Meditative Story

08/05/2024

Being a beginner takes a lot of patience. Learning to love the process opens up a whole new world of wonder.

In her Meditative Story, Nataly Dawn (of the band Pomplamoose) discusses her experience as a lifelong beginner and how she finds the fun in starting over.

Listen now: https://listen.meditativestory.com/natalydawn

24/04/2024

We’re honored and humbled to be recognized as a winner in this year’s ! Meditative Story received the Best Original Music and Sound Design Award for our episode, From great loss, a great freedom with . Creating this episode was a wholehearted effort for our team – and, we often hear that Isabel’s story is one of the most beloved pieces in our library. So, this recognition is deeply meaningful for us.

Thank you for your support all along the way! In celebration of this award, we invite you to return with us to Isabel’s story today – you can give it a listen at the link in our story and bio.

24/04/2024

We’re honored and humbled to be recognized as a winner in this year’s The Webby Awards! Meditative Story received the Best Original Music and Sound Design Award for our episode, From great loss, a great freedom with Isabel Allende. Creating this episode was a wholehearted effort for our team – and, we often hear that Isabel’s story is one of the most beloved pieces in our library. So, this recognition is deeply meaningful for us.

Thank you for your support all along the way! In celebration of this award, we invite you to return with us to Isabel’s story today – you can give it a listen here: https://listen.meditativestory.com/IsabelAllende

23/04/2024

When Aasif Mandvi gets a surprising diagnosis, he worries how it will change his life. Will it make his world smaller? Instead, it inspires him to grow… in unexpected ways.

Listen to his Meditative Story here: https://listen.meditativestory.com/aasif

15/04/2024

This month, announced their 2024 nominee and honorees, and Meditative Story has been nominated for 2 awards. If Meditative Story has resonated with you this year, we’d love your vote. voting is open through April 18th.

Link in stories to vote!

09/04/2024

Grief is a force that everyone will encounter, because loss is a natural part of life, but there are times when it hits without warning.

When ’s husband, Bob Saget, passes away without warning, she’s faced with the challenge of moving forward day by day without leaving her memories of Bob behind.

In her Meditative Story, Kelly shares how, in the wake of Bob’s passing, she faces the challenge of honoring her memories of him while moving forward, and how she learns that moving forward doesn’t mean moving on.

Link in bio and stories to listen to Kelly’s Story.

26/03/2024

"It's never really failure unless you just give up."

Alex Honnold shares how climbing has shaped his perspective on failure.

On today's episode, the professional adventure rock climber renowned for his free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs explores how he learned that, even though he's always known how to do hard things, his drive to push himself will only take him so far.

Listen to his Meditative Story to hear how he’s come to understand the importance of reading the conditions of the environment, and learning to adapt: listen.meditativestory.com/alex

07/03/2024

Meditative Story composer Eduardo Rivera explains how writing for podcasts is different than writing for film scores: https://www.tiktok.com//video/7343417285077421358

Have questions for Eduardo about how he creates Meditative Story's signature, immersive musical sound? Ask in the comments on TikTok!

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05/03/2024

Tami Simon, founder of the spiritual wisdom publishing house Sounds True, has gone through much of her life feeling like an alien. Often misunderstood, Tami has yearned to discover where she fits in.

In today’s Meditative Story, she shares the story of how an otherworldly experience teaches her that she can tune into the frequency of finding belonging.

Listen to her story: listen.meditativestory.com/tami

04/03/2024

"Ask yourself, what things can you let go that you might have kept from childhood and what things that were fabulous gifts from your parents do you want to keep?"

In Marcia Gay Harden's Meditative Story, the Tony and Academy Award-winning actress explores the power in reflecting, redirecting, and redefining.

Listen as she deeply ponders both the wonderful and the difficult lessons of childhood and discovers how to let go of some of the habits she learned from her parents that no longer serve her — and shares how she uses pottery to center herself and celebrate the traits that do.

👉 listen.meditativestory.com/mgh

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28/02/2024

In today’s Meditative Story, Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden explores the power in reflecting, redirecting, and redefining as she deeply ponders both the wonderful and the difficult lessons of childhood, and discovers how to let go of some of the habits she learned from her parents that no longer serve her, and how she uses creating pottery to center herself and celebrate the traits that do.

