Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Do you have a practice or an experience that you come to when you need to truly rest? When was the last time you did it? In today’s episode, you are going to consider what you need to do to feel truly rested. As an adult with responsibilities, sometimes rest takes a bit of planning and preparation. So let’s get started. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through a meditation to allow the body to speak. Find a comfortable place, give your body space to soften, and then read the signs it has been trying to tell you. Notice how you’re feeling. What is your body asking for that would help you rest deeper? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is something happening in your life that you can’t stop thinking about. It’s causing you anxiety and stealing your peace. What is it? And is it manageable? In today’s episode, you are going to figure out what is stealing your peace, and unpack from there. If it’s manageable, get it done. If it’s not - Rachel will share exactly what to do. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We work hard and play hard, but do we rest hard? Rest is so important! Giving yourself the space to restore, to tune into what you need, to soften and let go - that isn’t easy! This week on Self-Care Daily, we are making a commitment to rest and recovery. What do you need to do to slow down? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What activities bring you right into the here and now? What can you immerse yourself in for hours and not even notice the time go by? For today’s practice, that is what you are going to do. Find something that brings you into the present moment, where your mind is not wandering, where you can return home to yourself - and go do it. Rachel shares some examples. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The journey teaches us many lessons, like how to release control, to be more easy-going, and to move forward with grace. In today’s episode, you are going to focus on a journey you are on right now where you are actually able to enjoy the process. You aren’t dying for it to be over, or wishing it was anything different than what it is. What is that journey for you? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we appreciate the journey this week and shift our focus away from the end destination, today’s practice offers a meditation to bring you straight into the present moment. You will settle down, find what you need, and give yourself space to just enjoy the here and now. This is the practice - just you, in your body, present right now. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you consider yourself a controlling person? Even if you aren’t, there are probably areas of your life that you expect to go a certain way, and you get upset when they don’t. In today’s episode, we are going to contemplate what we are trying to control to the point that we are losing the moment on the way there. An area where you’ve lost sight of the journey and the learnings it brings. Life is asking you to let go and embrace the beauty of the unknown. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Throughout so much of life, we are focused on the destination. We want to get where we are going as quickly as possible. But when we rush through things, we miss out on a lot of life! This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to focus on being mindful through our projects, to slow down and actually smell the roses. We are going to enjoy life! Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have had plenty of moments to honor how far we’ve come this week. Today, for our self-care practice, we are going to throw ourselves a celebration. You will take an intentional moment, just for you, to celebrate everything that you have accomplished. Don’t forget that this is what it’s all about. Rachel will share exactly how to do it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this moment in time, what is something that you are really proud of yourself for accomplishing? What is something you can honestly say - you are so proud of yourself for making it through? In today’s episode, you are going to contemplate this and bask in that sense of pride. It took so much to make it where you are today, and you made it happen. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are going to dive into some gratitude today. You have accomplished a lot of things - and some of them were really hard. What is the hardest thing you have done lately? What boulder did you fight to push up a hill, and then you made it? You will contemplate that in today’s episode and give yourself a pat on the back. You made it through. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s human nature to jump from one task to another. Rarely do we take the time to bask in our accomplishments. But in today’s episode, that is exactly what we are going to do. You will reflect on areas where your life has come full circle, and then take the time to just enjoy them. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No matter what your life looks like right now, there is something that you have been working so, so hard at lately. Maybe your job is going amazing, maybe your family life feels effortless, or maybe you’ve just been doing a good job at putting one foot in front of the other through the challenges that have come your way. This week on Self-Care Daily, you are going to celebrate how far you’ve come. You’re doing a good job. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s time for some self-care. In today’s episode, you will have some space to quiet your mind, sit in stillness, and connect to your intuition. What do you need today for your wellbeing? What would make an impact? It’s time to figure it out - and go do it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this season of your life, in this moment in time, what are some self-care practices that have become non-negotiable in your daily routine? In today’s episode, you will write them down, contemplate them, appreciate them, and maybe do a little bit more of them. Rachel shares hers as well. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After contemplating the area of our health that we are struggling with yesterday, today we are going to turn to some gratitude. In what area of your health are you thriving in? What is working well for you? What are you doing a great job at? It’s important to remember how well we are doing when we are looking to make a change. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is a very human thing to struggle with certain areas of our health. Maybe you haven’t been getting enough sleep lately, or maybe your diet could use some work. Whatever it may be - life is full of ebbs and flows and peaks and valleys! In today’s episode, you will contemplate what is challenging you right now and find one simple thing that will help bring you out of the valley. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going back to the basics. There are so many healing modalities out there that sometimes we forget what we need at the centre of it all - is some good rest, good food, and to move our bodies. These are the foundational things we should do every day to truly live our best, healthy lives. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don’t blink or summer will be over! The seasons really go by so fast. In today’s episode, you are going to firmly set your intention for summer. Rachel will share exactly how to do that. Then, whenever you come to a fork in the road, you can return to your intention and allow it to be the guiding light through the season. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices