When someone throws a microaggression your way, it can hit like a sting you didn’t see coming. The moment is subtle, but the impact is real. In this episode of Transition Awareness Breathing, Eartha guides you through a mindful, empowering way to protect your peace without losing yourself in the stress of the moment.

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You’ll learn how mirroring — a simple, reflective communication technique — helps you respond instead of react. Through calm breathing, intentional pauses, and clear boundaries, you’ll discover how to keep someone else’s negativity from settling into your spirit.

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This episode is a gentle reminder that your peace is worth protecting — and you can do it with strength, clarity, and calm.

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Eartha welcomes listeners to the new Deep Dive Transition Awareness Breathing podcast for a “mindful break” focused on awareness and imagination. She addresses the common logistical barriers to mindfulness, such as the belief that one lacks the time or money to practice, and notes that a simple 5-to-10-minute “breather” is a free resource. Eartha explores the concept of neuroplasticity, and explains that participating in new activities can help the brain reorganize neuron connections and improve focus. Throughout the exercise, Eartha encourages listeners to accept mental distractions as normal and to focus on their unique path, strengths, and personal growth. Next listeners are invited to deep dive to explore different types of boundaries and barriers that prevent personal and professional growth. Eartha identifies emotional barriers—specifically anger, pride, and anxiety—as major obstacles to open communication and peak performance. The discussion also covers physical and environmental barriers, such as workplace designs that create distance between people or background noises that cause distractions. Eartha highlights how perceptional barriers, such as stereotypes about different age groups, can create unfair expectations. The session concludes with a new activity called “Mindful Chat”. Find out what you got out of this Deep Dive Transition Awareness Breathing podcast by giving your feedback at the end of the podcast. 

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When life becomes overwhelming, it is common to feel as though your creativity or drive has vanished. However, it is essential to recognize that you may simply be in a period of dormancy. Just as grass turns brown during extreme heat to survive, we often pull back and do only the “bare minimum” to live when we are under significant stress.

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Recognizing the State of Dormancy

The first step toward recovery is awareness. Pay attention to the parts of your life that have gone dormant—perhaps you have stopped your creative hobbies or stepped away from community involvement. It is vital during this time to release self-judgment regarding how long you have been in this state.

Even when external “experts” or critics suggest that your hope or creativity is “dead,” remember that they may not understand your internal process. Like a garden recovering from a drought, your inner self knows how to function in extreme temperatures; it just needs the right environment to return.

Watering Your Awareness

To move from dormancy back into growth, you must begin “watering” your emotions and awareness. Here are key strategies for this transition:

Embracing the “New Growth”

It is important to realize that recovery takes time and will not happen overnight. As you work through trauma or stress, the growth that eventually emerges will not be exactly the same as what was there before—it is New Growth.

This new version of yourself is often stronger and richer because of the strength gathered during the struggle. By using your breath to release anger and tension, you allow a sense of gratitude to take root, eventually bringing forth new ideas and a renewed sense of joy.

If you find that you are doing the same things repeatedly with no change, see it as an indicator to re-evaluate and reflect. Growth is a learning experience, and sometimes we must recognize when we need help to make our “inner garden” pretty again. Don’t lose hope—the green is coming back.

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During this podcast, Eartha continues in part two of Growing Through Pain. When we are stressed, we may become dormant for a while. It is essential to be aware of our bodies, our minds, and how we are becoming inactive. anything good 

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I think that’s a good indicator to look at how we are working through

Situations. A change may be the solution to stimulate ourselves to progress through stress. Reflect on experiences and pull out what you learned. This is a growing experience. When moving through stress and trauma, it is helpful to reevaluate and reflect on new growth and progress.

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Our episode today will include a reflection practice. Eartha will guide you through a demonstrative workshop on how our bodies respond to stress, anxiety, and pain. To fully appreciate the workshop and to add interactive qualities to this podcast, you should listen to or watch this podcast outside (if possible). When we interact with nature, we allow ourselves to experience smells, sounds, textures, and other sensations that feed our brains information. During a drought season, vegetation may appear dead. With observation and awareness of how vegetation responds to stress, we can learn how to regenerate our energy and find new hope. 

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In this podcast, I am sharing information that will help provide an element of moving forward toward a healthy healing process because of erratic, chaotic, and stressful environments. 

