The Well of Being

How to process when it feels like the world is ending Jul 12, 2024

In this vulnerable episode, M.E.C. dives into how she's been feeling overwhelmed and small as the media continues to broadcast how our world seems to be falling apart. If you're feeling eco-anxiety, fear and anger over humanitarian crises, or buried under all the negative news, this episode is for you. M.E.C. talks about our never-ending access to media, processing our responses to communal grief, and how to stay motivated to take action during these difficult times. As always, you've got this.

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Mini Meditation: Finding Relief from Dread Jul 06, 2024

In this 6 minute mini meditation, M.E.C. validates the experience of feeling dread, how to reframe the feeling, and how she overcomes its overwhelming nature. Each cognitive exercise is gently spaced by a grounding moment to help ease anxious feelings during the practice.

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Dealing with Dread Feb 21, 2024

Navigating anxious and paralyzing feelings of dread is incredibly difficult. In this episode, MEC walks you through how she recognizes when the feeling of dread is affecting her life, how to reframe those overwhelming emotions, and most importantly, tips on how to tackle them and live your life. As always, you've got this.

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The Well of Being Season 2 Trailer Sep 06, 2023

It's so good to be back. After a few months revisiting my own mental health and clarifying what I want this incredible space to become, I now bring you Season 2 of The Well of Being Podcast. Stay tuned for more musings, mini meditations, ASMR moments, special guests, gratitude journals, and much more.

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Mini Meditation: Calming Manifestation Jun 01, 2023

Manifest and meditate with M.E.C. as she leads you through a visualization exercise in her garden. It's hard to set aside mental space to daydream and imagine what we want out of life in the near future. This 7 minute exercise gives you the grounded space to do so. This meditation features outdoor ASMR elements to create a calming atmosphere regardless of where you are (TW: bird chirps for those with phobias). This episode was designed to be listened to multiple times, so feel free to listen any time you need some help setting aside time to figure out what you want from the future, whether it be 15 minutes from now or 5 years away. As always, you've got this.

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[Video] Manifesting. May 15, 2023

How do you manifest the things you want in life? M.E.C. talks about the popular process of "manifesting" aka declaring what you want, so you can to get what you want. From her personal success with vision boards, to the power of admitting the things you want from life, this episode dives into how to mentally approach going after your goals. This practice helps you to define your hopes and change your perspective to make them a reality. Wishing you all a lovely week ahead, and as always, you've got this.

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Episode Chapters/Timestamps:

0:00: What is manifesting

4:49: Admitting what we want is powerful

10:10: Believing in ourselves feels weird

16:10: How to manifest

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[Video] Mini Meditation: Affirmations for Imposter Syndrome May 08, 2023

M.E.C. shares some words of self-compassion she tells herself when her imposter syndrome makes life more difficult. These statements are all about learning to treat ourselves with more kindness and grace. This episode was designed to be listened to multiple times, so feel free to listen any time you need to be more gentle with yourself and make self-compassion a more familiar habit. It may be hard to believe these statements at first, but it becomes easier to speak to yourself kindly with practice. As always, you've got this.

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[Video] Imposter Syndrome. Mar 30, 2023

Imposter syndrome AKA feelings of self-doubt, like you don't deserve opportunities, or don't belong in a particular space. These feelings often lead us to struggle in environments where we're being evaluated, like school or work. Today M.E.C. dives into her own ongoing journey in confronting her imposter syndrome, what helps her in times of doubt, and exploring how intersectionality plays a role. Here's to believing in ourselves, even when our inner critic and unwelcoming spaces make it more difficult. As always, you've got this. 🧡

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Mini Meditation: Weekly Reflection Exercise Mar 15, 2023

A mini meditation teaching you to reflect on both the good and not-so-great parts of your week. By learning to acknowledge your emotions in different moments, and how situations continue to affect us, we can learn to process our week in a reflective and non-intimidating way.

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How to recover from a difficult week Mar 10, 2023

We all have weeks that frankly suck from time to time. In this episode, M.E.C. discusses how she's dealing with the mental and physical stress that accompanies a difficult week in life. From fostering a growth mindset to allowing yourself to indulge without guilt, this episode is great for anyone who wants to take steps to support themselves even when life seems to be doing its worst.

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Mini Meditation: Self Care Body Scan Mar 05, 2023

In this 10 minute mini meditation, M.E.C. leads a short body scan and guides you in learning how your stress may manifest physically. With this information, you can learn to identify some of your mental and physical needs, and plan out some self care techniques to help. This meditation is designed to be listened to when ever you need a guide to slowing down, tapping into your physical form, and reflecting on the question: "How do you really feel right now?".

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Why is it hard to take care of myself? Feb 12, 2023

Many of us humans are not good at taking care of ourselves. As Valentine's Day approaches, M.E.C. takes a deeper look into what self love could look like through the lens of taking care of our emotional needs. From the guilt we associate with putting ourselves first to prioritizing our own fulfillment, M.E.C. breaks down her approach to sustainable self care throughout the week.

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Mini Meditation: Tea Time with M.E.C. ASMR Feb 01, 2023

In this ASMR mini mediation, M.E.C. invites you into her favorite mindful practice, preparing a hot cup of tea. From the sound of porcelain mugs to water boiling, this immersive story meditation is a relaxing break with some gentle reminders to find your own natural moments where you find yourself at ease and in-tune with your body and mind.