Listen to her story: listen.meditativestory.com/mgh

To hear more from Marcia Gay Harden, give an early follow to Snoriezzz — her upcoming children’s mindful bedtime podcast co-produced by Natalie Peyton.

22/02/2024

Take a tour of composer Eduardo Rivera's home studio to go behind the scenes of Meditative Story's signature, immersive musical sound: https://www.tiktok.com//video/7338228509887728939

Have questions for Eduardo? Ask in the comments on TikTok!

(And yes, we're on TikTok! 👋)

Check out Meditative Story's video.

21/02/2024

In honor of Black History Month, author and social entrepreneur .cargle has been leading an intentional month-long learning journey. Her curated series has daily prompts for learning, unlearning, remembering, celebrating and providing deep affirmation of the Black experience in America (and throughout the world).

Relisten to Rachel’s for a deeper look into how she turns her gifts outwards in service of centering and building community — just as she does with . (link in bio)

And if you want to join in the challenge, go to the top of her profile and click to get notifications for when she posts so that you don’t miss each day’s prompt.

Plus learn more about Rachel Cargle’s organization, The Loveland Foundation, a nonprofit offering free therapy to Black women and girls:

19/02/2024

In Jefferson Fisher's Meditative Story, the lawyer and master communicator invites us into his experience as someone who is naturally drawn to taking care of other people, and explores how again and again this has caused him to put the wants and needs of others ahead of his own.

Listen to hear him discover not only the power of showing up for himself, but the realization that doing so gives him the chance to show up more fully for others: listen.meditativestory.com/jefferson

16/02/2024

13/02/2024

Two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter has long been creating beauty and visually telling stories with her unique talents as an artist.

Today, she shares how she learned to navigate her artistic gifts to create powerful moments of expression and healing, especially when mourning the loss of her friend and colleague Chadwick Boseman.

Listen to her Meditative Story: listen.meditativestory.com/ruthcarter

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30/01/2024

When Lulu Wang was growing up, her family was certain of two things: She was destined to become a piano prodigy, and she needed to be grateful for the sacrifices her parents made to give her that opportunity.

In today’s episode, the creator of and writer and director of The Farewell tells the story of how she found her own space away from the expectations of her future, and in doing so, unlocked the joy of making her own discoveries.

Listen to Lulu's Meditative Story: listen.meditativestory.com/lulu

29/01/2024

What story do you want to tell this year?

We’re wrapping our January calendar with a few daily prompts for finding connection, presence and gratitude — along with a reminder that you can take all of our mindfulness practices with you throughout 2024.

End of January at a glance ⤵️

👀 Jan 29: Inspiration
🎧 Jan 30: Listen (New )
🌅 Jan 31: Gratitude

Join us for the remainder of our month of mindfulness at meditativestory.com/calendar, and comment with a way that you’ll be carrying intention and purpose into the rest of your year! (🔗 in bio)

23/01/2024

"And right away I'm hungry for the next one."

Congratulations to Garrett McNamara and the 100 Foot Wave team on their second Emmy win!

Celebrate with us by re-listening to Garrett's Meditative Story where he takes us on a journey through the barrel. listen.meditativestory.com/garrettmcnamara

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22/01/2024

What do you plan to take with you throughout the year?

As we near the end of the month, the daily prompts in our mindfulness calendar not only provide us with simple ways to find connection, presence and gratitude — they’re inspirations we can carry into the rest of 2024.

Week at a glance:

🕺 Jan 22: Move
🎧 Jan 23: Listen (New )
🪨 Jan 24: Create
☃️ Jan 25: Embrace
🌄 Jan 26: Travel
🍲 Jan 27: Savor
💭 Jan 28: Reflect

Explore the daily encouragements designed to help you bring intention and purpose into your year and join us for the remainder of our month of mindfulness at meditativestory.com/calendar! (🔗 in bio)

18/01/2024

There's power in how our senses allow us to connect with our surroundings in mindful ways.

Today's prompt in our January Calendar will help you create an everyday practice of grounding yourself in sensory experiences. Join as we continue our month of mindfulness at meditativestory.com/calendar — and sign up for A Sense of Serenity at waitwhat.meditativestory.com/sense-of-serenity.

16/01/2024

CNN’s 2023 Hero of the Year, veterinarian Dr. Kwane Stewart, has long had a passion for helping animals.

