Mindful Pause Podcast
195 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsJoin Audrey Sutton Mills each week for easy 5-10 minute meditations, affirmations & intentions so you can feel more ease, joy and a deeper connection to yourself and to what matters most.
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YOUR TRUTH
May 14, 2023 12:55 - 10 minutes - 22.3 MBIsn’t it interesting that one person only sees problems and pitfalls because of their challenges, while another sees potential and possibilities, despite their challenges? The power of perspective helps us see the truth. This week in the MINDFUL PAUSE PODCAST, we explore “SAT” which means truth in Sanskrit. This is the first part of SAT CHIT ANANDA and it’s our invitation to see the truth of our inner world so we can experience the beautiful truths of our outer world. ...
SAT CHIT ANANDA MEDITATION
May 07, 2023 12:55 - 10 minutes - 21.9 MBThis month, on the mindful pause podcast each week we’ll explore the concept of SAT-CHIT-ANANDA (existence, conscoiusness, bliss) and how to live this intention each day. Through consciousness (CHIT) , we can see the truth (SAT) as it is. We see the situation (not how we want it to bem but as it really is), we see the other person as they are (not how we think they should be or need them to be) and we see ourselves free from judgment through the lens of love. By being present and see...
SO HUM (I am)
April 30, 2023 18:11 - 7 minutes - 16.9 MBA mantra is Sanskrit word for “man” meaning “mind” and “tra” meaning “release.” Mantras are typically sounds or a phrase in Sanskrit or another language to help aid in your concentration. One of my favorite mantras is SO HUM, which translates into I AM. I hope today's mantra meditation helps connect you to your diving worth and inner wisdom. namaste, AUDREY Join me online on May 20th from 10am-12pm for HELD virtual yoga workshop + inner child connection HERE
CALMING ANXIETY MEDITATION
April 23, 2023 18:11 - 9 minutes - 21 MBAfter having my second child I had postpartum anxiety. Perhaps it was the combination of remodeling a new home, moving, dealing with a highly emotional toddler all during the pandemic. Either way, any decision made me feel overwhelmed, flooded and paralyzed. For the rest of 2022, I took care of myself, by simplifying my tasks (only doing the most necessary and important) and I prioritized my mental health by meditating 20 minutes every day. By going inward, I returned home to myself – ...
INNER STILLNESS
April 16, 2023 18:11 - 7 minutes - 16.9 MBEckhart Tolle said, “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” In a world that is moves so quickly keeping us busy and distracted and often overwhelmed, it’s easy to get pulled into Life’s tasks and responsibilities. While it’s our mind’s job to do and think, when out of balance, Life’s sense of urgency to do more creates disconnection within ourselves and feelings of overwhelm. ...
LIFE'S INTERRUPTIONS
April 09, 2023 18:11 - 8 minutes - 19 MBLife isn't gonna go as planned. In fact, we should plan on our plans being interrupted. We think these interruptions and inconveniences of life shouldn't happen because they interrupt our timeline. But life doesn't work on our own our own schedule; and honestly, that’s not Life’s job. Life is here to impart the truth, for our own evolution and growth. What we are experience is exactly what we're meant to experience because that's what we're currently experiencing. Perhaps a sick ...
RUMINATION
April 02, 2023 18:11 - 9 minutes - 20.2 MBRuminating is like going on a first date but talking about your ex the whole time. When we are stuck in rumination and the past, we are resisting the future we desire. When we’re in consciousness, we’re in choice. In this week’s podcast, we’ll meditate on noticing where we are unconsciously rehashing an old story and instead consciously break free. Thank you so much for being here, listening, reading, reviewing and sharing!! xo, Audrey p.s. Join me May 20th for HELD virtua...
TRUST IN THE UNFOLDING
March 26, 2023 13:55 - 8 minutes - 19.5 MBPerhaps you’re in a liminal space, a time of transition, where you’re leaving what you once knew entering a space that is uncertain and unknown to become the future self you are meant to be. These times of transition can be scary, but when we can trust in ourselves and the universe to support us, we can let go of our need for certainty, and release our control of how life should be so we can stay open to the creative possibilities that await us. Today’s meditation will help you stay cent...
