Staying on My Own Side: A 20-Minute Meditation on Not Abandoning Yourself

This episode is a little different. No teaching, no notes to take. Just twenty minutes of guided practice, for you.Most of us learned early how to leave ourselves. How to get smaller, quieter, more acceptable. That wasn't weakness. You were not broken, you were adapting. But what was learned for survival can be unlearned in safety, and this practice is where we begin.Through slow, spacious affirmations, you'll practice staying with yourself in three places where self-abandonment likes to hide: in the moment you feel afraid, in the moment you're seen, and in the quiet afterward, when the room empties and the second-guessing begins. That drive-home voice that asks "was that really okay?" This one is for it.A note on listening: this practice invites your eyes to soften and your attention to turn inward, so please don't listen while driving. Save it for a moment when the time is yours.And don't forget to save it. This episode is built to be returned to. It works best the more familiar it becomes, so come home to it as often as you like.Keep becoming.