Softening Into Momentum

Miki Byrne
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Softening Into Momentum offers a gentle sanctuary inside a noisy world. Host Miki Byrne blends Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and modern coaching to help you set boundaries, find clarity, and soften into your inherent worth. Weekly reflections invite peace, compassion, and resilience that ripple from the heart, outward into the world. May you soften into this moment, Namaste. Join the Sangha to Continue the Conversation: https://www.skool.com/the-metta-momentum-sangha-8608/about

  1. 2d ago

    Permission to Be Imperfect

    Featuring sound bath frequencies by staticisnoise, used with permission and my endless gratitude 🙏👽 Thank you STATiC! 💟🌸 We open the vault for real. On August 6, 2025, Coach Miki held her very first Live Metta Moment: Permission to Be Imperfect: A Guided Meditation on Compassionate Discipline. In this episode, she walks down memory lane; the "Midweek Metta" that came first, what she learned about chasing high-ticket offers when her true value was presence, writing practices inside the Don't Touch My Mindset community, and why this practice was really a letter to herself. Then she guides you through the original visualization journey. In this episode: What a Live Metta Moment is (and why it's an altar for your nervous system)The Midweek Metta, sales-guru advice, and choosing presence over pocketbooksA thank-you to Jay Chase (@thejaychase) and the Don't Touch My Mindset communityCompassionate discipline: when structure and softness coexistGuided visualization: the forest trail, the backpack of "shoulds," and meeting your metta self 🌸 Reflect: What if I am already enough, even in this unfinished form? 💜 Practice with us, free: Join the Metta Momentum Sangha on Skool, where we gather live every week. The original recording of this first Live Metta Moment lives in the Live Metta Moment Vault (Premium Sangha): https://www.skool.com/the-metta-momentum-sangha-8608/about Show Notes Links: Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  2. Sep 30

    Co-Regulation: The Lessons I Learned from Seph

    Featuring sound bath frequencies by  ⁨@staticisnoise⁩  , used with permission and my endless gratitude 🙏👽 Thank you STATiC, 174hz was Seph’s favorite. 💟🌸 Season Six of Softening into Momentum opens the vault. This season, Coach Miki revisits the very first guided practices she wrote in the early days of building Metta Momentum — the story behind each one, the coaching inside it, and a taste of the practice itself. But the premiere is something special. In honor of what would have been her beloved cat Purrsephone's 16th birthday, Coach Miki shares five lessons Seph taught her about co-regulation — the way one calm nervous system helps settle another — and guides a preview of The Harbor & The Shared Tide, a practice in safety before growth. Content note: this episode discusses the loss of a pet and pet grief. In this episode: Welcome to Season 6: From the VaultA thank-you to Jay Chase (@thejaychase) and the Don't Touch My Mindset communityWhat co-regulation is, and why we never outgrow itFive lessons from Seph: presence over fixing, safety before connection, regulation as offering, rhythm over words, and never walking aloneThe Upaḍḍha Sutta: admirable friendship is the whole of the holy lifeGuided preview: The Harbor & The Shared Tide — meeting your co-regulation buddy Join us live — free: Thursday, October 1 at 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT / 7:30pm ET, inside the Metta Momentum Sangha: https://www.skool.com/the-metta-momentum-sangha-8608/about Reflect: Who helps my nervous system soften? Who might I be a harbor for? Show Notes Links: Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  3. Aug 26

    The Luckiest Alien (Season Finale)

