We've talked about starting your day with intention, and making space for your mind morning and night. This replay episode closes the loop: what you do in the hour before bed decides whether your body actually gets the rest it's been waiting for all day.
This is the finale of our three-part series on making space for your mind — this time, the night routine that helps you fully hand off to rest.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- The R.E.M. method — Room, Electronics, Mindfulness — a simple, repeatable checklist to prime your body and mind for sleep
- Why your bedroom environment and screen habits matter more than you think for quality rest
- A guided body scan meditation to release tension and ease you into a peaceful night's sleep
Press play, and give your body and mind the send-off they need for real rest tonight.
Resources & Links:
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You’re listening to the right show, formerly known as the Mindful Life Changes or Mindful Career Change. We’ve pivoted through the years, but finally landed on the right path: content for moms in the ‘Sandwich Generation’, because midlife disruption doesn't have to break you.
New episodes drop on:
- Sundays: 20-min episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
- Wednesdays: Bite-sized episodes to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique & reset your week
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This podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.