Celebrate Yourself
March 19, 2023 19:11 - 8 minutes - 18.3 MBHi there! In today's sweet meditation, you'll give yourself permission to appreciate your gifts and talents that only you have. I hope you carry this intenttion with you to appreciate and celebrate yourself as much as possible this week! Progress is messy, not linear. You are moving forward and awakening to all that you are. When we wish for a kind and compassionate word, we must start with ourselves. Sending you lots of love and celebration! xx Audrey for more meditations ...
Loving Boundaries
March 12, 2023 13:55 - 8 minutes - 17.9 MBIf you’re a people pleaser like me, saying no can be a terrifying thing. When we’re feeling overwhelmed, depleted, exhausted and uninspired, it's a sign to set a boundary. The first boundary to start with is to say no. Saying “no,” in a kind way, is the most honest and loving thing you can do for the other person and for yourself, so you can show up more fully when you do say “yes” to something. I hope today’s meditation brings more clarity to your needs. What can you lovingly...
Sacred Time
March 05, 2023 13:55 - 7 minutes - 16.7 MBIn Today’s episode, we’ll invite the intention of creating sacred time to fill up your cup and connect to your inner wisdom. Ask your heart how are you feeling today? Give yourself permission to feel any of the answers that arise What can I do today to honor myself? How you treat yourself reflects how you love yourself. I hope you carry today’s simply and yet potent intention of checking in with your heart each day and honoring your needs. This is the self-care and love your des...
I surround myself with Light
February 27, 2023 20:15 - 6 minutes - 15.2 MBThis week's mantra is: I seek out the light, so I can remember my own light within me When we can surround ourselves with relationships that see and celebrate our light, and do the things that fill us up, we can recognize and remember our own light within us. I hope this meditation helps center you so you can appreciate your light, that is always there.
Get Unstuck Meditation
February 19, 2023 12:44 - 5 minutes - 13.9 MBWhen we’re feeling stuck, we’re often resisting what we’re actually experiencing and what we desire. Through our meditation to actively accept this moment and what we’re experiencing, we get unstuck and consciously move forward to flow with life again. Namaste, Audrey P.S. join me at the end of this month for the self-love lab! Details at www.audreysuttonmills.com
Daily Intention Meditation
February 12, 2023 12:44 - 5 minutes - 12.3 MBIntention is both the big vision for what we want in our life, as well as a roadmap to help guide our daily action, thoughts and values to be more present in each moment. Come back to this meditation each day to help set the tone for how you want to feel and connect you to what matters most. I’m so glad you’re here, Namaste, Audrey P.S. join me at the end of this month for the self-love lab! Details at www.audreysuttonmills.com
Cultivating Vibrancy
February 05, 2023 12:44 - 6 minutes - 15.5 MBToday's meditation is all about feeling more vibrant in our relationships, our work and in our selves. I hope you can bring this intention with you each day to cultivate and feel more vibrancy in the extraordinary and ordinary moments in life. xx Audrey
Welcome to the New MINDFUL PAUSE podcast!
February 02, 2023 20:02 - 7 minutes - 16.3 MBHi there! Welcome to the newly rebranded MINDFUL PAUSE podcast where you'll receive each week 5-10 minute guided meditations, mantras and intentions to help you feel more ease, joy and connection to what matters most. I'm so happy you're here! xx Audrey
MEDITATION: Triggers are Teachers
September 02, 2021 18:43 - 15 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this month's SOUL CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP, we explore being with our triggers and our activated emotions in order to learn their lessons and gifts. Through consciousness, you always have the power of choice. thank you for listening and being here. I truly hope this meditation helps soften your heart and expand your awareness to heal, grow and experience more peace. Sending you lots of love, Audrey
How to Connect during a Pandemic
August 23, 2021 18:11 - 10 minutes - 23.2 MBWhat's been coming up in my coaching and personal life is the topic of feeling disconnected in our relationships. The pandemic and quarantine has put a big ole magnifying glass on our most intimate relationships and partner’s personality traits (ehem, flaws). This week's INTENTION is to give Small acts of appreciation to strengthen your relationships. It's hard work to not rehash the storyline. It’s uncomfortable to have tough conversations and do the courageous work of turning i...
