Grounding Meditation: Permission to Struggle

If you listened to my recent conversation with Shulamit Ber Levtov, you heard us talk about something that doesn't get said enough: there's nothing wrong with you when you're struggling. You're having a normal response to systems that weren't designed to support you.

This 9-minute meditation is about giving yourself permission to struggle without carrying shame about it. Permission to be exactly where you are, feeling exactly what you're feeling, without needing to fix it or hide it or push through it.

In this episode, we'll:

• Use breath work to settle your nervous system
• Acknowledge what you're carrying (the shame, the pressure, the expectations)
• Practice releasing that weight - even just for a few minutes
• Experience what permission actually feels like in your body
• Recognize that struggling doesn't make you broken - it makes you human

You don't need to be perfect or composed. Just find a comfortable position and give yourself these few minutes to be exactly as you are.

Related Episode: Episode 32 with Shulamit Ber Levtov - The Entrepreneur's Therapist: Caring for Your Mental Health in a Relentless World

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