Listening with Compassion is a gentle mindfulness practice for noticing a strong feeling without becoming completely identified with it.

In this meditation, Deb guides you to listen inward with kindness, widen awareness around what is present, and remember that a difficult emotion can be part of your experience without becoming the whole of who you are.

The practice includes grounding, compassionate attention, and the reminder: This is present, but it is not all of me.

This meditation is part of Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease, a free September practice available inside the Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and a simple mindfulness practice.

Join the Free 30-Day PracticeYou can also join me for Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease inside my free Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and one simple mindfulness practice to help you meet frustration, overwhelm, and emotional pressure with greater awareness and care.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free to join.

👉 Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Continue PracticingMeditation libraries: meditatewithdeb.org

Live classes: peacefulwellness.studio

Free Community Meditation on ZoomTuesdays at 6:30 PM CentralSchedule: https://www.momoyoga.com/peaceful-wellness

Listen to this podcast and more at https://palette.audio/@meditatewithdeb

In this Week 4 reflection for Softening Inner Tension, Deb explores what happens after we have recognized and understood our reactions. The next step is learning how to respond with more care.

Drawing from the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, this talk looks at deep listening, loving speech, compassionate communication, and the importance of creating enough space to choose how we want to respond.

This week’s invitation is to notice the difference between reacting automatically and responding from a steadier, more thoughtful place.

You do not need to have completed the previous weeks to benefit from this reflection. You can begin wherever you are and enjoy the short daily practices.

Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease is available free inside the Skool community.

To join the full Softening Inner Tension experience, come into the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community and look for the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom.

One day. One reflection. One small practice at a time.

How to Join

Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community:https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Once you’re inside, open the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom. That’s where you’ll find the daily reflections and practices, along with links to live meditation classes and recorded meditations throughout September.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free.

Finding Steadiness in the Storm is a gentle mindfulness practice for those moments when emotion feels strong and it is easy to become swept up in thoughts, tension, or reactivity.

Inspired by Thích Nhất Hạnh’s teaching of the tree in a storm, this meditation guides you to find one steady anchor, such as your feet, hands, the support beneath you, a sound, the breath, or a hand over the heart, while allowing the emotion itself to be present.

The practice is not about making the feeling disappear. It is about learning how to stay connected to something steady while the feeling moves through, so this becomes a tool you can use in everyday life as well as in meditation.

This meditation is part of Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease, a free September practice available inside the Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and a simple mindfulness practice.

Join the Free 30-Day PracticeYou can also join me for Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease inside my free Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and one simple mindfulness practice to help you meet frustration, overwhelm, and emotional pressure with greater awareness and care.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free to join.

👉 Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Continue PracticingMeditation libraries: meditatewithdeb.org

Live classes: peacefulwellness.studio

Free Community Meditation on ZoomTuesdays at 6:30 PM CentralSchedule: https://www.momoyoga.com/peaceful-wellness

Listen to this podcast and more at https://palette.audio/@meditatewithdeb

In this Week 3 reflection for Softening Inner Tension, Deb explores what can happen when we become curious about what may be underneath frustration, anger, overwhelm, or another strong reaction.

Drawing from the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, this talk looks at finding steadiness first, then gently looking more deeply. Sometimes beneath the first reaction we may discover hurt, fear, exhaustion, disappointment, an unmet need, or even an assumption about what happened.

This week’s invitation is to slow down enough to ask: What might be underneath this reaction? and What do I actually know, and what am I assuming?

You do not need to have completed the previous weeks to benefit from this reflection. You can begin wherever you are.

Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease is available free inside the Skool community.

To join the full Softening Inner Tension experience, come into the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community and look for the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom.

One day. One reflection. One small practice at a time.

How to Join

Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community:https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Once you’re inside, open the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom. That’s where you’ll find the daily reflections and practices, along with links to live meditation classes and recorded meditations throughout September.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free.

This gentle meditation explores what it can be like to meet frustration, sadness, irritation, overwhelm, or other difficult feelings with mindfulness and care instead of immediately trying to push them away.

Inspired by the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, the practice invites you to notice what is present, create a little space around the feeling, and ask, “How can I care for what is here?”

This meditation is part of Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease, a free September practice available inside the Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and a simple mindfulness practice.

Join the Free 30-Day PracticeYou can also join me for Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease inside my free Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and one simple mindfulness practice to help you meet frustration, overwhelm, and emotional pressure with greater awareness and care.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free to join.

👉 Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Continue PracticingMeditation libraries: meditatewithdeb.org

Live classes: peacefulwellness.studio

Free Community Meditation on ZoomTuesdays at 6:30 PM CentralSchedule: https://www.momoyoga.com/peaceful-wellness

Listen to this podcast and more at https://palette.audio/@meditatewithdeb

In this Week 2 reflection for Softening Inner Tension, Deb explores what it means to meet difficult emotions with care instead of fighting, suppressing, or immediately reacting to them.

