Discover more about mindfulness and life balance, including how we can sometimes sabotage our happiness in life by wishing time away and waiting for a "perfect" future. 

Here are a few tips for being mindful of life balance:

Practice gratitude

• Keep a gratitude journal
• Create a gratitude jar
• Read 365 Thank Yous (John Kralik)

Become more aware of your needs

• Listen to what your body needs
• Take care of your mental health
• Practice self-care
• Engage in different life areas

If you would like to support The Mindful Kind, please head to www.rachaelkable.com and follow the link to donate!

I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind. 

Welcome to episode 92 of The Mindful Kind podcast and episode 3 of the life balance mini-series!

You might like to check out my blog post about life balance protectors and disruptors (you'll also discover three simple tips for finding time for self-care): http://www.rachaelkable.com/blog/life-balance-disruptors-and-protectors

In this episode, you'll learn about three major challenges when trying to find time for self-care, including stressful thoughts, not having enough money, or having people in your life who don't understand why your self-care time is so important. 

You'll also find out why being mindful during self-care can help you make the most of your time. 

If you would like to support The Mindful Kind podcast, please head over to www.rachaelkable.com and follow the link to donate- I truly appreciate the support and there are many cool things you can get in return:) 

I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind!

Welcome to episode 91 of The Mindful Kind podcast and episode 2 of the mini-series about life balance!

In this episode, discover more about the roles of life balance protectors and disruptors, including my personal experiences with both of them. 

I hope this episode shows you new ways to think about balancing your life and equips you with a few ideas for increasing the balance protectors you can use on a regular basis. 

You'll also hear more about how mindfulness can be a great balance protector!

I hope you enjoy the episode and have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind. 

Welcome to episode 90 of The Mindful Kind podcast and the first episode of the new mini-series about life balance!

The first activity in this episode is the Wheel of Life exercise (originally created by Paul Meyer). You can easily download a template online, or create your own!

• Brainstorm your most important life areas
• Draw a circle and divide it into sections (like a pizza)- approximately 6-10 slices
• Label the slices with life areas, such as relationships, self-care, work, finances etc
• Colour in the slices depending on how satisfied you are with the corresponding life areas

Set goals based on your Wheel of Life to bring more balance into your life. For more inspiration about goal setting, listen to episodes 81-86 of The Mindful Kind podcast. 

Remember that life balance isn't necessarily about splitting time equally! Being mindful can help us spend more quality time on our important life areas, while helping us realise when things have fallen out of balance. 

You can also journal to gain new perspectives on the balance in your life. 

Head over to www.rachaelkable.com for more mindfulness inspiration and you can also donate to support The Mindful Kind podcast!

Also, here is the link to my article on the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/well/mind/how-to-be-mindful-when-you-have-seasonal-allergies.html

I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind. 

Welcome to episode 89 of The Mindful Kind podcast about cultivating self-worth. 

This episode is a follow on from episode 87 of The Mindful Kind about dealing with challenging relationships. Something I talked about was how building self-worth can help us deal with relationships and I thought I would dive a little deeper into that in this episode!

First of all, you'll hear some of my own experiences with having low self-worth and why I decided I wanted to improve it.

I mentioned some books which I found really insightful and helpful on this journey, including:

- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

- Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

- Quiet by Susan Cain

- You can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

Here are my two top tips for improving self-worth:

TIP 1 // Stop outsourcing your self-worth

Look at how you might be outsourcing your self-worth and choose instead to appreciate your personality, choices, individuality etc. 

TIP 2 // Use affirmations

Affirmations help us train our brains to think in new and more positive ways. For a great resource, check out Louise Hays website at: www.louisehay.com 

My latest interview was on the Live Immediately podcast with Mike Campbell (episode 49). 

And don't forget you can support The Mindful Kind podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/themindfulkind

I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind!