Empowerment | The Boundary-Setting Walk: A 12-Minute 1,200 Steps Practice in Holding Your Ground

Thank you for listening! If you enjoy this, please explore our other shows: OLDPodcast.com And join our free weekly newsletter to get a 200+ page workbook PDF to optimize your life (and the opportunity to get a beautiful hardcover version shipped to you absolutely free!): OLDPodcast.com/newsletter Saying no out loud is harder than deciding to. This 12-minute guided walking meditation lets you rehearse the decision with your whole body, matching a steady pace to a limit you have already made up your mind about. You come back with the line clearer and easier to hold. Safety note: Keep your eyes open and stay aware of your surroundings. Your safety always comes first. Follow the audio only as far as it's safe to do so. What you'll explore: How a steady, unhurried stride makes a firm answer feel less like a confrontation. The difference between explaining a limit and defending it. What it feels like in the body when a boundary is settled rather than argued. How to get the most out of this walk: Pick one specific request you want to decline and keep it in mind for the whole walk. Walk at an even pace the entire time, since speeding up tends to follow the anxious thought. Step Into Calm is a daily walking meditation podcast where each episode is a short guided meditation to help you build mindfulness, ease stress, and find calm, clarity, and focus in just 10 to 15 minutes a day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices