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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Take Messy Action Toward Your Dream
June 03, 2019 18:11 - 6 minutes - 16 MBA few weeks ago, I had the honor of speaking on a panel with 11 other incredible women at a business event sponsored by SAP Concur in honor of national small business week. We spoke about how to build and support your small business and yourself. There was a point when I was on stage and I had a holy sh!t moment ... like pinch me!!...am I really here speaking in front of 170 people? This has been a dream of mine, but I am a VERY shy and introverted person, and honestly never thought it wou...
3 Steps for True Self-Care
May 27, 2019 21:22 - 7 minutes - 17 MBEP 44: Your Self Care Plan Balance is not a destination. It is a verb. It is in flux and action. ⠀ I am always balancing. As a mom, I contemplate what actual self-care looks and feels like. Before motherhood, it was pedis and naps. Now, naps feel like a luxury.⠀ I know I am taking care of myself when I am feel in connection with myself and to others and I feel vibrant and engaged with life…. it doesn’t happen as often as I would like — this part of that whole balancing thing. ⠀ ...
Collaboration not Competition. Celebration over Comparison
May 20, 2019 18:11 - 6 minutes - 15.6 MBEP 43: Collaboration not Competition. Celebration over Comparison Last week I spoke at an event sponsored by SAP Concur in honor of #nationalsmallbusinessweek. I had the opportunity to be on a panel with 11 incredible women having real talk about how to build and support your #smallbusiness and yourself, how to stay in balance with your priorities and how to stay connected to yourself and each other. So many times during the night I looked at my fellow lady leaders and thought “I am the ...
Stop Procrastinating and Manifest Your Dreams with L’areal Lipkins
May 16, 2019 00:55 - 56 minutes - 107 MBEP 42: Stop Procrastinating and Manifest Your Dreams with L’areal Lipkins I hope to share topics that lift you up and inspire you to live your fullest life. Today, I am excited to have L’areal Lipkins on the podcast because she is just the right person to help you conquer your goals and manifest your dreams. I all too well know that feeling where I set some lofty goal and then fail to meet it. It is soul crushing and deflates my self-worth. Do you know that gut wrenching feeling too whe...
Just because you may feel broken, doesn't mean all things are broken
May 13, 2019 18:11 - 7 minutes - 17.7 MBEP 41: MM: Just because some things are broken, doesn’t mean all things are broken Okay, I’m gonna preface this by saying I know this will totally sound like I am not listening to my own teachings. I have been a bit below the line lately and have been in a slight scarcity mindset. My podcast is not about having it all together or even claiming to know all of the answers. My intention for this podcast is to be raw and real, and sometimes that looks like showing up exactly as I am, flawed ...
Finding Balance and Following Your Calling with the Balanced Black Girl, Les Alfred
May 08, 2019 22:33 - 41 minutes - 80.1 MBEP 40: Finding Balance, Creating Space and Following the Calling of Your Heart with the Balanced Black Girl, Les Alfred Today we get real with Lestraundra “Les” Alfred who launched Balanced Black Girl in 2018 as an extension of her popular fitness blog, The Balanced Berry. She vulnerably shares how she overcame her biggest challenge and turning point of letting go of the career she worked so hard to create and find the courage to step faithfully toward the unknown of what was calling her...
Relationships: When to Break Up or Stay
May 06, 2019 18:11 - 5 minutes - 13.4 MBEp 40: Relationships: When to Break Up or Stay? You know that scene in Sex & the City, where Carrie is talking about her relationship with Burger and Samantha tells her the test of whether you want to be in a relationship or not is like THIS :) or like THIS :( ? It sounds like a pretty simple barometer of how to tell if you should be IN a relationship or get OUT of a relationship, but I think we over complicate things. I know, I get you. love can be complicated and matters of the heart s...
Feelings Are Your Internal GPS
April 29, 2019 18:11 - 3 minutes - 10.9 MBFeelings are your internal GPS. They are like little intuitive signs that are trying to give you direction. Sometime it’s a stop sign, or a turn sign showing you to change your direction, or sometimes it’s a big ole’ red flag. We get over emotional when we get caught up in our feelings and create stories around them. I’m not talking about that today. You know the difference when you’re an emotional wreck over something or someone versus you have a gut feeling, an intuition or a subtle knowin...
You Have All The Answers Within You
April 22, 2019 18:11 - 7 minutes - 17.1 MBEp 36: You have all the answers within you. I say this at the end of all of my yoga classes. You have all of the answers within you. But then why do we ask other people for their answers and opinions? Why don’t we ask ourselves for the answer first? Why do we question ourselves? You know what I mean: Girl, what do you think of him? Should I go out with him again? Should I buy this shirt? Does this outfit make me look fat? Should I talk to her about this? Where do you want to go for dinner?...
Conscious Connection, Vaginas and the Pursuit of Humanness with Stef Osofsky
April 17, 2019 20:11 - 45 minutes - 87.7 MBEP 35: Conscious Connection, Vaginas and the Pursuit of Humanness with Stef Osofsky Stef Osofsky is a spiritual coach, blogger who travels all over the world and host of the pursuit of humanness podcast. She offers intuitive guidance for courageous, authentic living + creating. I think we all want that! We cover so much in today’s podcast from how to create conscious connection in relationships, to shame around a woman’s cycle to yoni steaming. But really at the heart of conversation i...
How much emotion is too emotional?
April 15, 2019 18:11 - 5 minutes - 14.5 MBEp 34: How much emotion is too emotional? I was on a panel of speakers a month ago for international women’s day hosted by lululemon, called Movement for Change. A woman in the audience was teary eyed and asked our panel of ladies, “how do you not show emotions because being emotional a sign of weakness?” This brave young soul got up and asked her question to the whole audience although she was shy about asking, told me later in a separate conversation after the event that she was called t...
Crush Your Goals Through Easy Wins with Mitch Harb
April 10, 2019 20:11 - 58 minutes - 110 MBEp 33: Crush Your Goals Through Easy Wins with Mitch Harb Meet Mitch Harb, host of The Easy Wins podcast. He is a fitness and nutrition coach who helps people live their healthiest and best life through small, easy and consistent ways. If you’re looking to lose the weight, eat better, start a business, go after your dream, he shares his easy and very doable methods to accomplish your goals and change your habits. Studies show 97% of all people who start a strict exercise and diet program...
How would you spend your time if you were the BEST at what you do
April 08, 2019 18:11 - 5 minutes - 14 MBEp 32: How would you spend your time if you were the BEST at what you do? I’m in b-school with Marie Forleo and she asked us this question: How would you act if you were the best in the world at what you did? Would you be doing what you are doing? Would you waste your precious time scrolling on instagram or facebook so much? Would you be online shopping or binge watching Youtube videos instead of getting work or whatever is important to you done? This is such a great question to ask yourse...
Demystifying Ayrveda with Angela Glaz
April 03, 2019 20:11 - 50 minutes - 96.5 MBEP 31: Demystifying Ayurveda with Angela Glaz Today on the SOUL SCHOOL podcast, Angela Glaz teaches us about Ayurveda, which in Sanskrit means “The Science of Life” and it’s considered the oldest healing science that originated in India more than 5,000 years ago and is often called the “Mother of All Healing.” If you’re new to Ayurveda and are thinking what the heck is this, you are in the right place today, because Angela demystifies this ancient Eastern concept to help us recognize our...
Life is a continual journey, not a destination
April 01, 2019 17:57 - 5 minutes - 14.5 MBEp 30: Life is a continual journey not a destination I was talking with a friend the other day and she said she was frustrated with doing this self-help work. It is exhausting. She wondered if it’s easier just to be ignorant. I get it, It’s hard this whole consciousness thing. You have to be aware of your fears, go inward, look at your shadows, work on yourself. It is work. Change is hard because it’s different than what you’re used to. I like to think of our evolution like a bridge. On ...
Follow Your North Star with Christian Piuma
March 27, 2019 21:57 - 1 hour - 116 MBMeet Christian Piuma, our first male Soul School guest, who vulnerably shares his transformation from living a stressful Silicon Valley corporate life to finding his purpose as a transformational coach working with high performers who are frustrated with their careers. While checking off the boxes of success as a high performer, he became the victim of the life he thought he wanted. Those same goals were the ones that imprisoned him and made him feel unfulfilled and lost, turning to numb his...
Treat YOURSELF As You Would Your NEIGHBOR
March 25, 2019 18:11 - 5 minutes - 14.2 MBEP 28: Treat Yourself As You Would Treat Your Neighbor What if you treated yourself as you would treat your neighbor? Or better yet, love yourself as you would love your neighbor, or best friend, or your partner? Today’s intention is all about self-love and self-care. As adults, it’s easy to give to others, and our roles and responsibilities and we are the last to receive. I find that often times, especially as a woman and a mom, I give to everyone else, my husband, my daughter, to my ...
How to Prevent a Melt Down
March 20, 2019 20:11 - 25 minutes - 51 MBLast week the guy who tailgated me, - stomped on the brakes. We could have died. I’ve seen it happen before. Thankful hunter was not in the car with me. My action caused a last effect of stress, a buzzing anger and shame that I could be so reactive. It took about 8 minutes for me to shake it off – that’s how much stress can affect us. How come sometimes you can keep your cool and sometimes you lose it? How do we stay cool when things get heated and we get triggered? In my SOUL SCHOOL pro...
You Are Worthy
March 18, 2019 18:11 - 4 minutes - 11.7 MBEP 26: You are worthy In today's Mantra Monday we explore your feelings on worthiness. You are here for a reason and born for a purpose. You are worthy of everything that is good. You are worthy of joy! Please visit my website to leave your comments or connect with me on instagram. Always, thank you for reviewing, rating and sharing this podcast!
Saving our oceans one bottle at a time with Meli Gil
March 13, 2019 20:11 - 37 minutes - 72.3 MBBillions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling junctions that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. The ocean contains an estimated 150 million tons of plastic, with 8 million tons added annually - equivalent to a garbage truck load every minute. Only a fraction of plastic ocean pollution is visible. Most of it consists of tiny degraded particles swirling across 16 million square k...
Abundance Flows to Me Every Day
March 11, 2019 18:11 - 5 minutes - 13.4 MBHow do you react to this statement? If you are triggered, then this is a place to work on and find the surprising, small ways (and big ways) abundance flows to you every day. How are you finding ways this week of abundant things you are grateful for? Please visit my website to leave your comments or connect with me on instagram. Always, thank you for reviewing, rating and sharing this podcast!
From the mud and darkness, the Lotus flower is born with Brittany McKay
March 06, 2019 21:34 - 52 minutes - 100 MBYou may follow @PalmBeachYogi on instagram, also known as Brittany McKay, a florida yogini who has beautiful bendy photos that make my body ache just looking at them. What is so alluring about Brittany is not just her beautiful photos and hard to attain yoga poses, but her vulnerable authenticity and gritty story about her depression, anxiety, eating disorders and her encounter with sexual assault and harassment that led to her calling of helping others through yoga. She is like the lo...
Defense Is the First Act of War
March 04, 2019 19:11 - 6 minutes - 15.5 MBRelationships are our mirrors and can be our best teachers. Byron Katie says, “Defense is the first act of war. The ego hates criticism and loves agreement. If I agree with you, you love me. The minute I don't agree with you, the moment I question one of your sacred beliefs, I become your enemy. Then you start looking for all the reasons why you're right, and you stay focused outside yourself. When you're focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather ...
