When I started Mindfulness in the Middle, I needed something simple and steady to hold onto. A deck of mindfulness cards gave me the structure: one card, one theme, one reflection. Six episodes later, I can see that the cards weren’t the real heartbeat of this series — they were just the doorway.
The real work has been showing up with honesty. Writing and recording through low energy days, through beauty routines and “everything showers,” through walks with my puppy Onyx and calls I didn’t want to make but needed to. The cards gave me prompts, but mindfulness was already woven into my life — in how I breathe when I’m anxious, in how I notice old family scents of perfume and powder, in how I try (and sometimes fail) to care for my body with love.
Somewhere between Episode 1 and Episode 6, I realized I wasn’t just following the cards anymore. I was journaling in public. I was weaving science and spirit, memory and present moment. I was letting my reflections breathe like essays instead of assignments.
So what is Mindfulness in the Middle now? It’s the space I come back to when I need to anchor. It’s about the “middle” — not just middle age, but the middle of change, the middle of recovery, the middle of uncertainty, the middle of trying again. It’s about building routines that remind me I’m human, not a machine. It’s about care before crisis, rest as resistance, and remembering that authenticity matters more than performance.
I don’t know if this series will end at 10 episodes or 100. What I do know is that I’m still here. Writing, reflecting, and practicing in public. And I’m inviting you to stay with me as this next chapter unfolds.
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👉 Mindfulness in the Middle Series
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