The Slowdown

In this episode of The Slowdown, we’ll unpack what slowing down actually looks like day-to-day and why awareness is the first step. You’ll also get a 3-minute somatic practice you can use anywhere to reconnect with your body and the present moment. 

Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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✍️Journal Prompts:

• Where do you notice tension in your body right now? How does it feel when you simply observe it?

• What parts of your body feel open, soft, or at ease?

• What is one small, tangible thing you can do to bring more presence and ease into your day?

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In this episode of The Slowdown, we explore what it really means to feel connected to ourselves and how to notice when we’ve drifted away. I share how launching this podcast brought excitement, creativity, and energy, but also left my body feeling a little ungrounded. From there, we talk about the subtle signs of disconnection, why our culture is obsessed with “fixing” instead of noticing, and how awareness *not perfection* is what brings us home.

You’ll be guided through a gentle somatic practice, inviting your body to soften, settle, and return to safety. We end with simple journal prompts to help you recognize your own cues: the ways your body, breath, and behaviour whisper “slow down.”

Disconnection isn’t a failure, it’s a signal. And all of us drift. The practice is noticing, and make a choice from there.

Journal Prompts:

1. What are the early signs that I’m becoming disconnected from myself?
2. What does my body, my mood, or my behaviour start to show me?
3. What are the small things that help me come back into connection?

Some people notice it in their breath, some in their thoughts, some in how they speak to others, or how quickly they get overwhelmed. Bringing awareness to those cues makes room for choice — not perfection, but presence.

Take a breath. Let’s slow down together.

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Hi there! I’m Katherine Gluck, and welcome to The Slowdown – a podcast for women who do it all.

This is a space for the ones who hold everything together. The caregivers. The overthinkers. The deep feelers. The women who take care of everyone else, and are learning how to take care of themselves, too.

Inside each episode, you’ll find simple moments of pause — grounding practices, gentle reflections, and conversations about what it really means to slow down and reconnect with yourself. No pressure to be perfect. No fixing. Just space to feel, breathe, and come home to your body again.

If you’re overwhelmed, stretched thin, or just craving a softer way of being in the world, you’re in the right place.

Take a breath.
Let’s slow down together.

Connect with me:

🌱Follow me on Instagram

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🌱Visit my website for ways to work with me

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