Mindfulness for the Difficult Days (including Holidays)

Bounce Back Stronger with Donna Ferris

This episode is a salve for the difficult days which can include holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or just a day when we are overwhelmed with emotions. One of the best tools for those days is mindfulness - and my favorite mindfulness teacher? My WonderDog, Jake - because dogs are masters of staying in the moment.

Listen to hear what I mean and how mindfulness can help us stop ruminating thoughts, and focus on generating self-compassion and resilience.

Towards the end of the episode, I will lead a short simple mindfulness practice, and there will be a separate episode with just that meditation so you can use it when you need it.

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The music for this meditation is Counting Breaths by Outside the Sky.