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Who you are at your core doesn't change. But sometimes, there are obstacles or barriers that stop us from being our true self. In today's practice of our 8 Days of Intention Setting, you are going to visualize yourself as the most embodied, authentic version of you. If you lived in alignment with that vision, who would you be? How would you act? What thoughts would you think about yourself? What would you do in a day? The more you feel the energy of that version of you, the closer you will become to being them. That part of you is here. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's practice for our 8 Days of Intention Setting is a continuation of our goal setting from yesterday. Today we will set a goal in different areas of our lives that are related to our home and our soul. Your home includes where you live and the people or animals that you love within it. Your soul is everything related to your spiritual practices, your self-development journey, your relationship with your community, or your connection to something bigger than you. When you think of these areas of your life, what goals do you have? If you want to dive into the big 2026 Intention Setting Practice on From the Heart with Rachel Brathen, that episode is available now anywhere you listen to podcasts. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Merry Christmas and welcome back to our 8 Days of Intention Setting! When setting intentions, it can be helpful to divide our goals into different areas of life. For this practice, you will be focusing on a goal for your mind, and a goal for your body. Your mind is everything that has to do with your work, your money, or your studying. Your body includes your health, your wellbeing, and your self-care. If you had to set one goal for each of these areas, what would you come to? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might have a list of goals or milestones or accomplishments you expect to hit in 2026. But beneath all of that logical thinking, there is a feeling lingering. And beneath that feeling, there is a longing. In today's episode of our 8 Days of Intention Setting, Rachel will guide you through a meditation to settle into the body and discover your heart's longing. Notice what is stirring inside of you. It's calling. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes the best way to figure out what you want is through knowing what you don't want. In today's practice of our 8 Days of Intention Setting, you are going to journal until the answer becomes clear: what do you not want to bring with you into 2026? What are you done with? What is staying in 2025? Grab your journal and tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to our 8 Days of Intention Setting here on Self-Care Daily! As we prepare for 2026, Rachel will offer you bite-sized practices for the next eight days that will help you really connect with what you want out of life for the coming chapter. For today's task, your goal is to just assess. How is your heart? Do you feel motivated to dive into intention setting? Or are you a little apprehensive about focusing on the future? Feel the answer in your heart and tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember when everyone used to write thank you notes to each other? In today's episode, we are going to take that practice and write a thank you note to 2025. You will thank this year for everything it brought you - the things you were blessed with, the people you spent time with, the little moments that mattered the most. It's a beautiful way to end the year. Then, if you want to Process 2025 even deeper, the Processing 2025 episode is now available on From the Heart everywhere you listen to podcasts. Next week we will dive into our intention setting practices! Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are going deeper today as we continue to process 2025. Today's inquiry will ask you - what was your biggest struggle this year? Be careful not to answer the question too quickly. Grab your journal, open it up, and write what was hard. And don't forget to ask yourself the most important question - did you learn something from it? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In your mind's eye and in your heart, today's episode will bring you on a trip down memory lane. You will look at 2025 as a whole and ask yourself - what are you most grateful for this year? Maybe it's one person, maybe it was a specific experience, or maybe it was a lesson you learned. Whatever it was, sit with it and give thanks. It brought you so much. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For today's episode, you are going to go back in time to the intention you set for yourself in 2025. What was it? Did you have a word of the year? Sometimes the year turns out exactly as planned, but other times the universe decides to teach us a lesson instead. You will spend some time journaling today to figure out what actually happened this year - and can you summarize it into one word? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are almost at the end of the year! Today marks the beginning of the end, and on Self-Care Daily we are going to start figuring out what 2025 brought us. Every day this week, Rachel will give you a practice that will help you process 2025. What did you learn? What was magical? What curveballs came your way? For today's episode, if you could put 2025 into a feeling, what would that feeling be? Tune in to figure it out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's self-care practice is a fire-gazing, or a candle-gazing, meditation. All you need is a dark room and a lit candle! Rachel will guide you through the practice, from set up to completion, and all you have to do is take in the light. How does it feel? How does your breath respond? Tune in to see. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just like we love to light candles in our home during the winter, we need little things we can turn toward to bring light into dark situations in our lives. What helps you through difficult times? In today's episode, Rachel will share examples from her own life, and then it's your turn to reflect on the resources that support you when everything feels dark and heavy. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes the winter can feel difficult. But there are some beautiful things that you can only experience at this time of year. In today's episode, we are going to have a gratitude practice for the uniqueness of this season. Do you rest differently? Does your home feel extra cozy? Is there an activity you love that you can only do when it snows? Tune in to give thanks for it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This time of year can make us feel really cooped up. We spend more time inside, we aren't really growing or expanding, and we have slowed down. But maybe that's how it's supposed to be! In today's episode, you will go inward and consider all the ways you can explore your relationship with yourself during this time. Rachel shares some beautiful examples. