Radio Headspace

This week on Radio Headspace, we welcome back special guest host Catherine Price. Catherine is an award-winning science journalist and author of “How to Break Up With Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life.” She’s here to guide you through a week-long opportunity to achieve better screen-life balance and start getting back to what really matters to you. Learn more about Catherine’s work at screenlifebalance.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there a part of you that you’ve been previously shamed for? Your name, your heritage, and personal expression are something to be proud of, instead of something to run away from. Embracing these things can help lead us to our destinies in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The only constant in life is change. And some of us embrace it more than others — especially when we think about how we as people are changing all the time. Today, dig up some old photos, and appreciate the you that you used to be!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All of the sensory information we receive every single day is filtered by one part of the brain: the reticular activating system, or RAS. We can encourage the RAS, and make new connections in our brain, by being more intentional with our focus. Today, focus on the good things to forge more positive connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is your breathing? Very often, when we get stressed or overwhelmed, we can lose track of our breath. Our breath is what guides us. Focus on it to check in with yourself, and to return to the present moment. Each breath holds a sense of possibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you express a negative emotion, how often are you told to “be positive” or “stay strong”? Today, we want to reframe how you think about strength. To be human is to experience the full range of the human experiences, so the next time you think to choose stoic strength over tears, consider allowing yourself to feel what comes natural to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What new thing have you always wanted to try? In today's podcast we challenge you to be curious and explore to uncover new talents and abilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As human beings, we are all connected to one another in our feelings, through nature, and so much more. Today, we are reminded how we are not alone and also not so different from one another.The book where trees talk to each other underground is called Underland by Robert Macfarlane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are so many different ways in which music can move us. In today’s podcast, we learn how relaxing with music is fundamentally different from relaxing into meditation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 We are continually modifying behaviors based on the signals we are getting from outside influences. Through meditation, we are able to let go of the manufactured identities we build for ourselves and the identities that others place on us. Learn to reset the mind and let go of these unhealthy tendencies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices