First This

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By: Kathryn Nicolai

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 lead through a meditation practice. First this, then that.

Unitask With Me
#184
Today at 5:00 AM


What's Most Advanced Is...
#183
10/27/2025


RAIN Method
#182
10/20/2025


Progressive Muscle Relaxation
#181
10/13/2025


Ope
#180
10/06/2025


Downshift, Then Decide
#179
09/29/2025


Non-Grasping
#178
09/22/2025


Cookie Monster
#177
09/15/2025


Metta to the People
#176
09/08/2025


Breathing School: Pursed Lip Breathing
#175
09/01/2025


1-2-3
#174
08/25/2025


Option 3
#173
08/18/2025


Slow Down
#172
08/11/2025


Performing Vs Being
#171
08/04/2025


Quiet Together
#170
07/28/2025


The Lights in Your House
#169
07/21/2025


It's Okay To Stop
#168
07/14/2025


Softly Softly
#167
07/07/2025


Hot Air Balloon
#166
06/30/2025

See the thoughts, let them drift by.


Talking To Your Brain
#165
06/23/2025


Tenderness Checkpoint
#164
06/16/2025


Bottom Up
#163
06/09/2025


Top Down
#162
06/02/2025


How Much Is Mine?
#161
05/26/2025


Emotional Completion
#160
05/19/2025


Human
#159
05/12/2025


Soften
#158
05/05/2025


Deflection Shield
#157
04/28/2025


Open
#156
04/21/2025


Rest & Digest
#155
04/14/2025


Your Spidey Sense (Encore)
#154
04/07/2025

Originally presented June 13, 2022

Let's learn to speak the language of the body, the oldest language ever devised. 


Then Step Back (Encore)
#153
03/31/2025

Originally presented December 25, 2023

Do your work, then step back. This is the only path to serenity.


Self-Compassion (Encore)
#152
03/24/2025

You, as much as any soul alive, deserve compassion.


How Observing Helps (Encore)
#151
03/17/2025

Originally presented as Episode 94, February 12, 2024

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


Joy? In This Economy?
#150
03/10/2025


The Radio Dial & The Pencil's Edge
#149
03/03/2025


Breathe With Me
#148
02/24/2025

Let's breathe in a way that helps our bodies reset to neutral.


Minding Your Business
#147
02/17/2025

Attend to your own truth.


Action Absorbs Anxiety
#146
02/10/2025


Two-Part Process
#145
02/03/2025

Awareness + Equanimity