A Short Meditation Podcast

First This

First This is a short mindfulness and meditation podcast by Kathryn Nicolai, creator of Nothing Much Happens. Take ten minutes to settle your mind, observe your breath, and be gently led through a meditation practice.

First this, then that.

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A Useful Question

When the voice inside you isn't helpful, try this.

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Savoring

Maybe the point of your life is to enjoy it.

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More Self-Compassion

You, like every other soul, deserve kindness.

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For The Intellectualizers

Sometime we think it so we don't have to feel it.

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Stories We Tell

Is that story you're telling true? Is it helping you?

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Hot Air Balloon

See the thoughts, let them drift by.

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Quiet Together

Notice your approach.

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Descriptive vs Prescriptive

Notice your approach.

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The Other Side (Encore)

A meditation on perspective and being here while now is happening.

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Tell Me Everything

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Control

I get it, we want to feel like we have control. Let's build peace instead.

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Yup, Those Are Thoughts

Your thought have the power you give them.

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Make Space

Undealt with stuff that takes up space that you need. Let's reclaim that space.

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I Wish I Could Show You

Let me remind you, I am behind you.

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Focus Practice

Paying attention improves with practice, let's do it.

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More Metta

May all beings everywhere be happy and free, may my actions in some way contribute.

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Meditator, Archaeologist

Pith helmets on! Let's see what's down there.

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How Observing Helps

Between shutting down and reacting there is an option, it's called observation.

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Tiger At The Door

When someone brings you a gift, you don't have to accept it.

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Feeling Is Being

Just by feeling whatever your senses show, you are meditating.