Chill Like a Mother Podcast
This show shares stories, offers tips and tricks, and provides education to help you feel more chill like the mother you know you want to be.
Hey! I'm Kayla Huszar, a creative counsellor who's all about unconventional therapy that encourages creativity, curiosity and finding what makes you feel alive (again). I've helped so many women navigate the waves (ups and downs) of motherhood, and I'm here for you, too!
So, if you're feeling overwhelmed or need a moment to yourself, grab your headphones and press play on an episode!
You're not alone, and you already know what you need.
Chill Like a Mother Podcast
Calm Your Mind - Guided Meditation for Moms
This isn't a podcast episode, it's just a chill guided meditation you can try out whenever you need to calm the chaos of motherhood.
If you're curious about meditation or just want to slow down, this is for you. As an expressive art therapist who works with moms, I use meditations like these with my clients and inside the Motherload Membership and personally as a mom to bookend my day with intention and a sense of peace.
Meditation is a great way to reduce anxiety, ease stress, and find a moment of calm amid the craziness. Whether you're dealing with mom guilt, burnout, or just need a minute to breathe, this meditation can be a helpful resource for you.
After 10 minutes, you'll feel more grounded and tuned in, with tools to help you figure things out.
Join us and rediscover the art of being present.
Meet Kayla Huszar, the Host of the Chill Like a Mother Podcast
Kayla Huszar is a Registered Social Worker and Expressive Arts Therapist who helps mothers reconnect with their authentic selves through embodied art-making. She encourages moms to embrace the messy, beautiful realities of their unique motherhood journeys. Whether through the podcast, 1:1 sessions or her signature Motherload Membership, Kayla creates a brave space for mothers to explore their identities beyond parenting, reconnect with their intuition, and find creative outlets for emotional expression and self-discovery.
Thank you for letting me be a part of your day—kids running amok and all! If this episode helped you feel a little more chill, please leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps the podcast reach more moms who need to hear it.
And whenever you feel ready, just closing your eyes, taking a few deep breaths, in just allowing your body, its sensations, its messages to just be known, just breathing in and out, and we're going to start withdrawing your awareness into the bottoms of your feet. Just feel, maybe it helps to stretch them out, wiggle them a bit. Them out, wiggle them a bit, really become aware of the bottoms of your feet. I'm just taking a moment to notice how scattered, grounded you feel in this moment, taking a nice full breath, in letting the air come all the way in so that you can feel your stomach rising and falling. Maybe in this moment you're even able to elongate that spine, not only breathing in that horizontal way but in the vertical way as well. And I just want you to notice how soft or how clenched your belly center feels right now, allowing some relaxation and regulation to kind of swirl about your body's core tension, move up into your chest, noticing the sensations here, noticing how easy or challenging it is to get that breath into your belly center, moving your attention up into your throat and out, noticing if there's tightness or a flow when you feel the sensations in your throat and now allowing your attention to driftoothing out and softening with every breath. Just notice your level of relaxation, your level of regulation, allowing yourself to go deeper and deeper inside your awareness.
Kayla Huszar:So, and in your mind's eye, I want you to bring about a metaphor or picture color of what it would feel like to feel peaceful, calm, safe and serene. Even if your mind and your body wants to reject the idea of peace or calm. I safe and serene. Allow the colors and the shapes and the imagery to become in vivid focus. Thank you, notice how your body is feeling right now. Notice the level of scatteredness, groundedness you feel. Let this feeling sink in, knowing that if you can take the time, it can be recreated anytime you wish. Now, gradually and slowly, we're going to bring ourselves and our attention back to the room, feeling the floor beneath you, the chair beneath you. You can begin to stretch or move a little bit, maybe wiggling your fingers and toes, moving that head from side to side, if that feels good, whenever you're ready, at your own pace, bringing yourself back to the room with eyes open.
