Peaceful Journey: 7-Minute Meditations and Musings

Week 3 of the PEACEFUL Path focuses on stabilizing and conserving energy. After noticing and clearing what drains us, we turn toward practices that reduce unnecessary effort and support steadiness without strain. Through rest, focus, mindfulness, and loving-kindness, we explore how energy naturally stabilizes when we stop trying to manage it.For the daily meditations and teachings on this month’s Energy theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com , where women gather to reflect, connect, and support one another during times of transition. Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

In this 7-minute guided meditation, we explore how energy stabilizes naturally when we stop adding unnecessary effort. Rather than trying to fix, control, or improve our experience, this practice invites you to rest in awareness, gently gather scattered energy, and allow steadiness to emerge on its own. Designed to support sustainability, calm focus, and nervous system ease, this meditation offers a quiet way to conserve energy and meet the present moment with less strain and more wisdom.For more meditations and teachings on January’s Energy theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where women gather to practice awareness, rest, and gentle presence together. Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This 7-minute guided meditation invites you to gently notice where energy quietly drains — not through dramatic stress, but through subtle patterns of holding, effort, and tension that often feel normal over time.Rather than focusing on release or change, this practice emphasizes awareness before letting go. You’ll be guided to listen to the body with kindness, soften your relationship to effort, and create space without pressure or fixing.This meditation is especially supportive if:* your energy feels quietly depleted or heavy* you notice familiar patterns of tension or over-effort* you tend to push through instead of pausing* you want to meet stress with awareness rather than forceClearing what drains us doesn’t mean becoming lighter overnight.It means becoming more spacious, more honest, and more supported.Awareness itself begins the work.🌿 January Theme: Energy☀️ Week 2 Practice: Softening the Places We HoldFor more meditations and teachings on January’s Energy theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where women gather to practice awareness, rest, and gentle presence together. Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

In Week 2 of the PEACEFUL Path January theme, we begin gently exploring what drains our energy.This talk builds on the foundation of awareness we established in Week 1 and invites a deeper look at how draining energy shows up in the body, the mind, and our daily patterns. Rather than forcing release or making changes happen, we focus on noticing with kindness and allowing awareness to create space naturally.Over the last few days, I noticed my nervous system felt more dysregulated than usual — tension in my shoulders and neck, slight headaches, and thoughts looping in circles. What I realized was that something I was working on was quietly draining my energy, even though it felt familiar at first. What helped wasn’t pushing through, but slowing down, resting deeply, meditating, and listening inward — and from that place, it became clear what needed softening and what needed to be released. That’s the heart of this week’s theme: not forcing anything to let go, but gently noticing what drains us so the body and nervous system feel safe enough to loosen on their own.Clearing what drains us is not about fixing ourselves. It is about recognizing where energy leaks quietly and learning to meet those places with honesty, care, and patience.This talk offers guidance for approaching release in a way that feels supportive, grounded, and sustainable, honoring both the nervous system and your natural timing.For more meditations and teachings on this month’s CEnergy theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com , where women gather to reflect, connect, and support one another during times of transition. Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

PEACEFUL Path · January 2026 · ☀️ EnergyTalk 1: Arriving and Understanding EnergyAs we begin a new year, this first talk invites us to slow down and arrive gently.January’s theme is Energy, but not in the sense of having more energy or doing more. Instead, we begin by learning how to listen. Energy does not need to be fixed, directed, or improved in order to be understood. It simply needs our attention.In this talk, we explore what it means to arrive with awareness. We reflect on how energy shows up in the body, the breath, and the mind, and why beginning with observation rather than effort creates a more sustainable path forward.This week is about noticing before changing.Listening before acting.Allowing awareness to be the starting place.This talk sets the tone for the month and offers a gentle foundation for the practices that follow.For more meditations and teachings on this month’s Compassion theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com , where women gather to reflect, connect, and support one another during times of transition.WATCH HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

