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106: Making Meditation Accessible for Ourselves & Our Kids with Keli Carpenter
106: Making Meditation Accessible for Ourselves & Our Kids with Keli Carpenter
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
For the past couple of episodes, we have been focusing a lot on mental health and how to overcome the many hurdles we are facing in our lives. And you've likely heard A LOT that meditation can be a powerful tool for mental health and wellbeing, right? Well if you're anything like me, when I first started dabbling in meditation it seemed like a tool that is "ideal" but not really "doable". And as a recovering perfectionist, if I can't do it "right" then I may as well not do it at all. Sound familiar, or is that just me??
I had to learn how to make meditation and mindfulness work FOR ME instead of it being yet another thing I was failing at. Here are some things that helped me get started:
- Giving myself permission to keep it short and sweet. Even 30 seconds was "enough"
- Inviting mindfulness into everyday moments, like washing the dishes or observing my kids play
- Offering loving kindness to myself and others during natural "downtime" like waiting in line or at a red light.
- Seeing it as an opportunity to model imperfect action to my kids
These practices have been instrumental in helping me be a more present, aware, and attuned mom AND have directly enabled me to be able to get the coveted "PAUSE" so I can respond rather than react when I'm triggered or overwhelmed.
If you're wanting to learn more about how mindfulness and meditation can help you as a parent, and maybe even your child when they are overwhelmed, you'll definitely want to check out this week's episode!
To help me in this conversation, I am joined by Keli Carpenter. She is a Chopra Center certified Transcendent Meditation (PSM®) instructor, Forgiveness Coach and Breathwork Practitioner, and a mother herself! Her commitment to maintaining her practice has allowed her to raise three beautiful children with mindfulness, overcome limiting self-concepts, and experience unity consciousness.
I had to learn how to make meditation and mindfulness work FOR ME instead of it being yet another thing I was failing at. Here are some things that helped me get started:
- Giving myself permission to keep it short and sweet. Even 30 seconds was "enough"
- Inviting mindfulness into everyday moments, like washing the dishes or observing my kids play
- Offering loving kindness to myself and others during natural "downtime" like waiting in line or at a red light.
- Seeing it as an opportunity to model imperfect action to my kids
These practices have been instrumental in helping me be a more present, aware, and attuned mom AND have directly enabled me to be able to get the coveted "PAUSE" so I can respond rather than react when I'm triggered or overwhelmed.
If you're wanting to learn more about how mindfulness and meditation can help you as a parent, and maybe even your child when they are overwhelmed, you'll definitely want to check out this week's episode!
To help me in this conversation, I am joined by Keli Carpenter. She is a Chopra Center certified Transcendent Meditation (PSM®) instructor, Forgiveness Coach and Breathwork Practitioner, and a mother herself! Her commitment to maintaining her practice has allowed her to raise three beautiful children with mindfulness, overcome limiting self-concepts, and experience unity consciousness.
Released:
Feb 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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