Episode 27 – Holding Space for Yourself | Daily Pause (5-Minute Guided Meditation)

Welcome to The Daily Pause, your 5-minute daily meditation podcast. Each episode helps you pause, reset, and cultivate calm, clarity, and emotional balance in your day.

In this session, we focus on holding space for yourself—giving attention, care, and presence to your own feelings without judgment or expectation. Perfect for moments when you’ve been giving so much to others that you need to reconnect with your own inner sanctuary.

✨ Today’s meditation includes:

• Guided breathing to create a safe, inner space

• Visualization to acknowledge and honor your emotions

• Gentle encouragement to cultivate self-presence and inner peace

If you’d like to make mindfulness part of your everyday routine, subscribe now. Together, we’ll take these moments of calm one day at a time.

Full Guided Meditation Transcript

Welcome to the Daily Pause, your 5-minute daily meditation podcast. Each day I’ll guide you through a short practice of presence and calm to help you move through your day with clarity and ease. Think of this as your daily reset—a few minutes to breathe, reflect, and return to center.

If you’d like to make mindfulness part of your everyday routine, be sure to subscribe. Together, we’ll take these moments of calm one day at a time.

Thanks for joining me today. Find a comfortable position. Gently close your eyes and just allow yourself to relax. Take a slow breath in and a full breath out.

As you breathe, imagine you’re creating a safe, spacious room within you. This room is just for you. There’s nobody else here. It is calm. It is quiet. It is peaceful. Keep breathing.

Today, we’re going to practice holding space for ourselves. So often we give our time and energy to others, leaving little for ourselves.

Bring to mind any feeling that needs your attention right now. It could be sadness, joy, exhaustion, or excitement. Instead of judging it or trying to fix it, simply hold space for it.

As you breathe, imagine you’re making room for this feeling in your inner sanctuary. Inhale and acknowledge it. Exhale and allow it to simply be. You don’t have to do anything. Just be present with yourself. Feel the peace of being fully with yourself without judgment or expectation. You are your best company.

Take one final gentle breath in. As you exhale, gently bring your awareness back to the room. Whenever you’re ready, open your eyes gently. Carry the sense of peaceful self-presence with you today.

That concludes today’s session. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.