The Slowdown

The Slowdown

By Katherine Gluck | Embodiment and Mindfulness GuideEducationSelf-Improvement
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The Slowdown episodes

  • 22. Making Space for Yourself

    This week’s episode explores what it means to feel connected: to yourself, your body, the world around you, and the season of life you’re in. We talk about why disconnection is a normal part of change, how connection can shift as we grow, and simple ways to reorient back to yourself. 

    Plus, a gentle somatic practice for creating space and reconnecting through the senses.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    15 min
  • 21. How Nature Brings Us Back to Ourselves

    After an especially hard week, I found grounding in the simplest places: birds outside my window, fresh air, rain, and the first signs of spring returning.

    In this episode, we explore how noticing the life around us can help us reconnect with the life within us, regulate the nervous system, and remember that we belong here too.

    Plus, a gentle outdoor somatic practice using exteroception to bring you back to the present moment through your five senses.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    17 min
  • 20. The Spark of Aliveness: Reconnect with Your Body & Follow What Feels True

    Feeling disconnected, stuck in autopilot, or unsure what you truly need?

    In this episode, we explore how to reconnect with your body by following your spark of aliveness—the subtle sensations, emotions, and inner cues that guide you back to presence and self-trust.

    Through gentle reflection and a guided somatic meditation, you’ll learn how to slow down, listen inward, and begin following what feels true for you in the moment.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    Leave a comment, there's something so powerful about knowing that we're all in this together🤍

    14 min
  • 19. Moving Through Emotions

    This week’s episode is a reflection on the natural ebb and flow of our emotional world—the highs, the lows, and the movement in between. We explore what it means to stay with ourselves through it all, building trust in our body’s ability to move through what arises.

    It closes with a gentle somatic practice called Unfurling, inviting you to explore the rhythm of contraction and expansion, and to meet yourself exactly where you are.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    16 min
  • 18. Moving With Trust

    Spring often brings a sense of movement and change. In this episode, I share reflections on trust — what it means to begin before feeling ready, and how somatic awareness can help us build a deeper sense of trust in ourselves.

    We’ll close with a simple grounding practice to return to your center.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    13 min
  • 17. What are you tending to?

    This week I’m reflecting on the idea of tending—the small, intentional ways we care for the spaces, people, and parts of ourselves that matter most. As spring begins to quietly make its way in, I explore how growth often happens through gentle attention over time rather than pressure or urgency. 

    The episode includes a gentle somatic practice to help you feel more grounded, supported, and present in your body.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    Leave a comment below: what are you wanting to tend to right now?

    12 min
  • 16. Following Joy

    This week I’m reflecting on something simple that helped shift my nervous system: repotting a plant with my kids. It reminded me how easily pressure can pull us away from the small moments of joy that actually help us feel regulated. 

    In this episode, we explore how joy, curiosity, and presence can gently bring the body back into balance. I’ll also guide you through a somatic practice to help you notice where your energy wants to move and follow one small spark of what feels nourishing.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    15 min
  • 15. When Anxiety Shows Up in the Body

    As we move into March and approach the return of more daylight, this episode explores what it means to slow down, listen inward, and respond to anxiety with care. Katherine reflects on winter themes of surrender, noticing how habits and rhythms affect the body, and how awareness creates choice—without pressure to change.

    Through a gentle, grounding somatic practice, this episode offers practical tools for meeting anxious energy in the body and allowing it to move, rather than trying to think it away.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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    13 min
  • 14. Meeting What’s Here

    This week, I’m sharing a real-life example of meeting discomfort as it shows up in the body. I reflect on what it means to notice our feelings without pushing them away or getting lost in the stories we tell about them.

    This week's somatic practice is for responding to what’s here with care rather than force.

    This episode is an invitation to listen, name what’s present, and meet yourself honestly, just as you are.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.


    Click here for 20 Cozy Winter Ways to Slow Down Poster

    Connect with me:

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    15 min
  • 13. Mind-Body Connection

    This week, I’m sharing a real-life example of the mind–body connection through my own experience of anxiety. Even when my mind understood what was happening, my body was still responding with sensation, and energy that needed care.

    We explore how learning to listen to the body creates choice, support, and trust over time. The episode includes a gentle somatic practice focused on noticing sensation as a foundation for building a mind–body connection.

    Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

    Click here for 20 Cozy Winter Ways to Slow Down Poster


    Connect with me:

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    14 min

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The Slowdown is a podcast for anyone craving a place to land in a busy, changing world.