Mindfulness and Self Care Tips for Midlife Moms: The Balance Blueprint

Do you feel a little hard done by?
A heaviness in your heart because you felt someone let you down.
Perhaps you had a disagreement, or felt unsupported by a loved one or a colleague you thought knew you better.
Feeling unheard, misunderstood and well, even a little bit angry having bumped up against an uncomfortable situation or conversation that went down a road you might now regret.
This happens us all. You are human! And this short mindful meditation will help you feel into this moment with care and kindness and help you repair.
It will guide you to a place of allowing things to be the way they are and to let go of having to feel the weight of your emotions so tightly.
If this helps you feel lighter and less controlled by your heavy thoughts, I have more to offer you in my new Ultimate Guide to a Balanced Home and Work Life. It gives you 4 steps to help quieten the noisy mind, build resilience and strengthen relationships so you can unlock the balanced lifestyle you deserve.
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This is a guided mindful meditation called a Moment to Forgive.
It offers mindful guidance if you’re coming through conflict and feel you've been harmed or hard done by, and it feels like ALOT.
Take this moment to pause, quieten the body and mind and give yourself this momentary sanctuary of peace- which is what Forgiveness will also offer you.
But forgiveness is hard and typically, we’re not able to forgive because we’re holding on to a lot of pain. This forgiveness practice shines a spotlight of awareness on how it feels right now, and invites compassion to the pain you're holding onto.
It's not easy to forgive but you can start by opening up and creating a little more space.
Allowing anger, bitterness or resentment to be here, but loosening the grip they have on you. Forgiveness is really the release of the emotional charge that comes with the bitterness and even vengeance towards the person that may have harmed you. Regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness.
This brave and gentle practice of forgiveness can help you turn toward the future instead of resenting the past. To realise you don't need to keep torturing yourself, with sleepless nights, being physically sick, exhausted, panic attacks. This is already enough - let go of the pain and consider the possibility of freeing your heart and untangling the knot it's managed to wrangle itself into.

Forgiveness is not condoning what's happened, or agreeing with it. You don’t even have to like it. It’s the realisation that holding onto what happened is in itself painful.

‘'Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future’', Paul Boese

Forgiveness can be a practice, and one worth practicing because it can be so liberating and freeing. Letting go of resentment and grudges and bringing more compassion, more love and more care to the world.

[credit to Dr Diana Winston for her inspiration for this guided meditation and thoughts]

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This conversation is a treat.
It will inspire you and hopefully, give you much food for thought as you navigate the big decisions in your life.
Gerry (originally from Ireland) completed a four-year Masters in Mindfulness-Based Teaching (with me!) at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University in Wales, one of the most renowned institutions for mindfulness research and practice in the world.
Before this he was a Vice President in a large American entertainment company based in Amsterdam, and has worked in marketing for almost thirty years. He and his wife, Christina (from the Netherlands ), are now living in Vilanculos in Mozambique, where they run MindWise (www.mindwise.me) offering mindfulness and yoga-based retreats in Mozambique, South Africa and in Europe, teaching mindfulness to local schoolchildren, running face-to-face themed workshops and teaching mindfulness to corporate companies. Together they also offer mindful holiday retreats to their little home in Mozambique overlooking the Indian Ocean, which I hope one day to experience!

We hear how Gerry faced burnout in his executive career and after much reflection and struggle made some very big changes in his life. He shares his experience and weaves in some beautiful poetry and images to highlight the beauty and strength of mindfulness in navigating this one precious life we all have.
There is so much to unpack here and here are the top three takeaways of the discussion:
1. Life is Change and the essence of our experience is change. It makes us who we are. The more you navigate, the stronger you become, each decision and opportunity preparing you for the next
2. Flow like a river. Be open to what's here, without judgement, blame or pushing it away. Realising that it's already here. Instead, unfold like a river, bending and twisting around it's undiscovered bends. Be carried away by the surprise of your own unfolding path
3. Embrace the groundlessness. Like the birds who have to leave the nest to learn how to fly, take that chance and jump into the unknown. You never know, it might just be the best thing you ever did!

You can find Gerry on Instagram HERE
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Do you have a potentially stressful situation coming up?
Are you feeling nervous, apprehensive, anxious even?
You’ll want to hear what Mindfulness Coach, Sally Singleton @mindful.interlude has to say about dealing with this 👇🏻
In this weeks episode Sally spills the beans 🙌🏼
She gives us 3 ways to handle planned big events that might be causing those nervous butterflies
AND
Handle stressful situations that might jump up on us out of the blue 😵‍💫
I met Sally at Bangor Uni where we were both doing our Masters in Mindfulness together and I’ve been a fan of her work ever since ☺️
This episode is especially for you if you’re a Coach or Wellness practitioner or... sometimes put a ‘coaching’ hat on in your day job
...You will benefit from meeting Sally and having her in your life. She’s pretty wonderful ✨🤍
Here are the links to Sally's work:
Prepare for a call meditation (5 mins): Spend 5 minutes using this guided meditation to get you ‘in the zone’ before each coaching call to help you:

• Feel calm, confident and fully prepared for your call
• Show up feeling fully present, focused and available for your client
• Become aware of any unhelpful thinking which might negatively impact your or your client’s results.

www.mindfulinterlude.co.uk/focusmed

Find your focus meditation (10 mins): This 10-minute meditation from Sally helps you focus your attention and discover which place in your body is the most grounding for you. When you know this, you can tap into your anchor at any time during the day to refocus. It can be super helpful to connect to your anchor when you’re on a client call to help you feel confident, focused and present.

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Website
www.mindfulinterlude.co.uk

The Mindful Guide~Work-Life Harmony for busy professionals

Today’s episode is a guided mindful meditation.
It's a practice which may help you settle when you’re feeling unsettled.
This is a 10- minute guided mindful meditation to Access a Moment of Calm
I hope you like it.

The Mindful Guide~Work-Life Harmony for busy professionals