Inner peace or bust
Meditation: Calm, Calm LightLength: 3 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Like a visit with a comfortable friend I’m on a plane now. We miraculously managed to get out of the Midwest on a flight only slightly delayed, a real feat lately with Covid and weather and employee shortages and all that. Not to…
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Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #5Length: 11 minutes Where: Bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: Daydreamy- I floated away… These Transforming Anger sessions are good! This one was about recognizing that feeling anger can be a good thing. For instance, when we feel our anger in a time of injustice, it can motivate us to feel more empathy…
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Meditation: Calm, Calm LightLength: 3 minutesWhere: Bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: My shoulders relaxed an inchWho Joined Me: Steve We survived Christmas! We were up at 7:30am, since we have one kid left who is still young enough to be too excited to sleep in. (We all collectively agreed to remember how sleepy we felt next…
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Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #4Length: 11 minutes Where: Sitting room, MichiganHow It Felt: Soooo calming Who Joined Me: Steve Downstairs at the moment, making a midnight snack to take to the reading chair in our bedroom where I have serious plans to finish my book. The kids are in bed, excited to wake up early…
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Meditation: Balance, Daily MeditationLength: 10 minutes Where: Our bedroom in my uncles’ house, Huntington, INHow It Felt: Loved it! My family’s Christmas party was a blast this year. We were having so much fun that we stayed up playing cards and laughing until 4:30am- and then went to the kitchen to pick over what was…
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Meditation: Calm, Deep SleepLength: 6 minutes Where: In bed, Los AngelesHow It Felt: Calming I didn’t have much time to sleep last night, since my auto show turnaround was only 10 hours. Lots of flashbacks to last weekend! But with some huge differences, the biggest being having my wonderful husband here with me. Last night…
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Meditation: Calm, 7 Days of Happiness: Practice GratitudeLength: 12 minutesWhere: Comfy Living Room Chair, Los AngelesHow It Felt: Nice. Sleepy. I paused on the Chopra series I was doing for now, since I have those meditations forever (a Christmas gift from Steve) and I only have Calm for a few more months. I may as…
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Meditation: Headspace, Wind Down: NotingLength: 3 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Empowering Oh, man. I literally just finished this meditation and I know I need to get to sleep, which is why I would normally write this blog tomorrow, but I really want to remember this exact feeling. I chose a wind…
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Meditation: Headspace, Everyday Headspace: StillnessLength: 11 minutesWhere: Bedroom, Los AngelesHow It Felt: Beautiful I just wanted to be still yesterday. I wanted to just turn it all off and focus on breath. The Everyday Headspace session was perfect for that. We spent the day finishing the first season of Ted Lasso and I am emotionally…
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Meditation: Headspace, Wind Down: Light Visualization Length: 5 minutes Where: In Bed, Los Angeles How It Felt: Relaxing I chose a sleep meditation on purpose last night, as I really did need help sleeping. I was jazzed. Worked up from an amazing party with wonderful people, anxious and excited to tape my audition in the…
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My Year of Meditation 