Meditation for Emotional Exhaustion
and the surprising link to PTSD treatment
Feeling emotionally drained and completely exhausted? 😮💨 Me too.
Compassion fatigue and emotional burnout are all too common, especially when juggling the demands of caregiving, work, and personal life, not to mention politics…
Today’s episode explores how meditation can not only help you acknowledge exhaustion but also actively restore your energy using a powerful visualization technique rooted in PTSD treatment research. This has been my go-to meditation for the last few months; I hope you find it as restorative as I do!
☑️ Learn how emotional exhaustion zaps the nervous system and why your body responds as if it is being attacked.
☑️ Discover a guided meditation that uses sensory memory to downregulate stress and restore balance.
☑️ Experience a practical, accessible technique to refill your emotional cup and reconnect with a sense of safety and joy.
Take a deep breath, settle in, and press play to immerse yourself in a meditation practice that will help you release exhaustion and regain a sense of calm and renewal.
Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support.
Refill & Replenish at Olympic National Park
🎧 Today's meditation music is a nature soundscape from Olympic National Park as recorded by Nick McMahan. A cathedral of trees, soft mossy and clean rain invite the opportunity to refresh and replenish.
The Olympic National Park area has been home to indigenous people for millennia, with eight tribes holding traditional associations to the park's land, including the Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S'Klallam, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Skokomish, Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah tribes.
Take a listen here:
