Nearly Mindful

Janet Fouts
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Nearly Mindful is where I share simple ways to bring mindfulness into everyday life through short reflections and guided meditations. Small doses, real life, something you can actually use. www.microdosedmindfulness.com

  1. 1d ago

    Hope is not a wish

    When I was a little girl, I wanted a horse. What little girl doesn’t want something that will love her unconditionally in a challenging world? I wished. I pleaded. I begged, but none of that worked. One day a neighbor needed help caring for a horse, and I was willing to show up. That was the first of many lessons about this thing called hope. Hope is a lot more than wanting something badly enough to make it pop out of the ether. It isn’t blind optimism or a promise that everything will work out and our dreams will automatically materialize. Hope is a kind of trust. Trust that people will keep their word. That goodness will still show itself. That when something is wrong, someone will be brave enough to speak up and say so, and that someone else will be able to listen. That sense of trust maybe feels impossible to come by right now. Sometimes we’re feeling plain hopeless. That feeling carries so much weight, doesn’t it? It might also hold fear, grief, and the sense that nothing we do will make a difference. Pretending that weight isn’t there doesn’t help anything does it? Hope is a light we hold for one another until someone can see their own again. When hopelessness becomes the only thing we can see, it can feel like that’s all there is. Our attention tightens around it, grasping. We stop noticing the tiny signs that something else is still possible. This can be when we need to borrow hope from someone else.If we pause long enough to notice, there are people all around us carrying hope. People helping their neighbors, speaking up, keeping their promises, and caring about what happens beyond their own front door. Their hope reminds us that we belong to something larger than ourselves, and that we don’t have to find our way through this life alone. We can let that hope soak in and then we can share it with someone else who needs it too. Genuine hope creates a ripple effect. It moves from one person to another, becoming larger and stronger as it goes. Hope doesn’t demand we believe everything will be fine. It asks us to believe that no matter how small, what we do still matters. Even when things are ugly, people live that truth every day. That is where I find hope these days. Just one person carrying hope can create that ripple effect, and the ripple can impact far beyond what we ever thought possible. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

  2. 5d ago

    The Cost of Gratitude

    Sometimes we use the word gratitude to soothe what aches. We tell ourselves we should be grateful because things could be worse, or because we already have enough. But sometimes that “gratitude” is covering up something else entirely. In this short episode, I’m wondering what happens when we stop performing gratitude and get curious about what we actually feel. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    The Cost of Gratitude

  3. Jun 20

    Coming Back

    Imagine a meditation hall filled with perfectly serene people. Straight backs. Peaceful faces. Not a wandering thought in sight. At least that’s what it looks like. The reality? Most of us are paddling away beneath the surface like swans on a lake, wondering if we’re doing this right while quietly assuming everyone else has somehow figured it out. This week’s guided meditation explores the difference between performing mindfulness and practicing mindfulness. Not with judgment, but with curiosity. Together we’ll look at self-doubt, comparison, the subtle ways we try to appear calm or mindful, and how easily we can move away from what is actually here. The good news is that the moment we notice we’ve wandered, started comparing ourselves, or slipped into performance, we’re already practicing. We can simply return. Coming back. Coming back. I recognized myself in this one. You might too. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    Coming Back

  4. May 20

    Just Being

    Sometimes we forget that we’re allowed to simply BE. Not fixing, planning, solving, or carrying the weight of everything for everyone else. This is your time to step out of the noise and into the simple experience of being alive. To notice the breath, the body, the sounds around you, and the quiet awareness underneath it all. Nothing to achieve. Nothing to prove. Just this moment, exactly as it is. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    Just Being

  5. May 11

    The Wave is One With the Ocean

    So much suffering comes from believing we are separate, alone, disconnected. Life shows us again and again that we belong to each other, to this world, to this moment. This meditation explores nonduality in a simple, human way through the metaphor of the wave and the ocean. Together we’ll soften the feeling of separation and remember that we are not apart from life at all, even when our mind tells us differently. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    The Wave is One With the Ocean

  6. Apr 20

    Thinking Wisely

    Let's explore how our thoughts shape our experience and how easily we can get pulled into them without realizing it. Using a simple story of a painter and a tiger, I walk you through a grounded way to notice thinking, let it be, and gently set it down so you can stay present without fighting your mind. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    Thinking Wisely

  7. Jan 19

    Honoring MLK day with a wish for peace and dignity

    A Meditation for human dignity, compassion, and shared humanity in a time we all need to feel at home on our hearts and minds. Offered on the day we celebrate the words, thoughts and good works of Reverend Martin Luther King. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    Honoring MLK day with a wish for peace and dignity

  8. 04/05/2025

    Rest is Your Right

    Today, we'll explore rest—not as something to earn, but as a basic act of compassion toward yourself. Rest is a right, not a privilege. It's a form of healing. A radical actof self-kindness. When you find yourself caught up in the turmoil and you can escape for just a moment, allow yourself to take a moment for rest. Learn more on the website. Get full access to Microdosed Mindfulness at www.microdosedmindfulness.com/subscribe

    Rest is Your Right
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Nearly Mindful is where I share simple ways to bring mindfulness into everyday life through short reflections and guided meditations. Small doses, real life, something you can actually use. www.microdosedmindfulness.com

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  • Creator
    Janet Fouts
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    69
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Janet Fouts
  • Show Website
    Nearly Mindful