My Birth Story of Hunter Malia
February 27, 2019 21:11 - 25 minutes - 50 MBI was never an athlete. In fact, I remember in third grade, on run day in P.E. class, I would deliberately talk to the P.E. coach to distract him until everyone had jogged halfway around the baseball field, and then I shrugged my shoulders, slyly smiled and casually said, “woops, well I guess I’m too late to run. I’ll just wait here for them to come back.” Talk about a lazy kid! I did that several times until he caught on and I got in trouble. Being pregnant and giving birth is the biggest a...
Be You - Everyone Else is Taken
February 25, 2019 19:11 - 5 minutes - 14 MBEP 20: BE YOU. EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN. Welcome to Mantra Monday. When you try to be someone else, you show up a lesser version of that person, because that person is already taken. You have talents and gifts and unique qualities that no one else has. It’s a scientific fact. You have a specific and unique DNA that no one else has. Emulating is a form of flattery and we can be inspired by other people, but you have gifts to share sweet friend. It’s time to stop playing small and be compl...
EP 20- Be you Everyone else is taken - 22319 8.38 AM
February 25, 2019 15:33EP 20: BE YOU. EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN. When you try to be someone else, you show up a lesser version of that person, because that person is already taken. You have talents and gifts and unique qualities that no one else has. It’s a scientific fact. You have a specific and unique DNA that no one else has. Emulating is a form of flattery and we can be inspired by other people, but you have gifts to share sweet friend. It’s time to stop playing small and be completely you. the people who...
Healing from Autoimmune Disease with Christina Tidwell
February 20, 2019 21:11 - 58 minutes - 112 MBChristina Tidwell is a Registered Nurse and Holistic Health Coach who weaves conventional medicine with a holistic approach to health and wellness. At the age of 18, Christina was diagnosed with adult onset still’s disease, a rare autoimmune disease that left her exhausted and confused, along with digestive issues and other issues like fevers, aches and pains. While we were all freshman in college drinking jungle juice at frat parties, she felt imprisoned, left out and overwhelmed of how t...
You're in control
February 18, 2019 19:11 - 5 minutes - 14.4 MBEP 18: Take the Wheel It’s easy to feel like you don’t have control, like you’re on a path that not’s yours. The Ego loves to get caught up in a Victim mentality blaming others, your circumstance, your parents, your environment, the political climate etc., but this just gets you in a rut and honestly gets you nowhere. It just keeps you down. EP 18: Mantra Monday: YOU are in control You’re in control over your thoughts, feelings and actions. You don’t have to be a vict...
Quiet Your Itty Bitty Shitty Committee
February 15, 2019 01:14 - 33 minutes - 65.9 MBEP 17: Quiet Your Itty Bitty Shitty Committee Call it the Ego, your inner critic, I call it your itty-bitty-shitty-committee. It’s a committee because sometimes it feels like there are a bunch of people in your head telling you that you’re not good enough, that you’re not doing enough and that there will never be enough. Total scarcity. This voice sometimes shouts so loud and often, that after a while you begin to listen to it and believe it. I’m passionate about this subject because...
Keeping Score Ruins Relationships
February 11, 2019 20:08 - 6 minutes - 16.8 MBEP 16: Keeping Score Ruins Relationships Last night, Jake and I had a date night. My frustration had been bubbling for 2 days and I needed to talk to him about it. I’m caught a cold and baby is sick as well, yet I’m still getting up at night, feeding the baby, rocking the baby to sleep several times a night, while my husband is sound asleep. Every time the baby would cough or wake, I would wait for him to proactively get up and take care of her or me, but he would roll over and continue sl...
