Meditative Story

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 Pomplamosse) discusses her experience as a lifelong beginner and how she finds the fun in starting over. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/dsPgtGWQ

This week’s #FailureFriday is for anyone who has ever struggled with fertility. You are not alone. And no, you are not a failure. Although in my case, I did fail for many years to process how I was actually feeling. Case in point, me the night of the photo pictured here. This was me in 2012 at a fancy fundraiser I helped throw for President Obama. In the photo, I’m introducing the star of the night, President Obama. It should have been a huge moment for me. But 3 days prior, I had my first miscarriage. I hadn’t even gotten the D&C procedure yet when I got up on stage. No one in the room knew what had happened. I held it all inside. My body persevered through the pain and the loss of my miscarriage. I couldn’t feel the magnitude of what that moment meant for my career or what losing the pregnancy meant for me personally. I closed myself off from both. Like so many women I knew, I always felt I had to be perfect. I had to keep moving. I had to be strong. So that’s exactly what I was doing in this moment: swallowing my grief and powering through the pain. Recently, I had the opportunity to share my fertility story on the Meditative Story podcast and how I learned to stop trying to just push through life’s unexpected changes and allow myself the time and space to properly feel them. The episode is out this week, and you can listen to it here or by searching Meditative Story on your favorite podcast platform: https://lnkd.in/etx-TiKT

So excited that my Meditative Story is out today! In this week’s episode, I share a very personal story of mine: my journey with fertility. I have always prided myself on being in control. I’ve always been the one to say “I got this.” But after years of struggling to achieve one of my lifelong goals — being a mom — the weight of powering through the pain was too much. In this week’s episode, I share how I learned that instead of just pushing through life’s unexpected changes, I needed to allow myself the time and space to properly feel them. You can listen to my episode by searching for Meditative Story wherever you get your podcasts. https://lnkd.in/etx-TiKT . . . #Fertility #MeditativeStory #Podcast #FertilityJourney

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://lnkd.in/eCJGtDqZ

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://lnkd.in/g7sD6B-w

This month, The Webby Awards 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. #Webbys voting is open through April 18th. Original Music Score / Best Sound Design category: From great loss, a great freedom, by Isabel Allende – https://lnkd.in/g4pHQp44 Health, Wellness & Lifestyle category Meditative Story: Jason Mraz: Finding the energy we need, all around us – https://lnkd.in/dwPGmkBR Honored in the Featured Guest category for our story: From great loss, a great freedom, by Isabel Allende

Grief is a force that everyone will encounter, but there are times when it hits without warning. Today, Kelly Rizzo shares how, in the wake of her husband's passing, she learns that moving forward doesn’t always mean moving on. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gebpY8vE

"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. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dnnzBqb8 Honnold Foundation #alexhonnold #freesolo #climbing #rockclimbing #failure

"When we're collectively creating art it's like we're praying together." Actress Zuri Adele grew up feeling largely isolated. But while attending Spelman College in Atlanta, she became immersed in the rich history and ritual of the African diaspora. In today's powerful Meditative Story, Zuri shares how embracing her community and her unique place in history helped her exchange her feelings of isolation for feelings of connection. Relisten to "How I connect to my unique place in history" by Zuri Adele: https://lnkd.in/eMuR9Eeh #goodtrouble #hbcu #spelmancollege #community #storytelling

Meditative Story composer Eduardo Rivera explains how writing for podcasts is different than writing for film scores: https://lnkd.in/eXqZRa8K Have questions for Eduardo about how he creates Meditative Story's signature, immersive musical sound? Ask in the comments on TikTok! #musicians #musician #composer #musiccomposer #scoring