The Finding Sessions

Natalie MacDonald
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The Finding Sessions is my space to share reflections on life, creativity, and presence. After leaving a busy professional career, I’m now embracing movement, photography, art, and yoga—both as a teacher and a student—as ways to connect more deeply with myself and the world around me. Through personal stories and guided meditations, I hope to offer moments of calm, inspiration, and self-discovery.  You can also find my photography and daily messages of positivity on Instagram @inflowwithnatalie. My wish for you, always, is to live in positivity, health, and harmony. Natalie 

  1. #57 Why the Things We Work and Wait For Mean More

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    #57 Why the Things We Work and Wait For Mean More

    In this episode, I share my thoughts on why the things we work and wait for often mean more to us —  and how the energy we put into something can shape the way we value it. Sometimes it’s the effort, the patience it takes to get there, and sometimes even a little bit of a struggle, that helps us appreciate the outcome and what we achieve .  This can ultimately create that sense of deeper contentment and gratitude in life   In a world of quick fixes and instant access, I explore the difference between fleeting satisfaction and a deeper sense of meaning… and invite you to reflect on what’s truly worth your energy. Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    24 phút
  2. #56 Living in Intensity? It might be time for a breather!

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    #56 Living in Intensity? It might be time for a breather!

    Are you the kind of person who often finds yourself doing everything with intensity? Maybe you describe it as something you’re passionate about, or you’re simply trying to prove yourself, or you just approach everything with such a level of drive that you can get caught up in it completely unaware of how close you are to it?  In this episode, I reflect on how all of us may find ourselves caught up in the intensity of something without even being aware of it, from time to time. Sometimes we don’t even notice it because we’re too close to it. I share my reflections on how sometimes that intensity becomes noise - and we really need to take a break from it.  With a proper breather, we can gain perspective and return either refreshed, or realize that we were on the wrong path.   This episode  offers you a few short moments to reflect on your own life, and maybe to think about whether it might be time for you to take a breather. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    14 phút
  3. #55 Morning Meditation: Inhale Possibility

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    #55 Morning Meditation: Inhale Possibility

    I invite you  to begin your day  with this uplifting 15 minute meditation - first thing in the morning - go ahead, maybe try it every day for a week and let me know how you felt - how your week went!    This meditation helps you start your day with positivity  - opening you up to see things differently, and to experience the day with a little more connection to yourself.  Inhaling the potential that exists within you and beyond; and exhaling the old, the patterned, the programmed.   In those quiet moments just after waking, when your mind is more open and less guarded, you can access your true essence - YOU as you really are.  Guiding you through breath and self-awareness, this meditation brings you to a place of presence, connecting with yourself in your honesty and your being, and reminds you that all the potential is here for you.   It’s a reminder that you are already part of something bigger, and that you don’t need to do this day perfectly. You just need to be here for it. Approach the day with a new sense of your presence,  self acceptance, and a deeper knowing that you are enough just as you are.  I hope you enjoy it.  Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    19 phút
  4. #54 A Meditation to Calm the Nervous System

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    #54 A Meditation to Calm the Nervous System

    This guided meditation provides an opportunity to find a few moments to take a breath, and calm yourself - to calm your nervous system, for whenever you may feel the need.  I hope this meditation serves you well. My wish for you is to live in positivity, health and harmony.  Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    10 phút
  5. #53 Finding Calm During Uncertainty — A Reflection and Guided Meditation

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    #53 Finding Calm During Uncertainty — A Reflection and Guided Meditation

    In moments of uncertainty, our minds can race and our body can forget it’s safe. We can go into reaction mode, which can have a significant effect on our body and our nervous system. In this episode, I reflect on the importance of allowing our nervous system to feel safe when we receive sudden news or experience an event that could send us into overdrive. This episode is followed by a short guided meditation to calm the nervous system. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    15 phút
  6. #52 - A New Year for YOU (A Meditation)

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    #52 - A New Year for YOU (A Meditation)

    This meditation is for YOU, and I created it to remind you that this is YOUR life, for your experiences, without judgment or pressure.  Following Episode 51, where I talk about making this year a year to get to know yourself, this meditation offers a quiet pause at the beginning of a new year.  It also works at any time when you want to make space for yourself and remind yourself that there is no rush, all experiences in this life are for you! There’s nothing to fix or resolve — only an invitation to notice, listen, and be with yourself as you are. It follows Episode 51: Setting an Intention NOT a Resolution. Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    13 phút
  7. #51 A Message for the New Year: Set an Intention-NOT a Resolution

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    #51 A Message for the New Year: Set an Intention-NOT a Resolution