Drawing from the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, this talk looks at mindfulness as a way of gently recognizing what is present within us and also paying attention to what we are taking in through the day. What we watch, read, listen to, scroll through, and repeatedly expose ourselves to can all affect our inner state.

This week’s invitation is to notice what may be nourishing frustration, fear, or overwhelm, and to begin making small, conscious choices that support greater steadiness, compassion, and emotional ease.

You do not need to have completed Week 1 to benefit from this reflection. You can begin wherever you are.

Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease is available free inside the Skool community.

To join the full Softening Inner Tension experience, come into the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community and look for the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom.

One day. One reflection. One small practice at a time.

How to Join

Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community:https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Once you’re inside, open the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom. That’s where you’ll find the daily reflections and practices, along with links to live meditation classes and recorded meditations throughout September.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free.

In this Week 1 Softening Inner Tension meditation, Deb guides you through a gentle practice of grounding, noticing inner tension, and creating a little more space around difficult feelings.

Inspired by the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, Coming Home to Yourself is an invitation to pause before reacting, reconnect with the present moment, and meet what is arising with greater mindfulness and care.

This meditation comes from our free Tuesday Community Meditation & Connection and can be practiced on its own or alongside the September Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days program.

Join the Free 30-Day PracticeYou can also join me for Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease inside my free Peaceful Wellness Skool community. Each day includes a short reflection, one question, and one simple mindfulness practice to help you meet frustration, overwhelm, and emotional pressure with greater awareness and care.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free to join.

👉 Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Continue PracticingMeditation libraries: meditatewithdeb.org

Live classes: peacefulwellness.studio

Free Community Meditation on ZoomTuesdays at 6:30 PM CentralSchedule: https://www.momoyoga.com/peaceful-wellness

Listen to this podcast and more at https://palette.audio/@meditatewithdeb

Welcome to Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days of Mindfulness, Compassion & Emotional Ease.

In this opening Week 1 reflection, Deb shares the heart of the September practice and explores the idea of coming back to yourself before reacting. Throughout the month, we’ll gently work with frustration, irritability, overwhelm, emotional pressure, and difficult feelings through mindfulness, reflection, compassion, and simple everyday practices.

The month is inspired in part by the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh and his book Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames, but you do not need to own or read the book to participate. Everything you need will be included in the free Peaceful Wellness Skool classroom.

Each day, you’ll find a short reflection, one question to consider, and one small practice designed to take only a few minutes. You can also join live meditation classes throughout the week, the free Tuesday Community Meditation connected with that week’s theme, and access recorded meditations through the meditation libraries.

To join the full Softening Inner Tension experience, come into the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community and look for the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom.

One day. One reflection. One small practice at a time.

How to Join

Join the free Peaceful Wellness Skool community:https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

Once you’re inside, open the Softening Inner Tension: 30 Days classroom. That’s where you’ll find the daily reflections and practices, along with links to live meditation classes and recorded meditations throughout September.

No book is required, and the 30-day practice is free.

This is the meditation I shared with the group during our free Tuesday Community Meditation.

Carrying Peace Forward is a gentle practice for setting down some of what you’ve been carrying, reconnecting with a quiet place within, and bringing a little more mindful awareness into the rest of your week.

Through body awareness, natural breathing, and simple reflection, you’re invited to pause without needing to fix anything or create a particular feeling. You may simply notice what is here, allow some of the day to settle, and reconnect with an inner anchor you can return to again and again.

You don’t have to carry peace perfectly. Sometimes it is enough to remember:

I can carry one quiet moment with me.

Join me Tuesdays at 6:30 PM Central for our free Community Meditation. Everyone is welcome.

Continue PracticingMeditation libraries:

meditatewithdeb.org

Live classes:

peacefulwellness.studio

Free Community Meditation on ZoomTuesdays at 6:30 PM CentralSchedule: https://www.momoyoga.com/peaceful-wellness

Listen to this podcast and more at https://palette.audio/@meditatewithdeb

This gentle evening meditation offers a quiet transition from the activity of the day into simple presence. Through body awareness, natural breathing, and a few moments of stillness, you’re invited to set aside what can wait and rest without needing to accomplish anything.

A supportive practice for the end of a busy day, this meditation reminds us that we don’t have to make the mind quiet or force ourselves to relax. Sometimes it’s enough to pause, feel supported, and simply be here for a few moments.

Continue PracticingMeditation libraries:

https://meditatewithdeb.org

Live classes:

https://peacefulwellness.studio

Free Community Meditation on ZoomTuesdays at 6:30 PM Centralhttps://www.momoyoga.com/peaceful-wellness

Listen to this podcast and more at https://palette.audio/@meditatewithdeb