But his life almost took a turn away from his calling as a veterinarian. After a painful work environment left him feeling entirely depleted, he considered walking away from his profession forever.

On today’s episode of Meditative Story, Dr. Kwane Stewart tells us about an unexpected encounter that reminded him to return to the fundamentals, and helped him rediscover the magic of his craft.

Listen to his story: https://listen.meditativestory.com/stewart

15/01/2024

What story are you telling this week?

We’re mid-way through our January 2024 calendar, and this week’s simple, daily prompts inspire self-kindness while encouraging you to find connection, presence and gratitude.

Week at a glance:

✍️ Jan 15: Curiosity
🎧 Jan 16: Listen (New )
🫶 Jan 17: Self-Love
🪴 Jan 18: Grounded
🍃 Jan 19: Serenity
🫂 Jan 20: Connect
🤔 Jan 21: Reflect

Explore the daily inspirations designed to help you bring intention and purpose into your year and join us for our month of mindfulness at meditativestory.com/calendar! (🔗 in bio)

09/01/2024

Where do artists find their inspiration? For Jon Foreman, the answer is everywhere.

Jon Foreman: Sculpt The World is a land artist who uses the raw materials of the environment to create breathtaking ephemeral pieces. His ability to see creative potential all around him has been his superpower — but when his life presented him with the unexpected, his focus had to narrow.

In today’s episode, Jon tells the story of how he eventually found his way back to his creativity, and gives himself grace for his more measured moments.

Listen to his story: listen.meditativestory.com/jon

08/01/2024

What story are you telling this week?

The Meditative Story team has created a special January 2024 calendar to help you start your year with intention and purpose. This free digital resource offers simple, daily prompts that will encourage you to find connection, presence and gratitude.

Week at a glance:

🥰 Jan 8: Explore ( challenge)
🎧 Jan 9: Listen (New )
🥤 Jan 10: Hydrate
🌬️ Jan 11: Breathe
🫂 Jan 12: Kindness
🌌 Jan 13: Sleep
🪞 Jan 14: Reflect

Explore the daily inspirations and join us for a month of mindfulness at meditativestory.com/calendar! (🔗 in bio)

01/01/2024

Happy New Year!

The Meditative Story team has created a special January 2024 calendar to help you start your year with intention and purpose.

This free digital resource offers simple, daily prompts that will encourage you to find connection, presence and gratitude.

📝 Jan 1: Inspiration
🎧 Jan 2: Listen
🧘 Jan 3: Calm
🎶 Jan 4: Immerse
📴 Jan 5: Reset
🤳 Jan 6: Cultivate
🤔 Jan 7: Reflect

Explore the daily inspirations and join us for a month of mindfulness at meditativestory.com/calendar! (🔗 in bio)

28/12/2023

At the cusp of a new calendar year, it’s easy to place our attention on things we’d like to change about ourselves. In today’s meditation, however, Rohan Gunatillake encourages us to see the abundance of right now instead of what’s lacking by putting our focus on each new breath, sound, thought, and sensation.

Listen for a celebration of the new that’s perfect for welcoming in 2024 — or for anytime you’re looking to invite mindfulness and endless possibilities: listen.meditativestory.com/newyearmeditation

26/12/2023

For Jade Bowler, reveling in smaller, quieter moments of casual magic shows her the beauty of everyday existence.

Revisit her for a journey through her inspiring discovery that big achievements aren’t the only things that can bring her happiness — and hear why it's our most listened-to story this year on Spotify: listen.meditativestory.com/JadeBowlerMeditativeStory

19/12/2023

Jen Hatmaker, author and host of the For The Love podcast, is a charismatic, natural born leader. But for a long time, Jen was made to believe she should settle for roles that are secondary to men in leadership.

This week, Jen tells the story of embracing her inner lion and learning that we can be powerful in many ways — not just the ways we’ve been shown.

Listen: listen.meditativestory.com/jen

12/12/2023

How does it feel to have walked among giants?

Matthieu Ricard — photographer, humanitarian, and author of Notebooks Of A Wandering Monk — has spent years of his life in the presence of some of the world’s greatest mindfulness practitioners and felt the weight of their powerful compassion.

In today's episode, Matthieu shares how he learned to stop trying to analyze or understand this power, and instead let his mind experience and absorb it.

Listen to his story: listen.meditativestory.com/matthieu

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