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I share an equation that breaks down elements of stress. I learned about this equation during a workshop that I completed with Gina M. Biegel in her Stressed Teens workshop, Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches, Second Edition 2014 189-212. Gina credits this equation with Shinzen Young (2004). This equation is stress equals pain times blockers(S=PxB). This can be a helpful tool that can help focus on emotional, environmental, and social factors that contribute to current destructive environments.

I define “destructive” environments/hosts as situations or activities that intentionally disrupt peace and promote harm to communities or individuals based on gender, religion, race, culture, or economic status. Destructive environments get a lot of attention. The goal of harmful host/environments are to get attention or control. We may not have much control over destructive behaviors that feed into the media, educational environment, or political arenas. We do have control over how we respond. When something tragic and chaotic happens, the typical reaction may be to freeze because the mind is trying to capture what is happening.

We’re trying to scan our environment so that we can respond. 

The calmer we are, the better we can respond with strategy and logic so that we can respond safely to the best of our ability to keep ourselves and our families safe. But even then, when there are erratic conditions, we’re stumbling and trying to make sense of it. As a result, the mental pain, the physical pain, and the emotional pain are something that may take a while to recover from. That recovery is so important to recognize what has gone on and an acceptance of the pain and the loss. Identifying behaviors or situations that prevent us from healing and improving the future is also essential. 

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Join Eartha on a mindful walk with her special guest, Swan—a spirited rescue terrier mix with a story of her own. In this episode, Eartha explores what happens when we bring mindfulness into our everyday interactions, even with our pets. You’ll hear how gentle redirection, curiosity, and awareness can turn a simple walk into a shared practice of presence.

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This is also a story about reaching beyond ourselves to bring out the best in another being. Swan was rescued from the kill list when Eartha’s daughter chose to foster her, giving her a second chance at life. At first, Swan was anxious and full of zoomies, unsure of her place in the world. But through patience, obedience training, and mindful reassurance, her true personality emerged—friendly, loving, and deeply grateful.

As Swan settled into her new family, she reminded everyone that healing is mutual. She is grateful to be with them, and they are grateful to have her. Together, they show us how practice—whether mindfulness or compassion—can transform fear into trust and connection.

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In our last episode, we explored self‑talk and how easily we can slip into negative inner conversations that slow us down or stop us from moving toward our goals. In this episode, Eartha brings that idea into the kitchen, using the simple act of making pancakes as a mindfulness practice. When a pancake doesn’t turn out the way we hoped, we don’t give up — we try again. That small shift is the heart of transforming negativity into a growth mindset.

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A growth mindset invites us to focus on what we can improve rather than judging ourselves. It’s a way of seeing life through honest facts while staying aware of our emotional process. When we criticize one small part of our experience, we often overlook the much larger portion that’s going well. This episode helps us recognize the full picture — and ourselves — with more clarity and compassion.

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In this episode, Eartha gently guides listeners through the challenges of negative self‑talk and the emotional weight it can carry. Using mindfulness as an anchor, she introduces the PAWS technique—Stop, Wait, Asess, Proceed—a simple yet powerful way to pause, breathe, and respond with clarity rather than judgment.

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Listeners explore how positive self‑talk and self‑coaching can become reliable tools for navigating difficult moments. Through interactive reflection, Eartha encourages participants to create affirmations they can lean on when facing criticism, doubt, or inner negativity.

This episode reminds us that without a healthy defense strategy, negative messages—whether from ourselves or others—can take root. By the end, listeners will walk away with a mindful, compassionate toolkit to counteract unhelpful inner dialogue and strengthen their emotional resilience.

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In this episode, Eartha invites us to explore the changing seasons—both in nature and in life—as gentle teachers of growth, renewal, and resilience. Through mindful reflection, you are invited to reflect on your favorite season and the emotions it brings. Eartha discusses how season’s cycles mirror our own journeys through change, loss, and new beginnings.

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Like a garden resting in dormancy before blooming again, Eartha guides the discussion on how life’s pauses and challenges can hold hidden potential for renewal. Stories of cherished memories, navigating transitions, and preparing future generations reminded us that even in difficult times, beauty and strength can be found.

Together, we reflected on:

Listeners will be guided through a relaxation practice, invited to reflect on their favorite season, and encouraged to notice how they absorb its arrival. A special clip on pelicans weathering rough waters will remind us of the quiet strength we carry within.

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