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
Loving Kindness - Guided Meditation for Moms
Feeling overwhelmed by the chaos of motherhood? This meditation is for you.
If you’re a busy mom who always has to have it together, this isn’t just another podcast episode—it’s a much-needed moment of calm amidst the storm.
Imagine how different your day could feel with just a few mindful breaths. In this guided meditation, we’ll walk you through a full-body mindfulness practice designed to ease stress and bring you back to yourself. From your toes to the crown of your head, you'll tune into your body and emotions, finding pockets of peace that you can carry with you throughout the day.
As you breathe in self-compassion and exhale kindness, you’ll also connect with powerful elements of empathy and love.
By the end, you’ll return to the present moment feeling more centered, connected, and ready to face the day with a renewed sense of serenity.
Meet Kayla Huszar, the Host of the Chill Like a Mother Podcast
Hey, moms! I’m Kayla Huszar, and I’m here to help you calm the chaos in modern-day mothering with expressive art therapy. As a creative counsellor, I support moms who feel stuck and are looking to regulate their emotions, reduce anxiety, and tackle stress and overwhelm.
SOCIAL WORKER | EXPRESSIVE ART FACILITATOR | PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH
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Big, deep breath in really feeling the rise and fall of your chest and just noticing what it feels like in the bottoms of your feet. What are the sensations there, what are the urges there? And just having your awareness and that noticing travel up into your ankles, calves, knees, upper legs, noticing now how your hips, pelvis feel, maybe noticing the connection between the chair you're in, having that noticing and that awareness travel up into your belly center. Taking, taking a deep breath here, having that noticing travel up into your chest, shoulders, neck, all the way until it reaches the top of your head. Just noticing, getting in touch with your body, how it feels, without judgment, paying special attention if you notice any sensations from head to toe. Are these sensations happening in your body, pleasant, unpleasant, neutral? Taking three more deep belly breaths and allowing yourself to breathing out any stress, tension or overwhelm. Staying with your breath allowing, allowing that breath to freely move in and out of your body. Just notice how each breath feels, if it feels constricting or a little bit hard to breathe in. With that deep openness, for the next three breaths, I want you to try and let your breath be infused with love, affection and compassion for yourself and others with every breath in imagining kindness and self-compassion entering your body, compassion entering your body and with every out breath, imagining kindness, that compassionate energy, equally going out of your body, touching the people you love, reaching the far distance, the people who maybe need or are longing for your love and your kindness.
Speaker 1:If, at any point, your mind wanders, as every mind does, it's normal, it's human try and be compassionate with yourself and when you notice that your mind has wandered away from your body and your breath, just bring your attention back, gently and compassionately, keeping with the intention that we are giving ourselves love, kindness and compassion, if you feel comfortable, placing your hand on your heart, feeling the warmth and love that exists there for yourself and for others, feeling that heart center energy, breathing in and breathing out, giving permission and allowing this breath, your breath, to soothe, comfort, your compassion and love for self, breathing out goodwill, compassion and love for the people you love and the human beings in the world.
Speaker 1:And I want you to imagine a color, a color, an, a form of your in-breath and allow that color or image to fill you up, to embody the essence of this color, and, with your out-breath, another color, image or form, and allow that color to breathe out your mouth and your nose, surrounding you and surrounding the people you love, breathing in your color of compassion for self, breathing out and around the color of compassion for the people you love and the people in your community. Deep belly breaths. And on your third breath, whenever you feel ready, you can slowly and gently bring yourself back to the room and when you feel like you fully integrated back into the room, you can spend the next 15 to 20 minutes expressing whatever needs expressing from that.