    As we enter the New Year - 2026, many of us may once again be thinking about whether we should be setting a New Year's Resolution.  Something we need to "work on" or change, about our lives, ourselves.  But New Year's resolutions often fail, and sometimes this can add to those familiar feelings of beating ourselves up for not achieving, not making the changes we have been convinced into believing we need to make in our lives.   I offer something different for this New Year.  Not a resolution, but rather, setting an "Intention". An intention is softer, and it's more like a reminder to ourselves of something that holds value for us - something we choose or wish to carry with us through our day, something  personal to us.  Not something we are told by the outside world we need to change.  In fact,  this message for you is NOT about changing YOU, it's about getting to know yourself this year.   I offer this - instead of listening to the outside world which tells you maybe that you aren't good enough, successful enough, fit enough - setting yourself up for comparison and self-judgment - I offer you the opportunity to consider turning inward - making this year about YOU!   Allow yourself to FEEL! Allow yourself to EXPERIENCE.  Allow yourself to BE.  Learn about yourself.  Listen to the signals your body and your heart are trying to tell you.  If you choose to get to know YOU, you may find that you begin to move toward a happier, healthier way of living, living in alignment with who you really are.  And that can be transformational.   In the episode that will follow this one, I will be releasing a meditation to guide you through breath and body awareness, to take a few quiet moments to begin to discover you!  So subscribe if you want to be notified when that is released.    Taking a few moments to become familiar with the experience of just being YOU, being aware of you, may be a start!    I wish you a beautiful and fulfilling year ahead - one filled with discovery and experiences.  My wish for you is to live in positivity, health and harmony.   Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    17 phút
  8. #50 Learning to Say No During the Holidays and Beyond (Reclaiming Your Peace)

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    #50 Learning to Say No During the Holidays and Beyond (Reclaiming Your Peace)

    In this episode, I share my thoughts on how we often sacrifice our time and energy by continuing to say yes to added responsibilities, without even questioning how we feel about them.  Whether it is adding to the list of projects or tasks at work because you don’t have the courage to say no, even when you’re already very busy; or whether it’s agreeing to participate in personal or other events when asked because you don’t want to disappoint; or maybe it’s giving your time at someone’s request because it seems like it’s just a small thing and it shouldn’t take that long.  Even if our gut is sending some sort of signal within,  that you’re  not really excited to add another thing to the list, we ignore it and let our thoughts convince us that it’s not such a big deal and we can get through it - telling ourselves that afterward, we will have our break and our rest. But it’s never just a little thing, because we’re always adding those things, sacrificing our time and space and sometimes our sense of peace. During the holidays, we already find ourselves with a pretty long list of existing responsibilities created through tradition, with others added over time - in addition to  events that also take place.     I thought I would share my thoughts  as we get closer to the holidays, to give you a chance to consider where you may be saying yes out of habit or for fear of disappointing someone, while your body and your heart may be trying to scream no!   I share why those patterns that keep us in the habit of saying yes continue and how we can break them. We’ve become so unfamiliar with recognizing what we really want by feeling into how we feel, that we default to the tricks that our mind plays on us.  I share how becoming more familiar with how you really feel, by giving yourself the time and space to sense into your feelings, helps you to see the patterns of behaviour and break away from them. I also reference the yoga principle of Samskara, where impressions from past experiences strengthen the patterns we keep repeating, making it hard to make a change. But the truth is, when you take the time to follow what you truly feel and overcome the fear of saying no, you’ll discover the strength to stand in your own sovereignty. You can use your voice to speak your truth, break those old patterns, and create new impressions that guide you toward your authentic desires. Book referenced: Yoga Nidra, The Art of Transformational Sleep, by Kamini Desai, PHD Thanks for Listening! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my podcast and meditations.  If you enjoy it, please follow the show,  and review it. If you think someone else may enjoy it, please share. Follow me on my Instagram (where I also share my photography and positive thoughts for the day!  @inflowwithnatalie

    20 phút
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The Finding Sessions is my space to share reflections on life, creativity, and presence. After leaving a busy professional career, I’m now embracing movement, photography, art, and yoga—both as a teacher and a student—as ways to connect more deeply with myself and the world around me. Through personal stories and guided meditations, I hope to offer moments of calm, inspiration, and self-discovery.  You can also find my photography and daily messages of positivity on Instagram @inflowwithnatalie. My wish for you, always, is to live in positivity, health, and harmony. Natalie 

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  • Nhà sáng tạo
    Natalie MacDonald
  • Năm hoạt động
    2023 - 2026
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    66
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    Sạch
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    © 2026 The Finding Sessions
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