the beans 🙌🏼

She gives us 3 ways to handle planned big events that might be causing those nervous butterflies
AND
Handle stressful situations that might jump up on us out of the blue 😵‍💫

I met Sally at Bangor Uni where we were both doing our Masters in Mindfulness together and I’ve been a fan of her work ever since ☺️

This episode is especially for you if you’re a Coach or Wellness practitioner or… sometimes put a ‘coaching’ hat on in your day job

…You will benefit from meeting Sally and having her in your life. She’s pretty wonderful ✨🤍

Here are the links to Sally's work:

Prepare for a call meditation (5 mins): Spend 5 minutes using this guided meditation to get you ‘in the zone’ before each coaching call to help you:

• Feel calm, confident and fully prepared for your call
• Show up feeling fully present, focused and available for your client
• Become aware of any unhelpful thinking which might negatively impact your or your client’s results.

www.mindfulinterlude.co.uk/focusmed

Find your focus meditation (10 mins): This 10-minute meditation from Sally helps you focus your attention and discover which place in your body is the most grounding for you. When you know this, you can tap into your anchor at any time during the day to refocus. It can be super helpful to connect to your anchor when you’re on a client call to help you feel confident, focused and present.

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LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-singleton/

Website
www.mindfulinterlude.co.uk

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Do you feel a little hard done by?

A heaviness in your heart because you felt someone let you down.

Perhaps you had a disagreement, or felt unsupported by a loved one or a colleague you thought knew you better.

Feeling unheard, misunderstood and well, even a  little bit angry having bumped up against an  uncomfortable situation or conversation that went down a road you might now regret.

This happens us all. You are human! And this short mindful meditation will help you feel into this moment with care and kindness and help you repair.

It will guide you to a place of allowing things to be the way they are and to let go of having to feel the weight of your emotions so tightly.

If this helps you feel lighter and less controlled by your heavy thoughts, I have more to offer you in my new Ultimate Guide to a Balanced Home and Work Life. It gives you 4 steps to help quieten the noisy mind, build resilience and strengthen relationships so you can unlock the balanced lifestyle you deserve.

Access your FREE GUIDE  HERE

And if we're not already connected, come find me on Instagram @the_mindfulguide for more ways to live a beautiful balanced life, you love 

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Part 1 of a 3 part mindful series called 'Work Life Balance for Busy Working Parents'

Stop the juggling act and prioritise self-care. Yes please!

This episode invites you to stop. To take off all the hats you might be wearing, new Mom, teacher, carer, partner, financial advisor, CEO of the household... and just pause life for one moment

Then in that moment ask yourself WHAT DO I NEED?

Press play and explore: 

• How feeling upset because you're bottom of the queue again is normal
• That another day going by without any time for YOU is hard
• How you can start to put yourself first again (so you can continue to be there for everyone else)
• Tuning into your needs with these 5 vital questions
• Ways to pay attention, on purpose, non-judgementally to your life's desires

Discover your answers to these 5 essential questions and unlock the balance and connection you deserve. 

To support this work, download my FREE 'Ultimate Guide to a Balanced Home and Work Life' HERE. The questions are inside along with 3 other practical steps you can take today to get started.

Last thing ~ If we're not yet connected (and I'm sure we should be!) come follow me on Instagram @the_mindfulguide to finally lock in the balance you've not quite yet mastered :-) 

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Now if you're thinking Gwen, meditation's not for me. I don't know what to do, or it makes me feel weird, hold that thought :-)

Here are 4 very simple steps to take to reclaim YOUR Moment

1. Press Play for Episode 8 
2. Listen to the 10 minute guided meditation with an open heart and mind
3. Reflect how it felt, and congratulate yourself for finding time to pause
4. Repeat, as many times as you need throughout the day/ week

You are precious, loved and deserve to be cared for. A mindful moment like this is a beautiful space to honour all that you do, and what you mean to yourself and to others.

Want to know more?
Come follow me on Instagram for more ways to nourish that Balanced Lifestyle that you deserve. You'll find me  @the_mindfulguide 

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms