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

Struggling to have conversations that work? Where you feel understood and have a meaningful exchange?

Today's episode offers you a mindfulness based method to R.A.I.S.E. your Conversation Game.

Listen to how you can implement this 5 step approach to being really present for your interactions with others. How to listen with empathy AND get your point across. 

Conversations can be tricky. Exchanging information will always come with emotion. Throw in the ego, time constraints, different agendas, personalities and you've got the makings of a prickly situation :-)

Change how you approach conversations forever;
R.   RESET 
A.  ASSESS 
I.    INTEND
S.   STOP
E.   ECHO

Listen to this episode to learn how to apply R.A.I.S.E. to every conversation ~ making them worth your time, attention and presence 

If you like The R.A.I.S.E. method to wonderful conversations, come find me on Instagram, where I post similar tips and techniques helping you get closer to a  more Balanced and meaningful lifestyle

You can follow me HERE

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Try this 10 minute guided mindful meditation to help you sleep.

It will help you fall asleep when your mind has other ideas.

Helping you calm the busy thoughts of the day and allowing the body to simply rest.

There is no more for you to do today, but come into stillness and let sleep arrive.

If you like this, come follow me on Instagram @the_mindfulguide and download my free guided walking meditation

You'll also join my online newsletter community and be the first to hear about my special offers and mindful resources to find more balance in your life.

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Gwen, The Mindful Guide xo

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

You are in for a treat!

In this episode with my beautiful friend Marianna, mindfulness teacher and relationship coach, you will hear how you can turn your relationships around.

How you can transform your people pleasing tendencies into trust based relationships that nourish your soul!

Using mindfulness based techniques and approaches, Mari offers simple and highly effective ways to bring that sense of balance and connection back to how you interact and feel about the people you love.

Mari even wrote her Masters in Mindfulness thesis on 'How can mindfulness shape our relationships' (especially if we have a tendency to be quite anxious ) so we are in good hands on this topic!

If you want tangible step by step ways you can enjoy more balanced relationships today, listen to this insightful episode. I think it might just change your life!

And to find out more from Mari come follow her mindful relationship work  HERE on Instagram

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

We’ve been talking about ‘work life balance’ for a long time now. It’s something I worked hard towards supporting in my wellbeing work in organisations, and it’s something that I personally have been reflecting on well, for years. 

I think we all have an idea of what we are looking for in the illusive work life balance we aspire to. But what if I told you it could actually be a lie, and that we’re striving for the impossible. Controversial, I know, and why I’m excited to explore the idea in  this episode.


 Today's episode Takeaways are:

1. Consider reframing how you feel about your work and home life balance

2. Remember you have so many different hats to wear in your life, but that you are always YOU

'Wherever You Go, There You Are',  a wonderful statement (and book!) by Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn

3. Consider starting or nourishing a mindful meditation practice allowing it to build clarity, connection and alignment to your true self



If you want to connect and hear more ways to feel balanced in your life, come follow me on Instagram HERE

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

Today’s episode is a guided mindful meditation.

It's a practice which may help you settle when you’re feeling unsettled. 

This is a 10- minute guided mindful meditation to Access a Moment of Calm 

I hope you like it.

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

In today’s episode you are going to hear how to set yourself up for a joyful day ahead!  I’ve got 5 simple mindful ways to help you create a morning routine that will start your day off feeling calm, intentional and in control. Follow these steps to get you closer to enjoying mornings that are definitely less stressful, and much more nourishing. 

• Hear how planning the night before is the first step to the morning after
• How just sitting on the bed will get you so clear on the day ahead
• Uncover simple ways you CAN find that illusive 'me' time in the midst of it all
• And ways you can secretly move the body without having to get to the gym
• Lastly, learn how transition rituals will allow you to step into the next moment of your day with ease, intention and beautiful presence

If you liked todays 5 steps to a nourishing morning routine, come find me on Instagram, where I post similar tips and techniques helping to bring more Balance into your life.

You can follow me HERE

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms

It's here, the very first episode of The Balance Blueprint Podcast.
I'm so excited to be here, and a little terrified!

Join me in finding out what's in store and how you'll uncover a balanced home and work life that will change things forever.

I'm Gwen, The Mindful Guide, ex corporate HR turned mindfulness teacher, with a masters in mindfulness. I've been in your shoes working a busy job, and now more recently finding my way through parenthood and way of being as a new Mum.

The takeaways from today's episode are: 

1. The Balance Blueprint Podcast will help you to break free from the struggle of having to juggle everything and open up ways you can live with more calm, clarity and connection

2. I’m your host, Gwen, The Mindful Guide, taking my masters in mindfulness and sharing all I can with you to help you be more present and available for yourself and the people you love

3. In this podcast, you’ll be able to access guided (by me) mindful mediations on your phone wherever you are, and whenever you want to meditate

And on that note: I have a FREE resource to  get you started today
- Download my FREE guided walking meditation to feel grounded and calm …..

Click this link HERE

or

come find me on Instagram and click the link in my bio
@the_mindfulguide

@the_mindfulguide  ~ Calm, Clarity & Connection for Midlife Moms