The Carers' Meditation Podcast

Alison Watson-Shields
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Caring for someone living with dementia rarely leaves room for a moment that's just yours. The Carers' Meditation Podcast exists to give you exactly that — free, guided meditations designed specifically for unpaid carers, whenever you can find the space. No experience needed. No chanting, no jargon, no pressure to do it "right." Just a friendly voice and a little time that belongs entirely to you. The podcast is created by Alison Watson-Shields, MSc Dementia Studies and founder of Young At Heart ULO CIC, drawing on over 20 years of dementia care experience to create something that speaks directly to what caring actually feels like — the exhaustion, the guilt, the small moments of joy, and everything in between. Season 1: 55 episodes available now. Season 2: new episodes every Monday morning. Find us at youngatheartulo.org.uk

  1. 3 days ago

    3am — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If you're awake right now when the whole house is asleep, this is for you. A breathing and body-awareness meditation for the 3am moments — for dementia carers whose minds won't settle, even when everyone else is asleep. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    3am — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

  2. 19 Oct

    Being Gentle With Yourself — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If you'd never speak to a friend the way you've spoken to yourself today, this is for you. A five-minute meditation to help dementia carers meet themselves with a little more kindness, especially on the days that feel hardest. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    Being Gentle With Yourself — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

  3. 12 Oct

    Putting It Down for Now — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If you're carrying something today that you can't actually fix right now, this is for you. A five-minute meditation to help dementia carers set down what's weighing on them, even briefly, without needing to solve it right now. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    Putting It Down for Now — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

  4. 5 Oct

    I Let Go of Guilt and Embrace Self-Compassion — Monthly Affirmation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If guilt has been sitting on your chest again today, this is for you. A five-minute affirmation meditation to help dementia carers release guilt and meet themselves with the same compassion they give everyone else. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    I Let Go of Guilt and Embrace Self-Compassion — Monthly Affirmation | For Dementia Carers

  5. 28 Sept

    When Your Shift is Done — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If the caring day is finally over but your mind hasn't caught up yet, this is for you. A five-minute meditation to help dementia carers put the day down properly at the end of a long shift of caring, so rest can actually begin. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    When Your Shift is Done — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

  6. 21 Sept

    A Place to Rest — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If you can't remember the last time you felt truly at ease, this is for you. A five-minute visualisation meditation to help dementia carers find a sense of safety and stillness, even just for a few quiet minutes. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    A Place to Rest — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

  7. 14 Sept

    Finding Your Breath — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail If your breath has felt shallow or rushed today, this is for you. A five-minute breathing meditation to help dementia carers slow down and reconnect with their breath, even in the middle of a demanding caring day. 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    Finding Your Breath — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

  8. 7 Sept

    I Am Resilient, Strong and Capable — Monthly Affirmation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail For the days you wonder if you're really as strong as everyone thinks you are. A five-minute affirmation meditation to help you reconnect with your own resilience — because caring for someone else doesn't mean you stop needing strength for yourself too. This episode is part of the Carers Meditation Podcast — meditations made for unpaid carers supporting someone living with dementia, to help with stress, sleep, and moments of calm in the middle of caring life. This episode also marks the start of Season 2 — thank you for being here for it. If this helped you remember your own strength, we'd appreciate it if you subscribed, left a review, and shared it with another carer who might need this too. 🌐 A link to Young at Heart ULO CIC 🎵 Sound credit: Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — Licence: Creative Commons 0 If you'd like to support the Carers' Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Support the show If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with someone else who might need a moment of calm. New episodes every Monday morning — all free, all made for unpaid carers of people living with dementia. Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.uk Stay connected: Facebook: Facebookfacebook.com/youngatheartulo | X: TwitterYoung At Heart ULO (@YAH_ULO) on X | Instagram: Instagraminstagram.com/yah_ulo | YouTube: YoutubeBefore you continue to YouTube | TikTok: TiktokYoung At Heart ULO CIC's Creator Profile | LinkedIn: LinkedinYoung At Heart ULO | LinkedIn The Carers Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.

    I Am Resilient, Strong and Capable — Monthly Affirmation | For Dementia Carers
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Caring for someone living with dementia rarely leaves room for a moment that's just yours. The Carers' Meditation Podcast exists to give you exactly that — free, guided meditations designed specifically for unpaid carers, whenever you can find the space. No experience needed. No chanting, no jargon, no pressure to do it "right." Just a friendly voice and a little time that belongs entirely to you. The podcast is created by Alison Watson-Shields, MSc Dementia Studies and founder of Young At Heart ULO CIC, drawing on over 20 years of dementia care experience to create something that speaks directly to what caring actually feels like — the exhaustion, the guilt, the small moments of joy, and everything in between. Season 1: 55 episodes available now. Season 2: new episodes every Monday morning. Find us at youngatheartulo.org.uk

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  • Creator
    Alison Watson-Shields
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    66
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Young at Heart ULO CIC
  • Show Website
    The Carers' Meditation Podcast