Here’s an excerpt from a meditation that was part of my most recent podcast ‘first of all, check inward’ shared in the context of an upcoming virtual workshop I am hosting with Nicole Schiener @peaceandpossibility , Registered Psychotherapist and Compassion Fatigue Professional, ‘Caring Without Carrying It All.’

May you enjoy these almost 4 minutes to check inward and put ‘it’ all down and then return when you want to let go and put ‘it’ all down again.

Listen here

When the opportunity arises and you can take a moment to tune ‘it’ all out, if you so choose, maybe this brief meditation (almost four minutes) might resonate for you; a ‘time out’ to slow down, to let ‘it’ go, to momentarily put down the overwhelm. I acknowledge and honor where you may be, the experience you may be living, what you may be navigating, who you may be caring for in addition to yourself. May you feel ease, some relief and care for yourself and each other (those who you know and those who you do not yet know).

If we honor and care for your own capacity, would you agree that we make more room to care for and honor and ‘see’ others

May you find benefit. Wishing you the best.
Wishing you more peace inside. Praying for peace for all beings.

The title of this meditation shares the name of this 4 week virtual group program Nicole Schiener, (Registered Psychotherapist and Compassion Fatigue Professional), and I are hosting in February 2024 for Sensitive Changemakers, Helping Professionals, Caregivers and Creatives. @peaceandpossibility

February 2024

PRE-APPROVED for 3 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.

Join us to
Reduce overwhelm, reactivity and exhaustion
Prevent burnout and compassion fatigue
Develop and set better boundaries
Know what matters to you and what you want
Deepen trust in yourself

Know your limits
Know your wants
Listen to and make sense of your finely tuned nervous system
Practice body based exercises and trauma informed experiences to support you in caring without carrying it all
Slow down
Let go
Trust your intuition and somatic knowing.

We have designed this program to support you in protecting your time and energy and to honour your capacity and needs as a changemaker, helping professional, creative and caregiver.
www.CaringWithoutCarryingItAll.com

Thanks for tuning in to you.

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Tune in for an audio experience to connect to yourself with kindness and compassion and a curiosity to go inward and care about yourself.
To Individual and collective healing.

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Sources, teachers, authors, mentioned on the podcast
Tara Brach
www.TaraBrach.com

Kelly McGonical
www.KellyMcGonical.com

Sivan Talmor- music

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life coaching, mindfulness, positive psychology, intuition, dance your intuition, transformation and individual and collective change and more.

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I’d say it’s a perfect time for a retrospective of the podcast series #Motherhood #LetsCreateAVillage.  The podcast series that connected me with so many wise guests and listeners from all over the globe. This is a series that I love and benefitted so much from hosting and producing as I too navigate this wondrous journey as a mum to 2 boys (now 9 and 6 years old). I also have a pup named Lucy who helped prepare me for motherhood,  she is now 12.

In 2019 I created a timeless three part special as a celebration of the series called, The Mother’s Day Revue including a bonus episode, featuring some of my favourite bits and ‘brand new hits’. Beloved guests who graced the series and helped me make sense and bring meaning, insight and joy to this experience include, Harriet Lerner, Asha Frost, Dr. Deborah MacNamara, Ellen Bettmann, Christine Carter Ph.D, Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, Dr. Laura Markham, Tanya M. Odom, Karen Brody, Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed, Michelle Osbourne, Renee Trudeau, Alane Freund, Helané Wahbeh, Irene Lyon, Nic Stack, Madonna Maher, Sheryl Paul, Kimberly Manning, Marion Light, Trine Veiss Mikkelson, Anna Seewald, my own beautiful mother, and more…

Part 1 – The Mother’s Day Revue: Part 1 with Harriet Lerner, Elizabeth Cohen, Sheryl Paul and more

Part 2- The Mother’s Day Revue: Part 2 with Dr. Laura Markham, Dr. Deborah MacNamara, Christine Carter Ph.D, and more.

Part 3- The Mother’s Day Revue, Part 3 with Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed, Michelle Osbourne, Asha Frost, Tanya Odom, Ellen Bettmann &Nic Strack.

The Bonus Episode- The Mother’s Day Review Finale –

Featuring a special conversation with a special woman in my life: MY mother.
And other guests including Helané Wahbeh, Alane Freund, Trine Veiss Mikkelsen, Kimberley Manning, Renee Trudeau and more.
I also share more favourite bits and wrap up hits on topics that include: Feminism, sensitivity, nervous system health, intuition, menstrual health, self-care and more.

May you benefit and share it with those you know will as well.

Be sure to tune in to more conversations, series and audio experiences to connect you to your intuition and inner wisdom as you navigate this wondrous experience of living this life as you are. www.JulieinConversation.com 

Share in the comments below some of the nuggets of wisdom you are gaining from these conversations.

Here’s to you as you navigate these times, these times of ‘prolonged uncertainty’, as called by Esther Perel, these times that are accurately reflected in these words ‘ we are all in the same storm, but in different boats.’ Here’s to you during these times of fluctuating feelings, disruptions and change. Here’s to trusting the earth, to trusting yourself and to the possibilities before us.

Cheers to you, with love,

Julie

About me:

Julie is a Certified Life Coach and Intuitive Consultant based in Montreal, Canada. She is the podcast host and producer of Julie in Conversation and also the host of  “Dance your Intuition’  a monthly in person and virtual event.

Julie works with artists, changemakers, parents, entrepreneurs and people interested in their own well-being and that of their family, neighbours and planet. Julie helps individuals trust their intuition, use their voice for positive change, gain clarity, and lead with meaning and purpose; individuals going through life transitions, experiencing self-doubt, and feeling stuck; individuals on their way to publishing their book, writing their song, making their film, giving their talk and getting their kids’ to school on time.   www.JulieCusmariu.com

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