Whatever You're Not Changing, You Are Choosing
April 26, 2021 18:11 - 4 minutes - 12.7 MBThe last three weeks we’ve explored the technique I teach in my soul school program called name it, claim it, tame it to become more aware of your inner critic and how it sabotages you, then claiming ownership of that voice of your thoughts and beliefs and patterns and finally taming it by choosing a new path, a new way of speaking to yourself, a new belief, a new mantra that connects you back home to yourself and to your true self. whatever you're not changing, you are choosing . You ar...
Tame the Inner Critic and Connect to Your True Self
April 19, 2021 18:11 - 6 minutes - 15.4 MBYour invitation this week is to choose which voice you listen to: your itty-bitty-shitty-committee or your true self. By naming how you feel and bearing witness to the inner saboteur, you can turn the mirror inward, claim ownership of your choices and finally tame it through small, mindful actions. Through your softness and stillness, you melt the hard edges of blame and judgment and return to love and to your truth. A miracle is simply a shift in your perspective After listening to ...
Let go of the rope and take ownership of your emotions to empower you
April 12, 2021 18:11 - 5 minutes - 13.9 MBThe Ego loves to point the finger, blame others, throw a pity-party and keep you stuck in victimhood and scarcity. You’re in a continual struggle of tug-of-war with others, with yourself and with Life when you align with the Ego and itty-bitty-shitty-committee. Today’s intention is to focus on step 2, which is claiming your responsibility of your thoughts and actions. Once you’re aware of your inner critic and emotions and have named them, now your work is to choose how you want to res...
Awareness is the Shovel to Dig yourself Out of the Darkness to your Light
April 05, 2021 18:11 - 5 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week’s intention is to bring more awareness to your thoughts and belief patterns through a technique I teach in my soul school course often used in therapy called name it, tame it, claim it. By identifying your challenges, emotions or faults, then claiming ownership and taking responsibility for them, you can tame them by learning to live with, overcome or transform them. I believe you have a light within you but it gets covered up by life, by past events and conditioning. We cont...
Appreciation Meditation
March 29, 2021 18:11 - 19 minutes - 39 MBEnjoy this 19 min meditation. The first 6 minutes are talking about how appreciation and gratitude shifts your perspective to pull you out from the nitty-gritty of daily life, heavy emotions, resentment or comparison and elevate your energy to a higher vibration so you can align with what you want to attract and desire in your life and experience more freedom, expansiveness and JOY. Please share with me in the comments what came up for you and what you are learning about yourself on my web...
Embody How you Want to Feel Every Day
March 22, 2021 18:11 - 16 minutes - 33.6 MBWhen you’re feeling stuck, it’s time to get out of the mind and connect to the stillness and softness of your heart and soul that always speaks the truth. When you’re busy physically and mentally, what gets left behind is YOU! Today’s intention is to get clear on how you want to feel and the invitation is for you to create a small ritual to fill up your cup so you can embody that feeling every day. In addition to your ritual, I invite you to obsess over how you want to feel as much as ...
Discover Your Purpose by Asking Better Questions
March 15, 2021 18:11 - 16 minutes - 33.6 MBOne of the questions that always come up with my clients is how do I find my purpose? This is a huge question. It’s THE question of why we are put on this earth. We are all born with a seed. It’s our job to give that seed attention, to nurture it and grow it. Purpose is a daunting word. It holds a lot of pressure and weight. To be clear, it’s never about the “thing.” It’s about the “feeling” you will feel when you receive it. So, today’s conversation I’ll show you how to get out ...
