The Well of Being
by M.E.C.
An inclusive podcast where you can find a 5-minute mini meditation, get lost in an ASMR moment, and hear life advice in one welcoming spot. Created to provide my younger-self with the mental health tools I wish I had, this space is for anyone who wants to affirm their thoughts, however weird, intrusive, or imaginative they may be. An enriching space for marginalized humans, this podcast seeks to make the concept of well-being a little less elite and elusive. Hosted by Black wellness creator, medical student, and immigrant kid: M.E.C.
Episodes
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Confessions of a psychiatrist
In this episode, M.E.C. celebrates and unpacks her journey to matching into psychiatry residency as a human with lived mental health experience. From the dual role of being a patient and trainee, the hard realities of being a provider, to the cultural dynamics of taking psychiatric medication....
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves After Failing
In this vulnerable episode, M.E.C. recounts her dealings with the biggest failure she's ever experienced and its aftermath. From maintaining appearances despite difficulties to the rude awakening of a huge setback. M.E.C. talks about how identity makes the experience of failure different, her new...
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How to process when it feels like the world is ending
In this vulnerable episode, M.E.C. dives into how she's been feeling overwhelmed and small as the media continues to broadcast how our world seems to be falling apart. If you're feeling eco-anxiety, fear and anger over humanitarian crises, or buried under all the negative news, this episode is…
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Mini Meditation: Finding Relief from Dread
In this 6 minute mini meditation, M.E.C. validates the experience of feeling dread, how to reframe the feeling, and how she overcomes its overwhelming nature. Each cognitive exercise is gently spaced by a grounding moment to help ease anxious feelings during the practice. As always, you've got...
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Dealing with Dread
Navigating anxious and paralyzing feelings of dread is incredibly difficult. In this episode, MEC walks you through how she recognizes when the feeling of dread is affecting her life, how to reframe those overwhelming emotions, and most importantly, tips on how to tackle them and live your life.…
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The Well of Being Season 2 Trailer
It's so good to be back. After a few months revisiting my own mental health and clarifying what I want this incredible space to become, I now bring you Season 2 of The Well of Being Podcast. Stay tuned for more musings, mini meditations, ASMR moments, special guests, gratitude journals, and much...
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Mini Meditation: Calming Manifestation
Manifest and meditate with M.E.C. as she leads you through a visualization exercise in her garden. It's hard to set aside mental space to daydream and imagine what we want out of life in the near future. This 7 minute exercise gives you the grounded space to do so. This meditation features…
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[Video] Manifesting.
How do you manifest the things you want in life? M.E.C. talks about the popular process of "manifesting" aka declaring what you want, so you can to get what you want. From her personal success with vision boards, to the power of admitting the things you want from life, this episode dives into how...
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[Video] Mini Meditation: Affirmations for Imposter Syndrome
M.E.C. shares some words of self-compassion she tells herself when her imposter syndrome makes life more difficult. These statements are all about learning to treat ourselves with more kindness and grace. This episode was designed to be listened to multiple times, so feel free to listen any time...
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[Video] Imposter Syndrome.
Imposter syndrome AKA feelings of self-doubt, like you don't deserve opportunities, or don't belong in a particular space. These feelings often lead us to struggle in environments where we're being evaluated, like school or work. Today M.E.C. dives into her own ongoing journey in confronting her...
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Mini Meditation: Weekly Reflection Exercise
A mini meditation teaching you to reflect on both the good and not-so-great parts of your week. By learning to acknowledge your emotions in different moments, and how situations continue to affect us, we can learn to process our week in a reflective and non-intimidating way. Try out our new...
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How to recover from a difficult week
We all have weeks that frankly suck from time to time. In this episode, M.E.C. discusses how she's dealing with the mental and physical stress that accompanies a difficult week in life. From fostering a growth mindset to allowing yourself to indulge without guilt, this episode is great for anyone...
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Mini Meditation: Self Care Body Scan
In this 10 minute mini meditation, M.E.C. leads a short body scan and guides you in learning how your stress may manifest physically. With this information, you can learn to identify some of your mental and physical needs, and plan out some self care techniques to help. This meditation is…
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Why is it hard to take care of myself?
Many of us humans are not good at taking care of ourselves. As Valentine's Day approaches, M.E.C. takes a deeper look into what self love could look like through the lens of taking care of our emotional needs. From the guilt we associate with putting ourselves first to prioritizing our own...
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Mini Meditation: Tea Time with M.E.C. ASMR
In this ASMR mini mediation, M.E.C. invites you into her favorite mindful practice, preparing a hot cup of tea. From the sound of porcelain mugs to water boiling, this immersive story meditation is a relaxing break with some gentle reminders to find your own natural moments where you find…
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I Don't Know How To Fully "Be Present"
This week, M.E.C. dives into the concept of "being present" and why it's so freaking difficult. From our obsession with the future & planning to our inability to sit with our own thoughts, being mindful throughout the day is a challenge for most. Acknowledging that we weren't exactly taught how…
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Mini Meditation: Building Your Self-Confidence
A companion meditation to the "Finding Confidence" episode, this mini meditation focuses on making yourself familiar with the act of visualizing your own success. This meditation is designed to help center you with an intentional posture, introduce a mental practice, and offer a small 5 minute...
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Finding Confidence
In this episode, M.E.C. challenges our societal idea of what confidence looks like & redefines confidence in a way that applies to us all and not just your local Girl Boss. By sharing personal anecdotes of discovering her own confidence challenges, this episode gives a relatable and honest pep…
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Mini Meditation: Learning to Love Your Body & Self
A 5-minute guided practice to encourage you to build your relationship with your vessel. Each time you listen to this guided meditation, try to come up with one new thing you love about yourself. This will be key in building your relationship with yourself and learning to focus on the positive...
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Love my body...but how?
I'm diving into one of my new year's goals about how I see my body: I would like to like my reflection more often than not. Much harder to say than do, and I'm talking about where my insecurities with my skin come from, how I noticed them affecting me, and what I'm doing to heal my relationship...
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Mini Meditation: For when you need a fresh start
A little pep talk for when you need some help reflecting and starting something new. You've got this.
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Rebooting 2023 Goals: reflecting over resolutions
Happy 2023! This episode focuses on reflecting on the past year to guide new goals and approaches for this new one. Resolutions can honestly be very discouraging and place an emphasis on goals that don't truly do us justice. I've come up with a more approachable, feel good way of creating goals...
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Mini Pod & ASMR: This is my healing arc.
This episode is a video podcast optimized for Spotify, featuring a mix of ASMR and talking. Link to YouTube video: https://youtu.be/V8tBpDsLxSQ It feels weird to announce one's own intention of healing, but there's something satisfying about starting such a journey with honesty, intention, and…
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What happens after? Post-depression episode
If you've ever had a period of time where you haven't felt like yourself, you know the return to "normal" can be strange. There are periods where you don't feel awful, but you definitely don't feel great either. It's like a strange middle space where you're learning to be YOU again. Today's…
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Dear Fellow People Pleaser.
I am a person who chronically tries to put other humans before myself, often at my own mental expense. I know there are tons of other people who struggle with their compulsion to please others, and if you're one of them, this episode is for you. And if you think you don't struggle with it, I urge...
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Mini Meditation: Contentment
A little practice to help you ground yourself in a moment of joy you found during your day. We're often pretty present in our minds when we judge ourselves or reflect on our person, but not so much when experiencing little joyous moments throughout the day. Try paying as much attention to little...
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Are you content? 'Cause IDK.
This week we're tackling the concept of what it means to be "content". I've been thinking a lot lately about what exactly it means to feel content, and what it means for humans like us who are trying to heal from whatever the heck is making us feel mentally unwell. Let me know what makes you feel...
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SOS in a mental health rut
The unpacking session of what to do when you're feeling a *emotionally constipated* AKA in a mental health rut. I'm sorting through the feelings of guilt and sensitivity that typically comes up when I feel like this, and share some of your advice too. You've got this. Wanna continue the convo?...
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Mini Meditation: For when you don't feel like yourself
A little audio TLC for when you're not feeling great. If you find yourself in a mental health rut, and need some validation to take a break and take care of yourself without guilt, give this a listen. Feel free to come back and listen as many times as you need. You've got this. Need some more...
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Welcome to The Well of Being
Hi lovely human, here's a little trailer for what's to come on The Well of Being podcast! I really wanted to make a space where figuring out what works for your mind and body doesn't need to be overly stressful. The pod will feature longer real talk sessions about mental health, the online…
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About this show
An inclusive podcast where you can find a 5-minute mini meditation, get lost in an ASMR moment, and hear life advice in one welcoming spot. Created to provide my younger-self with the mental health tools I wish I had, this space is for anyone who wants to affirm their thoughts, however weird, intrusive, or imaginative they may be. An enriching space for marginalized humans, this podcast seeks to make the concept of well-being a little less elite and elusive. Hosted by Black wellness creator, medical student, and immigrant kid: M.E.C.
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