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I Don't Know How To Fully "Be Present" Feb 01, 2023

This week, M.E.C. dives into the concept of "being present" and why it's so freaking difficult. From our obsession with the future & planning to our inability to sit with our own thoughts, being mindful throughout the day is a challenge for most. Acknowledging that we weren't exactly taught how to live in the moment might be the first step to creating some intentional practices to find your music-video-mindful moment throughout the day.

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Mini Meditation: Building Your Self-Confidence Jan 24, 2023

A companion meditation to the "Finding Confidence" episode, this mini meditation focuses on making yourself familiar with the act of visualizing your own success. This meditation is designed to help center you with an intentional posture, introduce a mental practice, and offer a small 5 minute mental break from your busy day. Take a listen whenever you need to provide yourself with a small confidence boost.

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Finding Confidence Jan 22, 2023

In this episode, M.E.C. challenges our societal idea of what confidence looks like & redefines confidence in a way that applies to us all and not just your local Girl Boss. By sharing personal anecdotes of discovering her own confidence challenges, this episode gives a relatable and honest pep talk to anyone looking to believe in themselves just a bit more.

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Mini Meditation: Learning to Love Your Body & Self Jan 16, 2023

A 5-minute guided practice to encourage you to build your relationship with your vessel. Each time you listen to this guided meditation, try to come up with one new thing you love about yourself. This will be key in building your relationship with yourself and learning to focus on the positive things we notice about our body & self rather than the opposite.

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Love my body...but how? Jan 15, 2023

I'm diving into one of my new year's goals about how I see my body: I would like to like my reflection more often than not. Much harder to say than do, and I'm talking about where my insecurities with my skin come from, how I noticed them affecting me, and what I'm doing to heal my relationship with my vessel.

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Mini Meditation: For when you need a fresh start Jan 06, 2023

A little pep talk for when you need some help reflecting and starting something new. You've got this.

Rebooting 2023 Goals: reflecting over resolutions Jan 06, 2023

Happy 2023! This episode focuses on reflecting on the past year to guide new goals and approaches for this new one. Resolutions can honestly be very discouraging and place an emphasis on goals that don't truly do us justice. I've come up with a more approachable, feel good way of creating goals that focus on making YOU happier and not getting caught up amid "New Year, New Me" posts on Instagram.

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Mini Pod & ASMR: This is my healing arc. Jan 02, 2023

This episode is a video podcast optimized for Spotify, featuring a mix of ASMR and talking. Link to YouTube video: https://youtu.be/V8tBpDsLxSQ

It feels weird to announce one's own intention of healing, but there's something satisfying about starting such a journey with honesty, intention, and lots of Avatar: The Last Airbender references. Mental health has been a big focus of mine for the past year, and I want to document my path dealing with anxiety and becoming a happier human. Cheers to anyone on a similar journey, let's figure it out together. Happy 2023 to you!

What happens after? Post-depression episode Dec 27, 2022

If you've ever had a period of time where you haven't felt like yourself, you know the return to "normal" can be strange. There are periods where you don't feel awful, but you definitely don't feel great either. It's like a strange middle space where you're learning to be YOU again. Today's episode explores all these feelings as I discuss my recent depression episode and how I'm bouncing back from it.

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Dear Fellow People Pleaser. Oct 26, 2022

I am a person who chronically tries to put other humans before myself, often at my own mental expense. I know there are tons of other people who struggle with their compulsion to please others, and if you're one of them, this episode is for you. And if you think you don't struggle with it, I urge you to take a listen to see if it may be something you're just not recognizing because it's so normal to you. Let's unpack people pleasing together. :)

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Mini Meditation: Contentment Jul 29, 2022

A little practice to help you ground yourself in a moment of joy you found during your day. We're often pretty present in our minds when we judge ourselves or reflect on our person, but not so much when experiencing little joyous moments throughout the day. Try paying as much attention to little happy moments as you do to your own inner dialogue. You've got this. :)

Are you content? 'Cause IDK. Jul 29, 2022

This week we're tackling the concept of what it means to be "content". I've been thinking a lot lately about what exactly it means to feel content, and what it means for humans like us who are trying to heal from whatever the heck is making us feel mentally unwell. Let me know what makes you feel content and some things that make you struggle with the concept on my Instagram!

SOS in a mental health rut Jul 15, 2022

The unpacking session of what to do when you're feeling a *emotionally constipated* AKA in a mental health rut. I'm sorting through the feelings of guilt and sensitivity that typically comes up when I feel like this, and share some of your advice too. You've got this.

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Mini Meditation: For when you don't feel like yourself Jul 15, 2022

A little audio TLC for when you're not feeling great. If you find yourself in a mental health rut, and need some validation to take a break and take care of yourself without guilt, give this a listen. Feel free to come back and listen as many times as you need. You've got this.

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Welcome to The Well of Being Jul 14, 2022

Hi lovely human, here's a little trailer for what's to come on The Well of Being podcast! I really wanted to make a space where figuring out what works for your mind and body doesn't need to be overly stressful. The pod will feature longer real talk sessions about mental health, the online wellness space, and my personal journey, AND also shorter, bite-sized affirmation and meditations for when your brain needs a little TLC. Welcome, I'm truly so glad you're here. :)

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