Stop Abandoning Yourself
March 08, 2021 19:11 - 7 minutes - 18.3 MBThis practice of Ahimsa "non harming" applies to not harming others, as well as stopping our own cycle of suffering that we inflict on ourselves. Practicing ahimsa in your words, thoughts and actions is the mindful work to liberate yourself and be free. Please share how this week's intention of Ahimsa is helpful to you Thank you for being here, rating and reviewing this podcast! xx Audrey http://audreysuttonmills.com
Life Lessons from Potty Training
March 01, 2021 19:11 - 16 minutes - 34.3 MBToday’s podcast is about the lessons I learned from potty training my toddler. Our children (and our closest relationships) are direct portals to our wounds. The people closes to us know how to easily trigger us and activate our deepest insecurities. They are also the pathway to our deepest healing and open us up to our higher wisdom, an innate knowing and consciousness. Whether you have kids or not, I hope today’s 8 lessons help with your relationships and Life in general! Look forw...
Visualization Meditation to Deal with Anxiety
February 22, 2021 19:11 - 13 minutes - 28.2 MBDo you ever feel an undercurrent of anxiety like the fear that the other shoe will drop? This visualization exercise will help clear your anxious mind, be free from the mental chatter and bring you back to presence. Please share with me in the comments what came up for you and what you are learning about yourself on my website, youtube channel or instagram. Thank you for being here, SHARING and REVIEWING this podcast Namaste, Audrey
Your Story Heals Others
February 15, 2021 19:11 - 11 minutes - 24.8 MBI need your help. I want to learn more about you, what you need and how best to show up for you now. If you could do me a HUGE favor and take a moment to answer an 8 question SURVEY , I would greatly appreciate it! Stories are healing. When we share our stories, we remember we're not alone and experience deeper healing and connection I would love to know your story. and I want to see you. By knowing you better, I can serve everyone better. Than...
Relaxation Meditation
February 08, 2021 21:11 - 10 minutes - 23 MBWelcome to your 10 minute relaxation meditation. This is perfect for listening to just before bed or during the day to help you relax during a break. Please let me know if you would like to hear more meditations here on Soul School. I'm here for you You can find more free meditations at www.audreysuttonmills.com
Put on your silly hat + let go of the pressure to be perfect
February 01, 2021 21:11 - 12 minutes - 26.5 MBWhere in your life are you putting too much pressure on yourself? Take a moment to feel what that feels like in your body. Are you feeling stressed, anxious, tight, restless? If you allowed yourself more curiosity rather than demanding perfection, what would be available to you? After this podcast take a moment to reflect. It may be a color, word, phrase or an image that shows up. Let it linger and receive it. I hope today's intention helps bring a more carefree...
NEW YEAR NEW YOU is B.S.
January 25, 2021 19:11 - 15 minutes - 31.6 MBBehind any goal is the foundation of desiring more joy, freedom and gratitude. Instead of being hard on yourself for not following the schedule or staying on track, what if you focused on cultivated those elevated feelings NOW and staying in those higher emotional states as much as possible? If you allowed yourself to experience more joy, gratitude and appreciate now, what would be available to you? How would your perspective expand? what could you create? Doors close tonight on SO...
Manifesting 101
January 18, 2021 19:11 - 15 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this episode, I share with you a personal story of how we manifested our dream home and how you can call in what you desire just by getting clear on your intention and elevating your emotional state to match what you desire. Share with me what's the ONE thing you want to create this year?
Know-It-All Nancy ruined my night
January 11, 2021 19:11 - 14 minutes - 31.3 MBIn this episode I share an embarrassing and raw story that just happened last night about my overbearing shadows and what I'm learning from them. I hope through my personal story, you can see you're not alone, we don't have to be perfect and you can use it for your own healing. Because of this, my eyes and heart can open to witness my limitations and because of them, I can experience healing, deeper growth We don't have to be perfect...Just be awake. Consciousness helps shift your pers...
Gratitude over Goals - HELLO 2021!
