73. Daily Mindfulness Practices for Busy Moms with Josephine Atluri

In today’s fast-paced world, we are constantly bombarded by so many things that distract us from being in the present moment. With so much that we can access within our fingertips, whether it’s social media, our computers, or the news, it can be really tough to tune into ourselves.  Truthfully, it can sometimes feel better to distract ourselves than to really dig deep to understand how and why we feel the ways that we do. It’s time that we all learned how to be a bit more mindful.  Mindfulness is so much more than meditation. It can help us manage our stress, fears, and anxieties. While we often think that we’re too busy to practice mindfulness, we’re not. There are various strategies that can be used throughout our busy days. Our guest today, Josephine Atluri is here to show us how. Josephine is an expert in meditation and mindfulness helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago, and coupled her consulting background with her passion for Total Wellness to become certified as a meditation coach and teach corporate mindfulness. Plus, her experience creating her modern day family of seven children via in vitro fertilization, internal adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.  In this episode we discuss: What it means to be mindful. The difference between mindfulness and meditation. Benefits one can see when using mindfulness or meditation as a practice.  How you can fit 10 minutes of meditation into your day. Three tips to help you sit in meditation when you feel like you’re doing it wrong. Resources: Josephine’s mindfulness books What are the Benefits of Mindfulness? A Practice Review of Psychotherapy-Related Research Read more about the benefits of mindfulness (apa.org) Insight Timer Calm Unplug Meditation Expectful  Cosmic Kids Yoga Read the show notes: https://lynzyandco.com/podcast/   Better Help online therapy will assess your needs and can match you with your own licensed professional therapist in less than 48 hours. You can login and send a message to your therapist at any time. I know that it is important to be able to connect with your therapist so Better Help allows you to change therapists if needed, free of charge. If you want to try it out, my listeners can get 10% off their first month with this link: betterhelp.com/LYNZY Connect with Josephine Atluri : Head to her website. Follow her on Instagram. Subscribe to her YouTube channel. Listen to her podcast. Connect with Lynzy: Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine Instagram: @motherhoodmeetsmedicine Sign up for the weekly newsletter here lynzyandco.com Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Motherhood Meets Medicine Podcast is a space that brings all women together. It's for those who hope to be a mom one day, those who are already mothers, and mothers of mothers. This podcast will give you candid, informal interviews on motherhood topics that you can listen to while you're driving to work, folding laundry or whatever else your busy day may bring. Each week, Your host, Lynzy Coughlin, will be focusing on topics ranging from postpartum issues to parenting teens. She's bringing in experts with formal training to cover everything motherhood! So grab your coffee and join us for a weekly chat on your time. All are welcome! Lynzy is a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department where she has practiced medicine for the last 15 years. You can connect with Lynzy on her Substack account, Badass Matriarch.