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. 5d ago

    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

  2. Sep 14

    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

  3. Sep 7

    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

  4. Season 2, Episode 3 Trailer

    A Moment for You — Season 2 Trailer | The Carers Meditation Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail A 60-second taster of exactly what the Carers Meditation Podcast feels like. No chanting. No sitting cross-legged. Just one breath, a moment of stillness, and a reminder that you're doing enough. This is what every episode of Season 2 will feel like — short, calm, and made entirely for you. Season 2 launches Monday 8 September 2026 — 52 free guided meditations, every Monday morning. Subscribe now so you don't miss the first episode, or find all episodes at youngatheartulo.org.uk We'll see you there. Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — License: 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 Moment for You — Season 2 Trailer | The Carers Meditation Podcast

  5. Season 2, Episode 2 Trailer

    Why I Made This — Season 2 Trailer | The Carers Meditation Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Before Season 2 launches, a little story. I used to think meditation wasn't for me. I tried a class once — an hour, cross-legged on the floor, staring at a candle in silence. It really wasn't for me. Then someone showed me a completely different way. And something shifted. I started to wonder — what if carers had something like this? Not perfect stillness. Not an hour of silence. Just five minutes. A friendly voice. A safe space. Especially at 3am, when everything feels like it's unravelling and there's nobody there. That's why I made this podcast. For you. Season 2 launches Monday 8 September 2026. Subscribe now so you don't miss the first episode. Find all episodes at youngatheartulo.org.uk Deep Meditative State by adaws05 — https://freesound.org/s/788270/ — License: 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.

    Why I Made This — Season 2 Trailer | The Carers Meditation Podcast

  6. Season 2, Episode 1 Trailer

    This One's For You — Season 2 Trailer | The Carers Meditation Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of the Carers Meditation Podcast is coming — and this one's for you. If you're an unpaid carer — maybe caring for someone living with dementia — and you're exhausted, running on empty, and your needs always come last, this podcast was made with you in mind. Short, free, guided meditations. Five to seven minutes. No experience needed. Just a friendly voice and a moment of calm, whenever you can find it. Season 2 launches Monday 8 September 2026 — 52 brand-new episodes, every Monday morning. Subscribe now on your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the first episode. Find all episodes at youngatheartulo.org.uk 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.

    This One's For You — Season 2 Trailer | The Carers Meditation Podcast

  7. Jun 8

    I Create Space for Rest and Renewal Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail "I Create Space for Rest and Renewal" is a gentle affirmation meditation for unpaid carers — and the final episode of Season 1 of the Carers Meditation Podcast. Using breath awareness, guided visualisation, and quiet affirmation, this meditation offers something every carer deserves and rarely receives — genuine, unhurried permission to rest. This episode marks the end of a year that began during Carers Week 2025 and closes during Carers Week 2026. In that time, hundreds of carers have pressed play, paused, breathed, and taken a few moments entirely for themselves. This final episode of Season 1 is for every one of them. After this episode, the Carers Meditation Podcast is taking a short summer break — resting and renewing, just as we ask you to do. We will return in August with Season 2, shaped by everything we have learned and listened to along the way. The full library of Season 1 episodes remains available throughout the break, free and accessible, whenever you need them. Press play, find somewhere quiet, and allow yourself to rest. You have earned it. Suitable for anyone supporting someone living with dementia, whether at home or in a professional care role. If you've found this podcast helpful and would like to support the Carers Meditation Podcast, you can 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 come back in August ready to offer even more. Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalm Attribution for Sound Effects: This episode includes the following sound effects to enhance the meditation space: Three Bells with Night Sounds by firstsounder — https://freesound.org/s/727984/ — License: Creative Commons 0 Meditation Hall at Night.wav by chris5s — https://freesound.org/s/478005/ — License: Creative Commons 0 131348__kaonaya__bell-at-daitokuji-temple-kyoto_modified.mp3 by shinephoenixstormcrow — https://freesound.org/s/337048/ — License: 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.

  8. Jun 1

    Shut Off the Noise Meditation | For Dementia Carers

    Send us Fan Mail Shut Off the Noise is a calming guided meditation for unpaid carers and anyone whose mind simply won't stop — designed to gently quiet mental chatter and create a little space in an overcrowded head. Using slow breathing, visualisation, and mindfulness, this practice helps you step back from the noise rather than fight it. Not forcing silence, but softening everything just enough to breathe. For carers supporting someone living with dementia, the mental load rarely switches off. The lists, the worries, the replaying of conversations, the planning for what comes next. This meditation doesn't ask you to solve any of it. It simply offers a moment where you don't have to. When your brain feels full and you need somewhere quiet to land, this one is for you. Press play, take a breath, and allow the noise to soften. Suitable for anyone supporting someone living with dementia, whether at home or in a professional care role. If you've found this meditation helpful and would 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 Attribution for Sound Effects: This episode includes the following sound effects to enhance the meditation space: Three Bells with Night Sounds by firstsounder — https://freesound.org/s/727984/ — License: Creative Commons 0 Meditation Hall at Night.wav by chris5s — https://freesound.org/s/478005/ — License: Creative Commons 0 131348__kaonaya__bell-at-daitokuji-temple-kyoto_modified.mp3 by shinephoenixstormcrow — https://freesound.org/s/337048/ — License: 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.

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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
    61
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Young at Heart ULO CIC
  • Show Website
    The Carers' Meditation Podcast