January 07, 2021 17:40 - 11 minutes - 25.9 MBMy birthday was on Dec 31st and Jake and I cuddled on the couch, in my Costco fuzzy polka-dot PJ pants sipping on alcohol-free champagne. Like most of 2020, it wasn’t the New Years Eve or birthday celebration I would’ve have planned for myself, but it was still a great day. We ended the night by sharing 10 things that we're grateful for from 2020. HMPH! what’s there to be grateful for? 2020 was a rough year and took so much away from us! For the first time in my history, on a global s...
How to Let Go of Expectations
December 21, 2020 19:11 - 14 minutes - 30.2 MBChristmas is a strange time to me. I really love the idea of community and gathering together, but find too often I easily get caught up in the consumerism frenzy over creating memories. In today's episode I share my personal struggle with my husband about expectations, disappointments and how to stay open to learn the lesson so we can heal and communicate through a place of healthy self respect, boundaries and love. MANTRA: when you're triggered by someone, can you look deeper at you ex...
What You Focus on Expands
December 14, 2020 19:11 - 14 minutes - 31.3 MBFor many of us, 2020 has been one big fat disappointment, filled with loss, cancelations, and grief. But if we take this mantra and use it wisely, it will serve us. I’m sure you’ve seen this from many teachers, “what you place your attention on expands.” This has been on my mind recently as I personally prepare for the new year and get ready for my virtual intention setting workshop on December 20th. Take a moment to think about where you’re spending your energy? You thoughts? Your actio...
How to Manifest Your Desired Outcome
December 08, 2020 17:22 - 12 minutes - 26.6 MBI took a whole day to self-reflect and journal for my intentions and desired dreams for 2021, and it was powerful. This year has been a wild ride, filled with a lot of disappointment, loss, and pivoting. It’s probably unearthed a lot of emotions that you’ve had to work with too. Today’s episode is about elevating your emotional state to obtain your desired dreams. If you want a certain outcome, your emotional state must match that desired energy. They have to be at the same vibrational...
How to Pull Yourself out of Procrastination and Overwhelm to Inspiration
November 30, 2020 19:11 - 13 minutes - 29.4 MBHave you ever been so far into procrastination that the task at hand feels overwhelming and unattainable? Especially during the year, our political, environmental and societal climates have been unsettling and scary and have consumed our attention. We’ve experienced a lot of anxiety and uncertainty which makes it hard to stay inspired. We may be working from home, and it’s hard to stay motivated when the fridge and bed are a few steps away from your workspace. We have a lot more on our pla...
A Quick question to shift your perspective and lift your spirits
November 23, 2020 19:11 - 10 minutes - 23.3 MBI hosted my yoga retreat in Napa a few weeks ago, and one of the guests asked us what our low and high for the weekend was. I thought this was a great question to ask each day or week, so I’m inviting you to ask it for yourself this week too to help shift your perspective to gratitude and appreciation. Although most of my yoga business, in person teaching and all of my yoga events and workshops have been canceled this year, I feel a deep sense of gratitude for having such great people at ...
This season of darkness is a potent time for transformation and finding your light
November 18, 2020 19:11 - 10 minutes - 22.8 MBIf you’ve been yearning to hibernate and go inward and maybe even feeling a little more hopeful, the next 6 weeks through Winter Solstice is a potent time for deep self-reflection, inner inquiry and an opportunity for transformation. There are many events that have been fostering a sense of hope and transformation. First, the new moon in Scorpio was this past Saturday November 14th as well as Diwali and Kali Puja, two major festivals in India. It’s also interesting that this was very close...
LISTEN AND TRUST YOURE EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
November 02, 2020 19:11 - 10 minutes - 22.5 MBA Few weeks ago, I shared with you how my itty-bitty-shitty-committee was keeping me imprisoned in comparison and scarcity. That’s what happens when your mind is busy and distracted. Your vision is fuzzy and you lack clarity. Y’all know I love Oprah, and I always remind myself what she says, “stay in your own lane.” When I was in that comparison frenzy, I lost track of who I was, my talents, what I’m capable of and why I’m doing this. I looked outside myself and felt empty inside. I wa...
