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The Daily Shine

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Every weekday, tune in to the Daily Shine, a podcast-meets-meditation to help you breathe, cope with stress and anxiety, and build self-care skills. And for more self-care support: Download the Shine app. Founded by two women of color, the Shine app is your space for daily self-care. Download the app—named Apple's Best of 2020—in the App Store and Google Play for even more daily meditations (including sleep meditations!), weekly self-care courses, and monthly virtual workshops with mental wellness experts. Head to www.theshineapp.com
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Episodes

Let Yourself Set Boundaries

As the holiday season approaches: It’s the perfect time to reflect on your boundaries and how you’re caring for your energy. Join Jamila Reddy for a meditation on the value of boundaries and an exercise to give yourself permission to set them. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Nov 02, 202115 min

Notice What's New

When our days start to feel repetitive: We can shift our mindset to cultivate a sense of newness and boost our mood. Today, we dive into a meditation practice designed to help us practice seeing our lives in a new light. Voiced by Mel Chanté . Get our best deal of the year. For a limited time, get a year of Shine Premium for just $25. With Shine Premium, start your daily self-care ritual with 1,000+ meditations, guided journaling exercises, and invites to monthly workshops. Head to theshineapp.c...

Nov 02, 202110 min

Gratitude Journaling

Gratitude is key to our physical and mental wellbeing—but it takes practice to make it a part of our everyday. Today, join Mel for a journaling exercise to show gratitude to your present, past, and future self. Grab that journal! Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Nov 01, 202114 min

You Are Brave

You are brave and courageous—and there are small ways you prove this every day. Join Joy Ofodu for a meditation to savor your small acts of bravery and take pride in your courage. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 29, 202110 min

What Do You Need to Hear?

We often forget that we can give the words we need to hear back to ourselves. Today, we practice doing just that to self-soothe. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 28, 20218 min

Meditate With Sound

Sound is a powerful tool that can affect our body and mind. Join us for a music meditation for deep focus and relaxation. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 27, 202110 min

Make 'Good Enough' Your Goal

When we care about something deeply, we can get stuck by our own focus on perfection. Aiming for “good enough” can help us release ourselves from perfection and move forward with our goals. Join Joy Ofodu for a visualization exercise to put that mindset shift into practice. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 26, 202110 min

Repot Your Relationships

If you feel like your group chats have turned to crickets: You’re not alone. Today, we reflect on “repotting” our relationships and finding new ways to connect with the people we care about. Grab that journal! Written by Stephanie Simpson. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 25, 202116 min

Let Yourself Evolve

Change is a natural part of life—including change within ourselves. Today’s meditation, inspired by @alexelle , will help you remember: It’s OK to outgrow older versions of yourself. Written by Stephanie Simpson. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 22, 202110 min

Savor Your Small Wins

It’s easy to put off celebrating ourselves—but you have small wins *daily* that deserve props. Join Joy Ofodu for today’s meditation, all about savoring and celebrating the progress you’re making. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 21, 20219 min

Anchor Yourself with Gravity

As much as our emotions move us, we are always anchored with gravity. Today, check in with yourself and notice the power of feeling stillness inside and out. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 20, 202110 min

Be a Beginner

Allowing yourself to be a beginner can inject a lot of the joy and fun back into new experiences. Today we explore the concept of a “beginner’s mindset” and reflect on how we might incorporate that into our lives. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 19, 202110 min

Your Self-Care Isn't Selfish

When life gets stressful, it can be hard to prioritize our wellbeing. Today, artist and storyteller Joy Ofodu takes over the Daily Shine and leads us through an affirmation journaling exercise to remind us that self-care isn't selfish. Grab that journal! Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 18, 202113 min

It's OK to Not Do It All

Society often tells us that our worth is tied up with what we do or how much we accomplish. But each of us is worthy just by virtue of being ourselves. Today, Mel leads us through a meditation to release productivity guilt and remember our inherent value. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 15, 202110 min

Let Yourself Monotask

We’re a society of multitaskers—and while it’s sometimes helpful, it’s a stress relief for our minds when we focus on just one thing at a time. Today, we practice quieting our multitasking minds and focusing on the present moment. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 14, 202110 min

Balance Your Mind, Body, and Spirit

Today we're cultivating the calm and emotional balance we need. Elisha guides us through a qigong practice that connects the body, breath, and mind. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 13, 202112 min

What Kind of Support Do You Need?

When we’re in a stressful situation: We all need different kinds of support. In today’s meditation, Mel helps you ask “Do I need empathy or strategy?” so you can better show up for yourself and others. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 12, 20219 min

The Joy of Meeting Yourself

You’re not the same person you were yesterday—and that’s a beautiful thing. Join Jamila for this guided journaling meditation, where you’ll reflect on all you have to gain by meeting your most authentic self. Grab that journal! Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 11, 202112 min

Your Joy Is a Strength

We often put joy on the back-burner, but it’s a feeling that can nourish and strengthen us—especially in challenging times. Join Mel for a breathing exercise to rediscover and savor the joy that lives inside of you. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 08, 202110 min

Live With Uncertainty

We thrive on certainty—but you’re more equipped to handle uncertainty than you think. Today, we dive into a meditation practice that helps us cultivate a sense of inner strength and calm from within, no matter what's going on around us. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 07, 202111 min

Release Your Tension

When anxiety creeps into your day, you always have the power to step out of it with your body and breath. Today's meditation is a progressive muscle relaxation technique that's research-backed for lowering levels of stress and helping ground ourselves in our bodies. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 06, 202110 min

Four Areas to Build In Self-Care

You deserve care and support in all areas of your life. Today’s meditation with Mel will help you explore four key areas of your life where you can prioritize self-care—work, play, restoration, and me-time. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 05, 202110 min

Create Space to Grow

We all carry rules about who we are and who we aren’t—and it’s never too late to question them. Today, join Mel in a reflection or journaling exercise to see if there are any rules you can release to give yourself more space to grow. Grab that journal! Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Oct 04, 202113 min

You Are Your Home

Your mind and body are the home you live in every day. Today, we explore the many “rooms” that make up who you are and how you can give them the care they deserve. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Oct 01, 202110 min

Where Does Your Energy Go?

You have more agency over your energy than you think. Through a meditative energy inventory, join Mel in finding small ways to manage your energy and scale it up or back as you need. Voiced by Mel Chante. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Sep 30, 202111 min

Shape Your Breath

Today, we use geometric shapes to guide our breath and focus our mind in a guided breathwork exercise. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Sep 29, 202114 min

It's OK to Do Less

It’s easy to feel like we have to do it all, every day. But there is nothing wrong with being choosy with what you commit to. Today, we’ll focus on being thoughtful and purposeful with our time using the QLPDA strategy. Grab your journal for today’s episode. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50...

Sep 28, 202111 min

Fall In Love With Yourself

Self-love is a lifelong journey. And when we learn to appreciate and care for ourselves as a true life partner, we can have a deeper appreciation for all parts of ourselves. Today, we reflect on what self-love looks like to you. Grab that journal! Voiced by Mel Chanté. Written by Tiana Brawley, M.S.W. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: thesh...

Sep 27, 202113 min

Meet Yourself Where You Are

Holding space means listening with compassion and empathy—and it’s a practice to support others and ourselves. Join Mel for a meditation to hold space for however you’re feeling today. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Sep 24, 202110 min

Release What You Can't Control

When we release what we can’t control: We find new energy to take action where we can. Today, Mel leads a breath-focused meditation to help you let go and move forward. Voiced by Mel Chanté. Exclusive offer for Daily Shine listeners: Get 50% off your first year of Shine Premium and get more tools to help you create a self-care ritual and calm your anxiety. Redeem your offer here: theshineapp.com/50

Sep 23, 202110 min
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