Dr. Michelle Welch examines the topic of mindfulness and shares how the experience of picking cherries with her family brought awareness to how she could bring more mindfulness to the journey while in the process of achieving a goal. She reflects on how her daughter taught her a valuable lesson about mindfulness and shows how this can be applied to goalsetting. Dr. Welch encourages listeners to reflect on their own journeys as a whole, and take time to connect the dots, rather than being too focused on the end-result.
She defines mindfulness and explains that it is a cognitive skill that can be developed through focused practice and invites the listener to try a simple mindfulness exercise for those interested in exploring it further.
Listeners are also invited to share their own experience with mindfulness and encouraged to find mindful moments throughout their day.

Mindfulness activity:
If this is new for you, try to start with these brief mindfulness-based activities.

• Take 2 minute breaks throughout the day to sit quietly and focus on your breathing. Feeling in your body what it feels like to be breathing.
• You can also do this while eating or taking a walk outdoors

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The act of caring for others whether personally or professionally is rewarding in many ways, but it can also be overwhelming and exhausting, resulting in caregivers feeling stressed, unhappy and burnt out.

Whether you are looking after children, patients, clients, ageing parents or persons at the end of their life journey, this is a reminder that you cannot pour from an empty cup. You can serve others without being a martyr. The JoyfulRx podcast is your prescription for rediscovering your own inner joy, so you can serve others from your overflow, rather than your reserve tank.

Hosted by Dr. Michelle Welch, a practicing physician, mom, children’s author, entrepreneur and certified coach who is passionate about helping caregivers. She examines topics each week that benefit caregivers specifically and offers actionable steps and tools to help them rediscover and claim their joy so they can create their best lives, starting today.

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