Surrender and Trust Life to Unfold its Magic plan for You
October 26, 2020 18:11 - 8 minutes - 18.9 MBMy died just 2 years ago, only two weeks before my daughter, Hunter was born. He always reminded me of my own power and said, “you get to write your story.” Having him pass away so young was not part of my story that I would’ve written. Experiencing a miscarriage, cancer scare, 42 weeks of 28 blood draws and the passing of my favorite person all in 2 years, I’ve realized we don’t have control of all of the details or the outcome. It was bittersweet to experience Life ...
How to Get Out of the Comparison Rut and Manifest What You Desire
October 19, 2020 18:11 - 18 minutes - 38.9 MBYou guys, this is a very vulnerable share, and I almost wasn’t going to share, but hey you know me. I share my scars, openly in hopes they can help you heal your wounds. For the past couple of months, my itty-bitty-shitty-committee has kept me stuck in a comparison spiral. Thank goodness I’ve spent a decade learning the tools to pull myself out of it, but it’s definitely been exhausting work to continually pull myself out of the darkness only to drop back in again. I guess this is our ...
How to give yourself Body Kindness
September 21, 2020 18:11 - 10 minutes - 23.5 MBI posted an instagram post a month ago of 2 photos in my bikini 5 years apart and wrote that I cringed looking at the photos and seeing how far I’ve let myself go, along with the main message of loving yourself. There were a lot of comments, but I received a negative DM from a woman who wrote: “you should be ashamed of your last post. you’re the problem for women. You’re degrading yourself and fishing for compliments.” It takes me a while to thoughtful process things and I want to share...
Spirituality and Racial Injustice with Donte Quinine
August 31, 2020 18:11 - 54 minutes - 104 MBWelcome to episode 100! I truly couldn’t do this without you and I’m so glad you’re here! To celebrate episode 100 Today on the Soul School podcasts, I talk with Donte Quinine, a Tedx speaker, life coach and yoga leader about spirituality and racial injustice. As a yoga instructor and spiritual teacher, his intention is to help people awaken to their own spirit and potential that he believes exists within everyone. I know you’re going to love hearing his eloquent words as much as I...
What Would Someone Who Truly Loved Themselves Do?
August 24, 2020 18:11 - 6 minutes - 16.7 MBWhat would someone who loved themselves do? Welcome to Mantra Monday where in 5 minutes or less, I offer you an intention or a quote to start your week off right. Today’s inspiration comes from a student in my soul school online course, which p.s. starts up again in January 2021. Week 4 of Soul School is about curating self-love, and one of the tools is to celebrate yourself. I was surprised to learn many of the students in Soul School were unsure of how to celebrate themsel...
Learning from Your Dark Shadows
August 17, 2020 18:11 - 16 minutes - 35 MBLately I’ve been deeply ingrained in comparison and judgment. I hate admitting this. I hate even more feeling this way. My itty-bitty-shitty-committee has been hijacking my thoughts. I share this with you though, so you know you’re not alone. No one is perfect. In our flaws and imperfections, we can connect and heal together. As a new mom, I’m teaching myself that my toddler’s emotions are totally normal. my natural instinct when hunter is whiny or throws a tantrum is first embar...
How to REparent Yourself
August 10, 2020 18:11 - 11 minutes - 25.6 MBHow to reparent yourself I get a lot of questions about reparenting. What is it? How to do it? In my soul school online course, our first week is all about connecting to your inner child and reparenting yourself. According to the @holisticpsychologist, “Re-parenting is the act of giving yourself what you didn’t receive as a child.” If the word parent triggers you, think about it really just means to re-nurture yourself. How are you going to give yourself the care you needed as ...
How to Generously listen to yourself (inner child meditation)
August 03, 2020 18:11 - 9 minutes - 22.1 MBIn episode 94, I shared how connecting to your inner child is a potent way to build your self-love muscle and that self-forgiveness through inner child bonding can be really healing. Today I’ll guide you through a short meditation to connect to your inner child. You can do this daily and create a daily ritual of loving yourself and nurturing yourself. Before we begin, you will need a comfortable place to sit and relax and a childhood photo of you when you were age 7 or younger. Inner chi...