The mindfulcounseling's Podcast

Appreciation and Gratitude

Take time to notice your breath and how it feels. Your breath is your source of life to move forward, acknowledge and appreciate. We often forget how we got here on the first place. We take things for granted without acknowledging what our ancestors didn't have. Light switches, cars, technology. If we lost all of it than what we are left with is life itself. The purpose of your breath and that it can continue on to allow you to move forward and to do things you want to do. Take this episode to appreciate and be grateful for what you have and how far can you allow your breath to take you. 

Purpose in Gossiping

What is our purpose in gossiping? What does it fulfill in our life? Gossiping is real and it exists in all of us. Whether good or bad, we spend about 40-52 minutes a day gossiping. Both men and women gossip, and it all may be around different topics. The purpose of this episode is to focus on how much gossip do you do and whether or not is serves a purpose in your life positively or negatively. Gossip allows us to belong, however if it didn't exist for a day or a week, what other conversation would you have? Enjoy and Suggest Topics if you like for my next podcast? 

Self Care through Healthy Boundaries

The importance of continued self-care through healthy boundaries with others even with yourself. Most of the times we are good at taking care of other people's needs and requests. Sometimes at our own cost and own needs being put aside. To establish healthy boundaries means having awareness that you are important and that your needs require the same attention as others. People and responsibilities come in a way when it comes to your needs. However, by providing self with needed time, relaxation and pleasure can also make you a better person for self. Through development of healthy boundaries, we let others know we are important too. What are your Healthy Boundaries and can you give yourself sometime today to take care of YOU?

Be Kind To Self

Take some time for yourself to recognize that not only it is important to take care of others but that taking care of yourself is equally as important. To be kind to self is to recognize, to pause and care for your own inner and outer needs. Regardless of our busy schedules or picking up extra activities and tasks, you are important as well. Your kindness shines when others know and see that you can have a balance between self and others. Take few moments here to pause, reflect and acknowledge your own kindness to self and what it may look like. 

The Importance of Human Connections

With the upcoming Holidays, we are all thinking of how to spend our time. We wonder what relationships are important to us and what happens when we are surrounded by difficult people, friends or families. Human connections are important and especially when they are healthy and positive. They increase positive mood and motivate us to connect more. If we surround ourselves with difficult people and whatever you might consider unhealthy relationships, they can become more dreadful and tiring on our mental health. Think about how important a human connection is to you and what you consider healthy relationship for your own mental health.  

The Importance of Human Connections

With the upcoming Holidays, we are all thinking of how to spend our time. We wonder what relationships are important to us and what happens when we are surrounded by difficult people, friends or families. Human connections are important and especially when they are healthy and positive. They increase positive mood and motivate us to connect more. If we surround ourselves with difficult people and whatever you might consider unhealthy relationships, they can become more dreadful and tiring on our mental health. Think about how important a human connection is to you and what you consider healthy relationship for your own mental health.  

What does your anxiety look like?

Whether due to Covid or not, anxiety exists and it can take over our body. It takes over our calm thoughts, rested heart and spirals down affecting our nervous system and physical body. Anxiety often occurs if we feel threatened by others or by our own thoughts. We have anxiety if we feel out of control, overconsumed by worries and fears. Anxiety can feel like pressure on your chest, racing thoughts, even feelings of passing out. What is your anxiety about? What is it that you are possibly avoiding or are worried about? Where is it that your anxiety resides? What can you do about it today?

being scared is normal

Acknowledging your own fear and worry is normal. I thought that the Hurricane Ida did not affect me much, but after some reflecting, I realized that it did. I was scared, worried and at the same time collected. Many people were affected by the Hurricane Ida. Many people were scared, stranded, flooded, lost homes or families. When you are in a horrific situation it sure can bring up many different thoughts, feelings and memories for you. I cannot relate in many ways, but I can relate when it comes to fear, worry and feeling powerless. What pushes us forward? What is our survival strategy in moments of fear?

This episode was recorded shortly after the Hurricane Ida, with barely any sleep, to reflect and to share. To allow others to relate and to reflect on their own experiences with Ida or other horrifying events. 

Beyond Compromise

Compromise starts with your inner dialogue and it's only up to you of how far you want to take it. How can we as the world today compromise with what we do not know? How do we compromise with others that are different than us? Compromise can start with compassion, empathy and curiosity. Compromise can allow us to educate ourselves on things we do not know. Through compromise we can grow, strengthen and be better as a world.

Acknowledge your Tiredness

Spend a moment of your time just acknowledging your present moment. Are you tired? How are you willing to take care of yourself during that moment? Our responsibilities overwhelm us and disable us mentally. We run on overdrive and at times with many cups of coffee to make it through the day. Taka a moment to acknowledge your "tired self" and then move forward.