EP 15: Turning Pain into Purpose with Jenn Hepton
February 06, 2019 21:11 - 57 minutes - 110 MBEP 15: Turning Pain into Purpose with Jenn Hepton Today’s soulful conversation is with Jenn Hepton, a Certified Grief Support Coach, Life + Wellness Coach, Speaker, Author, and Educator. She coaches womxn who want to make sense of their lives after loss and who are tired of hiding their voices and feeling powerless in their grief. She works with them to navigate through the darkness, find a place of expansion, and purpose. I don’t believe there are accidental meetings. We have soul cont...
The one thing to do when overwhelmed
February 04, 2019 19:16 - 4 minutes - 11.6 MBEP 14: The ONE thing to do when feeling overwhelmed Ever get that knot in your stomach, or you can't stop your mind from racing with thoughts? Welcome to Mantra Monday where this week's intention is to explore how to slow down when feeling overwhelmed. Step off the mental treadmill to take in the moment and be fully present to the joy and good in your life. This attracts more good in your life. Focusing on ONE good thing allows you to attract MORE good things. Sometimes it's narrowing ...
Three Ingredients to Being Happy
December 05, 2018 00:18 - 7 minutes - 17.9 MBI’ve always been kind obsessed with what makes people happy. I had a happy childhood, but I struggled with major insecurities of wanting to be liked and seeking approval of others more than wanting to be authentically myself. I wish I knew at a young age what happy really looked like and how I could cultivate that sooner in life. I searched for happiness out there. I used to think that if only HE loved me, then I would be happier, or if I could just look THIS way, then I would feel more co...
How To Meditate and Create an Easy Meditation Practice
November 27, 2018 00:20 - 9 minutes - 20.6 MBThe consistent practice of meditation is a habit that will help you be more calm, centered, focused, and joyful, at any time, and in any circumstance. Rather than getting caught up in the Hustler’s recycled inner-dialogue and commentary, dwelling on the past or worrying about the future, mindfulness through meditation enables you to be present to a feeling, a thought, or a situation, without being overwhelmed by it. It allows you to be fully in the here and now, instead of wishing for some...
Worrying is Like Paying Interest On A Debt Not Owed
November 20, 2018 04:05 - 7 minutes - 18.5 MBEP 11: Mantra Monday - Worrying is like paying interest on a debt not owed I drove by this church near our house the other day. They always have cool quotes on their road sign in front of the church. This time it read “Worrying is like paying interest on a debt not owed.” I don’t know if it’s woman thing, or a people thing, but I tend to worry a lot. Or at least my mind turns over the same thought a lot – often times, that thought is negative. Our mind is busy, and can keep...
Brand like a Mom Boss with Nikki Arensman
November 14, 2018 20:08 - 38 minutes - 75.2 MBEP 010: Brand like a Mom Boss with Nikki Arensman Meet Nikki Arensman, a bad ass mompreneur who will share her journey from starting JIVA active wear with just a few bucks and sewing machine, turning her active women’s wear and swimwear line into a million dollar business. Ever the branding guru, she’s also the owner and brand coach of The Well Co. helping women entrepreneurs realize and create their dream business while feeling so freaking good doing it. Also check out her podcast BRAND...
Megan Febuary
October 31, 2018 18:11 - 49 minutes - 93.8 MBEP 009: Tell Your Truth with Megan Febuary Meet Megan Febuary, the Creator and editor-in-chief of For Women Who Roar (FWWR) magazine empowering women to share their stories through art, poetry and voice. While many of us were goofing off with friends, at age 11, she wrote her first book, a biography about the middle school girls who were struggling with abuse and depression. No light conversation! At age 12 she wrote her first memoir. At a young age she was called to be a writer and stor...
The Positive Lesson I learned from my Dad's Death
October 29, 2018 14:56 - 5 minutes - 13.7 MBEP 008 – Mantra Monday: The positive lesson I learned from my Dad’s death I apologize for not posting an episode last Wednesday on the SOUL SCHOOL with AUDREY PODCAST. This past week has been the hardest of my life. One week ago, my dad, who is my lifeline, biggest supporter and best friend passed away. We had a really special father/daughter bond. He listened to me (unconditionally and patiently...and often for hours), was my biggest fan and a big supporter of female empowerment. He alway...
