4 DAYS AGO

Part 2: Visualization to Meet Someone Who Values Your Work

In this episode, I guide you through a visualization to meet someone who values your work, giving you the opportunity to ask a question, be in conversation, and receive feedback. 15 minute guided meditations and visualizations are incredibly effective at reducing stress and increasing your confidence. You can benefit from this meditation if you are: A creative, writer, or artistA professional working on a projectA student An entrepreneur If you’d like some background information on this visualization and how it came into existence, check out the Part 1 episode. Have suggestions for future meditations or visualizations? Let me know! Email openheartwellnesspodcast@gmail.com From my heart to yours.

13 min

4 DAYS AGO

Part 1: Visualization to Meet Someone Who Values Your Work

In this episode, I give some background to a visualization I created for a marketing conference in Oklahoma City. The actual visualization is in part 2. I give some insight to the presentation I gave at the conference, how I got into the neuroscience of visualization, presented reputable research studies, and then led the room through the visualization exercise. This conference really reminded me how much the business space needs moment of intentional, pauses, not just for their professional process, but also their personal wellness. If you were in the business space, and you’re looking for a meditation facilitator or a customized visualization for your team, send me an email at openheartwellnesspodcast@gmail.com And if you’d like to hear about the research and neuroscience, or have other suggestions for topics, meditations, or visualizations, let me know! I am happy to nerd out in a future episode. From my heart to yours.

6 min

29 APR

A very late introduction to Kara and the podcast

In this episode, we finally get to meet Kara, the voice behind the guided meditations and visualization of Open Heart Wellness. She introduces herself, tells some of her story that brought her into meditations and holistic wellness, and sets some intentions and expectations for the podcast as it continues. We now have an email address! If you have any feedback, episode suggestions, or questions, you are welcome to contact us at openheartwellnesspodcast@gmail.com Yes, it’s a mouth full! But at least it’s memorable. From our hearts to yours 🖤

9 min

17 FEB

Guided Visualization to Call in the Future You Desire (live recording)

Connect with your creative power and step into the version of yourself who is already living the future you're calling in. In this 30-minute guided visualization, you'll be led through a grounding meditation that focuses on the sacral chakra = the energetic center associated with creativity, flow, and emotional connection. From this space, you'll be invited to cross a symbolic bridge into your future self and receive insight, clarity, or affirmation about what you're manifesting. Visualization is a deeply personal process. You may begin with a clear intention, or simply arrive with curiosity - and often, what surfaces is something unexpected. The practice is less about control and more about being open. This recording comes from a recent live group session I facilitated. Because of its live nature, you may occasionally hear participants breathing or ambient sounds from outside the studio. Rather than distractions, consider them part of a shared human experience of practice and presence. ✨ Best experienced with headphones. ✨ Find a comfortable position seated or lying down. ✨ Allow yourself to fully relax and receive. Get my 30-day gratitude journal here: https://opendoorstrategiesllc.com/purchase-products 🌿 Weekly themes to help you build your gratitude practice 🌿 Reflective prompts and inspirational quotes for each week 🌿 Take your next step to living a fulfilled life

28 min

23 JAN

15-Minute Subliminal Meditation for Self Confidence, Authenticity, & Inner Power

Listen to this gentle, 15-minute subliminal meditation designed to support self-confidence, authenticity, and inner power. Set to calming meditation music, this subliminal audio includes affirmations I wrote and recorded that focus on feeling safe to be yourself, reclaiming your personal power, and building confidence from the inside out. I created and used this subliminal audio for myself during my divorce, as a quiet daily practice for grounding, self-trust, and emotional healing. This is actually the first subliminal I ever created! Subliminal affirmations work by delivering positive messages at a speed or frequency that the conscious mind cannot clearly hear, allowing the subconscious mind to receive them without resistence. When spoken or written affirmations sometimes feel hard to believe, subliminal messaging can gently support mindset shifts beneath conscious awareness. This subliminal is meant to be listened to passively, so you can pop some headphones in while you rest, work, journal, or move through your day. Simply press play and allow the music and affirmations to do the work. Use regularly for the best results. It's a supportive practice for anyone seeking to build confidence, walk in their authenticity, and give themselves personal empowerment. Get my 30-day gratitude journal here: https://opendoorstrategiesllc.com/purchase-products 🌿 Weekly themes to help you build your gratitude practice 🌿 Reflective prompts and inspirational quotes for each week 🌿 Take your next step to living a fulfilled life

15 min

6 JAN

Finding Your Voice: A Gentle Subliminal to Speak with Confidence

This subliminal was originally created for myself during a time when speaking up felt intimidating and activating. If you ever learned to stay quiet to stay safe — this may support you. It includes gentle music layer with affirmations that I recorded myself. It focuses on finding confidence, ease, safety, and power using your voice. The affirmations are set at a frequency only your subconscious can hear, allowing you to listen passively while resting, journaling, or going about your day. Subliminals are a wonderful tool to use passively that support other conscious inner work and nervous system regulation processes. Get my 30-day gratitude journal here: https://opendoorstrategiesllc.com/purchase-products 🌿 Weekly themes to help you build your gratitude practice 🌿 Reflective prompts and inspirational quotes for each week 🌿 Take your next step to living a fulfilled life

20 min

28/12/2025

The Open Door: A 10 Minute Guided Visualization for Stepping into Your Future

Adding visualization to your practice can help you achieve your dreams, make what you're calling in a reality, and prepare your body to receive it. At just under 10 minutes, you can use this as a daily or weekly practice. This guided visualization helps you picture the reality you want, connect with the sensation of your future self, and practice embodying the version of you who has what you desire. By selecting a single, specific goal, you'll begin to find a clear path to achieving it, and you'll soon see it manifest in your reality. In this visualization, you'll be guided through a symbolic doorway that opens into the life you desire - whether that's a feeling, a goal, a relationship, or a way of being. You'll walk in the life of your future self, who has already received what you dream of, and you'll allow your nervous system, emotions, and inner world to recognize that this future isn't far away - it already exists. This visualization is especially supportive at the turning of the year, but it can be used anytime you want clarity, reassurance, or reconnection with what you're working toward. The more often you visualize yourself already achieving your goals, the more you're preparing yourself to receive it. It's already yours. From my heart to yours, may grace and light follow you always. Get my 30-day gratitude journal here: https://opendoorstrategiesllc.com/purchase-products 🌿 Weekly themes to help you build your gratitude practice 🌿 Reflective prompts and inspirational quotes for each week 🌿 Take your next step to living a fulfilled life

10 min

18/12/2025

5-min Meditation to Surrender and Release Control

Take five minutes to return to release the need to control and surrender to the present moment. This guided meditation is designed to help you stay present, surrender to current moment, and allow you to experience life. When you release control, you will find yourself happier despite any circumstances. You build self-trust because you know that you are capable of making clear decisions even when the unexpected happens. This guided meditation blends gentle sounds and affirmations to help you feel safe in your body, regulate your nervous system, and welcome the unexpected. This short practice is perfect if you want to: Stop projecting into the futureRelease internal or external expectationsSurrender to your larger purposeCreate a presence practiceEven in just five minutes, you'll feel more centered, aligned, and grounded in your body and mind. From my heart to yours, may grace and light follow you always. Get my 30-day gratitude journal here: https://opendoorstrategiesllc.com/purchase-products 🌿 Weekly themes to help you build your gratitude practice 🌿 Reflective prompts and inspirational quotes for each week 🌿 Take your next step to living a fulfilled life

5 min

07/12/2025

5-Minute Meditation for Inner Balance

Take five minutes to return to center. This guided meditation is designed to help you balance the divine feminine and divine masculine energies within you - the parts of you that receive and the parts of you that act, the parts that soften and the parts that strengthen. Through gentle breath work and chakra-focused visualization, you'll reset your energetic system, ground your emotions, and reconnect with a sense of inner harmony. This short practice is perfect for: starting your morning with easepausing during a stressful momentwinding down after a long daybuilding a daily ritual of balance and self-awareness Even in just five minutes, you'll feel more centered, aligned, and grounded in your body and mind. Use this meditation anytime you need to return to yourself - to remember your power, your softness, and the balance that lives within you. From my heart to yours, may grace and light follow you always. Get my 30-day gratitude journal here: https://opendoorstrategiesllc.com/purchase-products 🌿 Weekly themes to help you build your gratitude practice 🌿 Reflective prompts and inspirational quotes for each week 🌿 Take your next step to living a fulfilled life

5 min

Open Heart Wellness

Episodes

Part 2: Visualization to Meet Someone Who Values Your Work

Part 1: Visualization to Meet Someone Who Values Your Work

A very late introduction to Kara and the podcast

Guided Visualization to Call in the Future You Desire (live recording)

15-Minute Subliminal Meditation for Self Confidence, Authenticity, & Inner Power

Finding Your Voice: A Gentle Subliminal to Speak with Confidence

The Open Door: A 10 Minute Guided Visualization for Stepping into Your Future

5-min Meditation to Surrender and Release Control

5-Minute Meditation for Inner Balance

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