    Featuring “963hz Divine Awareness” and “174hz The Moon’s Kiss” frequencies by  ⁨@staticisnoise⁩  , used with permission and my endless gratitude 🙏👽 Teaser: What if you were never actually an alien? What if you were just a human who hadn't found your people yet? Welcome to The Season 5 Finale. Description: Season 5 closes with a love letter to the recovery community; told through the metaphor of an alien finally finding her constellation. Miki reads the “Recovery Constellation” essay and ties the season's arc together: from not knowing where the bus was headed, to finally finding the people who make the not-knowing bearable. Episode Highlights: [0:00] Cold open — finding your people[0:30] Frame: closing the season's arc, from Episode 2 to here[2:10] Full reading: Recovery Constellation / Alien Essay[16:05 Unpacking: the alien metaphor and disorientation of difference[18:20] Refusing binary labels — the Middle Way and the gray area[19:35] "Sobriety is the presence of everything" — the season's thesis line[21:00] Full-circle callback to Episode 2's bus[22:00] Extended finale CTA, Thank you & Outtro Momentum Quote: "Sobriety isn't just the absence of something… it's the presence of everything." Metta Question: Where have you already found your people, and where are you still searching? Show Notes Links: Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter HereGet Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself HereSupport Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon HereBuy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  4. Aug 19

    Let Them Heal

    Featuring “639hz Pink Full Moon” and “528hz 4Yorgos” frequencies by staticisnoise, used with permission and my endless gratitude Teaser: What if loving someone well means getting out of the way of their healing? Description: Miki reads "Some Thoughts on Let Them," exploring attachment, codependency, and the difficult, freeing practice of releasing people we love from our need to fix them; in romance, in family, in friendship, and in recovery. Episode Highlights: [0:07] Cold open — releasing to love well[0:35] Frame: this isn't only about romantic relationships[1:30] Full reading: "Some Thoughts on Let Them"[15:40] Unpacking: the "ampersand" identity and standing alone[16:40] Borrowed clarity — the therapist's words as a bridge to self-trust[17:40] The vulnerable fear of being healed past[19:00] The courage of "let them talk, and cry, and resent, and hate"[20:00] Closing reflection & CTA Momentum Quote: "Let Them Heal. Let Them Be. And suddenly, the elephant has taken the weight of its foot off my chest." Metta Question: Who are you still trying to fix, heal, or manage… that might actually need you to simply let them? Show Notes Links: Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter HereGet Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself HereSupport Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon HereBuy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  5. Aug 12

    No More Drunk Texts

    Featuring “852hz Soundbath” and “528hz 4Yorgos” frequencies by  ⁨@staticisnoise⁩  , used with permission and my endless gratitude Teaser: A new phone, an old phone named Cinderella, and the quiet, unglamorous proof that you've actually changed. Description: Miki reads "No More Drunk Texts," a recovery story that measures transformation not in sobriety chips, but in an eight-year-old phone finally being retired. This episode explores self-forgiveness, identity, and the physical, embodied residue of a life lived differently. Episode Highlights: [0:06] Cold open — how do you know you've changed?[0:55] Frame: why this story reaches beyond the recovery community[1:35] Full reading: "No More Drunk Texts"[17:20] Unpacking: Cinderella as a witness to the old self[18:30] Thanking rather than shaming the past self[19:15] Measuring change in ordinary time, not just milestones[20:10] The body's own recovery — "my hands are clean, too"[21:05] Closing reflection & CTA Momentum Quote: "This new phone will never help me send a drunk text. It will never have to." Metta Question: What's the object in your life that's quietly witnessed your own transformation? And if it could speak… what would it say? Links & CTA:  Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  6. Aug 5

    Let It Burn

    Featuring “396hz Root Chakra” and “528hz 4Yorgos” frequencies by STATiC, used with permission and my endless gratitude Teaser: Some fires aren't yours to put out. A forest-fire metaphor for boundaries, control, and burnout. Description: This episode is for the helpers, the fixers, and the recovering people-pleasers. Miki reads "Letting the Fires Burn" and unpacks the identity of "the stabilizer," the ecology of controlled burns, and what it means to ask, every single time urgency shows up… “is this truly my fire to fight?” Episode Highlights: [0:00] Cold open: whose fire is it, really?[0:30] Frame: naming the audience for this one directly[1:30] Full reading: "Letting the Fires Burn"[16:00] Unpacking: the "stabilizer" identity and its origins[17:10] The forest fire metaphor - gentle momentum over force[18:20] The spider rebuilding her web without rage[19:25] The daily discernment practice: is this fire mine?[20:30] Closing reflection & CTA Momentum Quote: "My worth isn't measured by how many fires I extinguish. Perhaps it's found in knowing which ones truly need my attention." Metta Question: What's one fire in your life right now that might actually need to burn? Links & CTA:  Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here Softening into Momentum Cohort - Inquire to Join a Small Group of Likeminded Souls Here Follow Miki’s Writing: Substack or Medium Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  7. Jul 29