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are in the darkest time of the year right now. If that feels depressing, this week's episodes on Self-Care Daily will help you turn inward, rest more, and find a way to celebrate. Now is the time to light candles and fireplaces, sing songs, and gather with the people you love. It will remind you that even in darkness there is light! Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The most important part of self-development work is to actually do the thing! So for today's self-care practice, we are going to experience some joy. Reach for something that makes you so giddily happy and puts a big smile on your face. Rachel will share some good places to start. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The older we get, the more and more barriers we build between us and joy. It becomes harder to connect to that sense of childlike wonder. In today's episode, you are going to take a look at what is in the way of your joy. When do you feel unworthy of it? Is it the same situation again and again? Then it may be time to break a pattern. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes the simple act of embodying a feeling can make it true. In today's episode, Rachel will guide you through a meditation to breathe into your heart. Expand and feel your energy there. And then use that energy to ignite joy. Smile with your whole being. You'll spread that light into the world when you're done - and that's how joy comes back around again. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have an inner sense of joy within us always. But sometimes, we need a little help to bring it out. In today's episode, Rachel will guide you through a contemplation to ask yourself honestly: what truly brings you joy? And on top of that, why does this thing bring you joy? Tune in and feel for the answer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joy isn't as simple as many of us like to think. If we are stuck in fight or flight mode, if life feels really hard, or if we are used to climbing a mountain every single day - sometimes joy can really evade us. This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to make more space for joy in our lives, through contemplating our relationship with it and working through it step by step. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes no matter how hard we try, we just can't fix a situation. Is there something in your life that is incredibly difficult but there's no changing it? In today's episode, Rachel will guide you through a practice to write down a little prayer for ease. Sometimes that small act of getting your thoughts summarized on paper can lighten the load. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's practice will pose a question that you can ask yourself and act on right away. What is something you can offer yourself right now that would bring more ease into your body? Rachel will give you some ideas, then it's time to go do it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We usually look around us and notice what is wrong. It's human nature to find the flaws in things and want to fix them. But in today's practice, you are going to shift your attention to the things that are easy. The things that are going well. The things that are causing you no problems or inconveniences. Don't forget about them! There are many. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Think about the feeling of ease… and then think about the complete opposite of that. What area of your life feels forced right now? What are you trying to solve but things just aren't changing? In today's episode, you will contemplate this and then consider - what would it feel like to start letting go? Sometimes the moment you let go is the moment things change. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you making things harder and more complicated than they need to be? Is your inner perfectionist working a little bit too hard? This week on Self-Care Daily, we are focusing on adding more ease into our lives. Let yourself off the hook and soften a bit. Not everything needs to be done to the point of exhaustion. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you are well rested, everything feels a bit easier. In today's practice, we are going to do some work around actually improving our sleep quality. You will find one thing to remove from your sleep routine, and one thing to add to your sleep routine. If it makes a difference, you'll know right away. And then all you have to do is stick with it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Take a look at the space that you are sleeping in right now. What is it like? In today's episode, Rachel will guide you through different aspects of your bedroom to create a good foundation for solid sleep. You will consider if your bedroom is cluttered or peaceful, dark enough, the proper temperature, along with other aspects that will help set you up for a great night sleep. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, you are going to take a couple moments to settle down. This is a perfect practice to come to at any time of day, but especially when you are feeling overwhelmed or ready to wind down for the evening. Rachel will guide you through it all, so let's rest together. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, you are going to identify the number one thing that helps you fall asleep, and stay asleep, at night. What impacts your quality of sleep? Rachel will share helpful advice, from taking a bath, to reading, and having a nice cup of herbal tea. It's important to have time to wind down! Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The days are getting shorter, the sun is disappearing earlier, and winter is coming. This time of year is one of rest, restoration - and getting more sleep than we normally do. In today's episode, you are going to contemplate your relationship with sleep. Do you have a hard time going to bed on time? Does your mind spin  when you're in bed? Do you have a hard time winding down? Let's figure it out. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For today's self-care practice, we are going to make a mess on purpose! Tune into your inner child and color outside the lines. Rachel will share some ideas, from baking, to making art, digging in the garden, or splashing in the mud with your kids. It's time to have some fun and remember - messes can always be cleaned. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's practice is going to take us a little deeper - and back to what it was like growing up in your household. What happened when you made a mess when you were a child? Was it tolerated? Embraced? Punished? Rachel will dive into the lessons she's learned from her own childhood, then it's time to reflect on yours. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, Rachel will guide you through a gratitude practice. First, you will consider something in your life that is working in perfect orderly fashion. Then you will consider something in your life that is really messy but brings you happiness still. There can be beauty in all things, if only you look for it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all have that voice inside our heads telling us how we need to do things. And usually - that voice is telling us we need to be perfect. In today's episode, you will contemplate how your inner perfectionist talks to you. Where is this voice the most loud? Where is it making your life difficult? And what would happen if you didn't listen? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is perfectionism ruining your life? It is really easy to fall into the trap of thinking everything needs to be tidy and organized. This week on the show, you will instead embrace the messiness of life. You don't have to do everything perfectly. Let your hair down, kick your shoes off, and allow things to be how they are. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is there a moment in your day that you would like to be really present for, but for some reason, you're missing it? In today's episode, you are going to make a commitment to yourself. The next time this moment happens, you will take a deep breath, bring yourself into the present, and remember your intention. This time matters to you for a reason, so let's slow it down. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's contemplation will take a bit more work. You may not have the answer immediately. Give yourself time and space to answer this question: what limiting belief is stopping you from living at a slower pace? There are so many stories we tell ourselves - which one is making you run too fast? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A consistent meditation practice can help you quiet the mind. In today's episode, Rachel will guide you to settle deeply in your body and slow down the breath. The closer you come to the present moment, the more you will notice the space between each thought getting wider and wider. Then all you have to do is be. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is the most stressful moment of your day? Is your morning chaotic no matter how much you prepare? Is a meeting at work really unproductive? Is getting dinner on the table each night incredibly stressful? Whatever it may be, there is an underlying reason for it. And sometimes the little voice in our head is the most stressful part of it all. This episode will counter that voice and ease some of the weight. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a society, so many of us feel a sense of urgency throughout our entire lives. We wake up, we immediately feel like we are in a hurry, and that feeling doesn't stop even when we hit the pillow at night. This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to slow down in ways that are realistic. It will be an exploration of the feeling of urgency, the reason you feel that way, and what you can do to change it. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We often ignore our feelings as much as we can and soldier through life. But in today's self-care practice, you are going to schedule a good cry just like how you would schedule taking a yoga class. Pencil it in, make yourself a sad playlist, and let yourself feel. Rachel will walk you through it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's journaling practice is a very tender one that will bring your grief around the entire world. Rachel offers you different journaling prompts where you will focus on a grief you're holding from your own life, and one that you're holding for all of humanity. The comparison will help you realize that we are all connected, and we are all just walking each other home. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did you know that the simple act of noticing how you're feeling and giving that feeling a name can make you feel better? That's what today's practice is all about. Rachel will guide you through an exercise to notice what is moving through you right now, put it into words, and carry on with the knowledge that you are going to be okay. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are many different reasons why we may not let ourselves grieve. Why we may push our feelings down and pretend they don't exist. It's okay to be scared to go there - but that is what we are going to do in today's practice. These feelings are yours and they deserve to be felt. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are all grieving something. You may be grieving something big or something small, but whatever it is - it deserves space to be felt. And that is our topic for this week on Self-Care Daily. Offer the pain and sadness in your heart a little bit more space to exist. And always remember - you are not alone in those feelings. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For today's self-care practice, you are going to connect with a resource that makes you feel like yourself. Feeling like yourself is a very particular feeling. It can be hard to define - but you know it when you feel it. Rachel will share some examples from her own life. And only you know what it feels like to be you - so find what works and go do it. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It can be really hard to recognize or define who your most authentic self is. Sometimes, it's easier to notice the scenarios in your life that pull you away from your true self. In today's episode, you will take a look at one of those scenarios - something that makes you feel like you need to wear a mask, or change in some way, or fake your way through. Give yourself grace and find awareness. It will only help you move forward. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your most authentic self knows what is true. It knows when you are faking it. In today's episode, Rachel will guide you through a meditation to land in this moment here and now. You will take this time to really assess - how do you feel? And what is really true about your feelings? Those feelings are valid - and they are the place your most authentic self wants you to live from. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes down to it, you have everything you need within yourself. You have an inner wisdom that can get you through any situation. But - how do you access it? You have to be in tune with yourself! In today's episode, you are going to consider when you feel most comfortable in your own skin. When can you switch off the outside voices and listen to your intuition? Rachel will share some examples, and then it's your turn. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's topic is one that is challenging to turn into actionable practice - but it is ultimately the single most important thing you can do to feel purposeful and complete in life. And that is to return to a place of authenticity inside. To distinguish between your own voice, and all the ways we were conditioned by society or the others around us. We have never really been taught how to shift our awareness from the outside world back to ourselves - so the time is now. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices