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 lead through a meditation practice. First this, then that.
Unitask With Me
What's Most Advanced Is...
RAIN Method
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Ope
Downshift, Then Decide
Non-Grasping
Cookie Monster
Metta to the People
Breathing School: Pursed Lip Breathing
1-2-3
Option 3
Slow Down
Performing Vs Being
Quiet Together
The Lights in Your House
It's Okay To Stop
Softly Softly
Hot Air Balloon
See the thoughts, let them drift by.
Talking To Your Brain
Tenderness Checkpoint
Bottom Up
Top Down
How Much Is Mine?
Emotional Completion
Human
Soften
Deflection Shield
Open
Rest & Digest
Your Spidey Sense (Encore)
Originally presented June 13, 2022
Let's learn to speak the language of the body, the oldest language ever devised.
Then Step Back (Encore)
Originally presented December 25, 2023
Do your work, then step back. This is the only path to serenity.
Self-Compassion (Encore)
You, as much as any soul alive, deserve compassion.
How Observing Helps (Encore)
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?
The Radio Dial & The Pencil's Edge
Breathe With Me
Let's breathe in a way that helps our bodies reset to neutral.
Minding Your Business
Attend to your own truth.
Action Absorbs Anxiety
Two-Part Process
Awareness + Equanimity