    Writing in Pen (Radical Acceptance)

    Featuring “417hz” and 528hz “4Yorgos” frequencies by staticisnoise, used with permission and my endless gratitude Teaser: What are you running from… and what are you chasing? A practical, unforgettable metaphor for radical acceptance. Description: Miki reads "Writing in Pen and Peace Without the Eraser," exploring what happens when we stop erasing our mistakes and start letting them exist in permanent ink. This episode covers radical acceptance, impermanence as a source of comfort rather than dread, and the courage it takes to admit you're avoidant, imperfect, and human. Episode Highlights: [0:00] Cold open — running from vs. chasing[0:32] Frame: why this is one of the season's most practical episodes[1:18] Full reading: "Writing in Pen and Peace Without the Eraser"[16:55] Unpacking: the pencil-and-eraser metaphor[18:30] Impermanence used against despair rather than to produce it[19:30] "I am the ocean" — self-trust in the body[20:20] The courage of naming "Sticky Miki" out loud[21:05] Closing reflection & CTA Momentum Quote: "These feelings cannot and will not destroy me. They are merely temporary visitors. I am the ocean, vast and deep enough to contain them all." Metta Question: This week, where could you write in pen instead of reaching for the eraser? Links & CTA:  Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here Softening into Momentum Cohort - Inquire to Join a Small Group of Likeminded Souls Here Follow Miki’s Writing: Substack or Medium Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuse Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

  8. Jul 22

    I Sat With Fear For a Cup of Tea

    Featuring 528hz “4Yorgos” frequency by  ⁨@staticisnoise⁩  , used with permission and my endless gratitude Teaser: What happens when, instead of running from fear, you pour it a cup of tea? Description: One of the most personal and widely resonant essays in the whole catalogue, "I Sat With Fear For a Cup of Tea" becomes a full meditation on turning toward instead of away. Miki unpacks mindfulness, compassion, and Right View, and closes with a short embodiment moment inviting you to sit with your own fear, right along with her. Episode Highlights: [0:05] Cold open — inviting fear to tea[0:30] Frame: why this essay embodies the Metta Momentum voice[1:10] Full reading: "I Sat With Fear For a Cup of Tea"[13:50] Unpacking: turning toward instead of away[14:40] Fear softening into concern, then into love in disguise[15:35] The girl in the mirror — trusting your own reflection[16:05] Right View: fear as messenger, not danger[16:50] Embodiment moment: naming and sitting with a current fear[19:00] Closing reflection & CTA Momentum Quote: "Behind every fear of loss lies the miracle that I have something precious enough to lose." Metta Question: What would it look like to set a second cup, this week, for whatever you've been avoiding? Links & CTA:  Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter Here Permission to Be™ (an 8-week transformational journey) - Begin Your Journey Here Softening into Momentum Cohort - Inquire to Join a Small Group of Likeminded Souls Here Follow Miki’s Writing: Substack or Medium Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself Here Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon Here Enjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟 About the Host Miki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.

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Softening Into Momentum offers a gentle sanctuary inside a noisy world. Host Miki Byrne blends Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and modern coaching to help you set boundaries, find clarity, and soften into your inherent worth. Weekly reflections invite peace, compassion, and resilience that ripple from the heart, outward into the world. May you soften into this moment, Namaste. Join the Sangha to Continue the Conversation: https://www.skool.com/the-metta-momentum-sangha-8608/about

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  • Creator
    Miki Byrne
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Miki Byrne
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