Cultivate Curiosity
October 22, 2018 23:28 - 4 minutes - 12.7 MBEP 007 - Mantra Monday: Cultivate Curiosity Welcome to SOUL SCHOOL WITH AUDREY and Mantra Monday where we start your week off with an intention, a quote or just a little thought in 5 minutes of less to inspire your day and week. Today’s Mantra Monday is all about is cultivating curiosity. If you’ve ever been around a small child, they are full of curiosity. They have unlimited questions, constantly wanting to why and how come and what is that? Babies are born curious. Children have an in...
Lean into Fear & Whole-Heartedly Speak Your Truth with Leah Zaccaria
October 17, 2018 16:21 - 45 minutes - 86.5 MBEP 006 – Lean into Fear and Whole-heartedly Speak Your Truth with Leah Zaccaria Meet Leah Zaccaria, one of my favorite yoga teachers, Soul Sisters and author of her memoir book, SEEN, that just was published in October 2018. Always vulnerable and whole-heartedly open and raw, Leah shares her personal story of divorce, taking the leap of faith to change careers leaving corporate life to open her yoga studios, to writing her first book. She provides so many good nuggets of wisdom of how ...
Mantra Monday - Peace Begins with ME
October 15, 2018 20:13 - 5 minutes - 13.6 MBEP 005 - Mantra Monday: Peace begins with me Welcome to Mantra Monday where we start your week off with an intention, a quote or just a little thought in 5 minutes of less to inspire your day and week. Today’s mantra is Peace Begins with ME. Most of the time, we are unconsciously reacting to circumstances, to people, to our own emotions and feelings. Think about a time when you were triggered…maybe your day started out poorly already and when this one person said or did something, it...
Healing from Miscarriage, Cancer Scare & Grief
October 10, 2018 15:46 - 37 minutes - 72.8 MBToday on the Soul School podcast I share our journey from miscarriage due to a partial molar pregnancy to cancer scare to being pregnant! I’ll share all of the scary, sad and joyful details, in addition to the 5 gifts I learned from this year long grief and healing process. Crisis is crisis, to that person experiencing it. We all deal with trauma differently. We are all in different seasons of our life, and no matter what season you’re in I hope our conversation today will help you or any...
Sarah Adler: What is Real Food?
October 05, 2018 11:30 - 1 hour - 121 MBMeet Sarah Adler, an amazing nutrition coach, healthy lifestyle expert, food blogger, top selling healthy cookbook author, real food lover and owner of Simply Real Health. Sarah and I dive deep into real conversation as she shares her personal story about her unhealthy obsession with eating healthy, counting calories and her anxiety that robbed her of the joy around food. She shares advice about how you too can take simple steps and easily take charge of your health right now. We talk ab...
Tame Your Fat Kid Freddy
October 05, 2018 11:08 - 19 minutes - 40 MBToday our topic is all about addictions and shadows. You’ll learn what a shadow is and 3 steps of how to heal that inner demon. This is a very personal issue for me, as I have struggled with food my whole life. Some people have alter egos. Beyoncé has Sasha Fierce. I, unfortunately, have Fat Kid Freddy. When he is in control, I travel down a shame spiral into guilt, self-loathing and disappointment. Shadows are those parts of our personality that we don’t like and try to hide, so we stuf...
Intro to SOUL SCHOOL
October 04, 2018 23:58 - 3 minutes - 15.5 MBHi and welcome to soul school. I’m Audrey Sutton Mills and I love to have deep soulful conversations. We can become distracted in our world full of technology and busy in roles and thoughts. We are deeply seeking connection to ourselves, to each other and to the world around us. So, that’s where SOUL SCHOOL was created – to have a sacred space for topics that feed your soul and inspire you to live your best life. I hope you enjoy it, and I would love to connect with you and learn more ab...