Chapter 2: Innocence
Breathing is Action
Today I’m launching a new long-form podcast episode for the introduction of the second chapter. Breathing is Action now begins its journey with affirmations aimed at addressing developmental needs throughout the lifespan. The meditations in Chapter 2 start at the very beginning and take inspirations from the many life lessons or challenges we encounter during infancy, which is why the name of the chapter is called Innocence. I also take some time to refresh the audience on the goals of the podcast and how the future meditation library can be used. As always, have fun and take good care of...
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Chapter 1: Resilience
Breathing is Action
Resilience is the fourth and final meditation for Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit. What first comes to mind when you see the word resilience? Resilience is a nuanced concept. Resilience is more than just courage or confidence. It is more than just being disciplined, showing up and putting in the effort. It includes qualities like determination and adaptability. Most importantly, resilience is our ability to encounter challenges or adversity, to rise above to continue moving forward. Being resilient is being capable of learning from our mistakes or from dark periods of our life; to use the...
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Chapter 1: Navigating Sadness
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Navigating Sadness is the third meditation for Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit. Emotions give us insight and information about ourselves and our needs, and sadness is of no exception. Sadness is deeply uncomfortable and often times more unpleasant to feel than anger. While anger can sometimes provide us with a sense of strength and motivation, sadness is the opposite. Sadness brings us face to face with our heartache. It often asks us to stop, rest and isolate. It is a vulnerable state and that doesn’t always feel very safe. Somewhere along the way, we might’ve learned that outwardly...
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Chapter 1: Navigating Anger
Breathing is Action
NAVIGATING ANGER is the second meditation for Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit One of the reasons why I would like to heal our relationship with anger is because it is an emotion that holds a tremendous amount of valuable information. Anger gives us insight into what our values are. It tells us if we feel we are being wronged or violated in some way. Anger is a motivator emotion and inspires people to take action and make changes. We can try acknowledging our anger and expressing it in safe ways. We can yell into a pillow. We can push all the energy through strenuous physical activity...
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Chapter 1: Self-Love
Breathing is Action
SELF-LOVE is the first meditation of Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit. Self-love is the building blocks of wellbeing. In a perfect world, every person and child is surrounded by love, acceptance, protection and care. Because of our imperfect world, some individuals would benefit by being able to create authentic love inwardly for themselves. I hope these affirmations can help create a positive and loving internal dialogue. BREATHING IS ACTION will be a large library of small, 5-minute meditations that can be stacked one after another. Listeners can customize the length of the meditation, as...
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Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit
Breathing is Action
Welcome to Breathing is Action, a meditative affirmations podcast for teens and adults. We're launching with a long-form introduction episode. Learn about the project's goals, how to use the breathwork and affirmations, and listen to a deep dive of each upcoming meditation theme. Meet the podcast creator, and see what motivated the project to begin with. Let's be the change we want to see in the world! Writing, research and production by: Macie Leblanc-Smith Editing by: Macie Leblanc-Smith, Marc-Olivier Plouffe Music: Overthinker (Instrumental Version) by Mindme from Epidemic Sound. Visit our...
info_outlineNavigating Sadness is the third meditation for Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit.
Emotions give us insight and information about ourselves and our needs, and sadness is of no exception. Sadness is deeply uncomfortable and often times more unpleasant to feel than anger. While anger can sometimes provide us with a sense of strength and motivation, sadness is the opposite. Sadness brings us face to face with our heartache. It often asks us to stop, rest and isolate. It is a vulnerable state and that doesn’t always feel very safe. Somewhere along the way, we might’ve learned that outwardly showing our tears left us open and exposed to misunderstandings, invalidation or emotional neglect. Anger then becomes the safer option and camouflages the reality that we are actually in a lot of emotional pain. When someone chooses to unlearn seeing vulnerability as weakness, it really is a journey for the bravest of souls because it goes against the norm. The truth is a lot of societies continue to see depression as laziness, crying children as spoiled or a gloomy mood as annoying. However, it bears repeating, that emotions are simply information. Being sad is not a moral failing. Being happy might be more pleasant, but it still just information, like any other emotion.
We are the architects of our wellbeing. We can start being curious about our experience of sadness today and begin the process of changing our relationship to it in the long-term. Sadness is simply a response to something we’ve been through (or are currently going through) and it is a way our body communicates our needs to us. Instead of trying to run from our sadness, we can lean into it and see what needs are being asked of us. It may be something as simple as rest and self-care, or perhaps we are desperate for support from our community, or perhaps some time alone to process and understand a difficult situation. Sadness is also just the frontman to a whole category of all kinds of different flavours of experience like grief, dissatisfaction, loneliness, disappointment, despair, hopelessness, regret, shame, embarrassment, etc. Knowing how to name our experience of sadness, in detail, is a way to acknowledge our experiences and validate them for ourselves. It is a way for us to be wholeheartedly seen and heard, which is a universal need for every human being on this planet.
Trust your sadness. It is real and it is valid.
You are the best source of knowledge for what you need to feel better.
Take good care of yourself.
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Chapter 1: Emotional First Aid Kit
- Self-Love
- Navigating Anger
- Navigating Sadness
- Resilience
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BREATHING IS ACTION is a meditative affirmation podcast for teens and adults. For everyone, everywhere. Let's be the change we want to see in the world!
Writing, research and production by: Macie Leblanc-Smith
Editing by: Macie Leblanc-Smith, Marc-Olivier Plouffe
Music: Serena by Bireli Snow on Epidemic Sound
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