Arriving & Listening to EnergyPeaceful Journey Podcast — January, Week 1Walking the PEACEFUL Path | Theme: EnergyAs we begin January, this 7-minute guided meditation invites you to slow down and arrive with your energy exactly as it is.Rather than focusing on motivation, productivity, or change, this practice centers on awareness and listening. You’ll be guided to notice the quality of your energy without judgment — whether it feels steady, low, scattered, calm, or quiet — and to meet yourself with patience and care.This meditation is especially supportive if:* you feel pressure to “start fresh” or do more* your energy feels subtle, low, or inward this time of year* you’re craving permission to slow down and listen* you want to begin January with presence rather than forceJanuary often carries a natural inward rhythm. This practice honors that rhythm, reminding us that energy doesn’t need to be pushed or fixed — it needs to be understood.🌿 January Theme: Energy⭐️ Week 1: Arriving & Understanding EnergyFor more meditations and teachings on January’s Energy theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where women gather to practice awareness, connection, and gentle presence together.Begin where you are. Let that be enough.LISTEN HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

As December comes to a close, this short talk explores what it means to carry compassion forward — not as a resolution or goal, but as a steady, lived presence.Rather than striving to become someone new in the year ahead, this reflection invites you to consider how compassion can continue to guide you through ordinary moments, transitions, and uncertainty. We explore compassion as something that integrates naturally through experience — showing up in how we pause, respond, and stay connected to ourselves and others.This talk is part of Week 5: Carrying Compassion Into the New Year on the PEACEFUL Path and is offered as a gentle bridge between the closing of one year and the opening of the next.✨ A reflective talk (no meditation)✨ Supportive for transition and integration✨ Grounded, practical, and accessibleYou’re welcome to listen quietly, reflect, or journal alongside this talk.For more meditations and teachings on this month’s Compassion theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com , where women gather to reflect, connect, and support one another during times of transition.WATCH HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

As December comes to a close, this 7-minute guided meditation invites you to explore compassion as something that continues — not as a response to difficulty, and not as a resolution for the year ahead, but as a steady presence that walks with you.This practice is about integration rather than intention-setting. You’ll be guided to rest in the body, soften the breath, and sense compassion as a lived experience — one that doesn’t require fixing, striving, or becoming someone new.This meditation supports you in:* Letting go of the pressure to “start over”* Staying present with mixed emotions and uncertainty* Experiencing compassion as continuity rather than effort* Carrying kindness into ordinary moments as life unfoldsCompassion here is not a goal or a promise.It’s a way of being — available in pauses, breath, listening, and allowing yourself to be human.🌿 December Theme: Compassion⭐️ Week 5: Carrying Compassion Into the New YearFor more meditations and teachings on this month’s Compassion theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where women gather to reflect, connect, and support one another during times of transition.May compassion continue to walk with you — gently, steadily — into whatever comes next.LISTEN HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

Week 4 Talk | Compassion in the Midst of LifeThis Week 4 talk explores how compassion can support us in the middle of everyday life — especially during times of transition, busy schedules, and emotional complexity and particularly during this holiday season.Rather than asking us to rise above what’s happening or do more, this reflection invites a gentler approach: meeting ourselves and others with presence, honesty, and care as life unfolds just as it is.With the holidays often bringing mixed emotions, disrupted routines, and fatigue, this talk offers a grounded reminder that compassion doesn’t need to be perfect or performative. It can show up quietly — in how we pause, listen, set boundaries, and respond to the moment in front of us.Part of Week 4: Compassion in the Midst of Life on The PEACEFUL Path, this talk supports carrying compassion into daily moments with steadiness and kindness.✨ Part of The PEACEFUL Path: Compassion — a month-long journey of meditation, reflection, and mindful living. Peaceful Wellness Studio - https://peacefulwellness.studio------------🌿Join my FREE Community and Learn Meditation: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341Watch here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s 7-minute guided meditation invites you to practice compassion right where life is happening — in the middle of full days, tender emotions, shifting energy, and the natural complexity of the season.Rather than asking you to rise above the holidays or push through what you’re feeling, this meditation offers a quiet pause to meet yourself with kindness exactly as you are. You’ll be guided to soften into the breath, sense the support beneath you, and create gentle space around the heart — without forcing openness or warmth.This practice is especially supportive if you’re feeling:* emotionally tender or overwhelmed* fatigued or stretched thin* pulled between connection and the need for rest* unsure how to stay present without overextendingCompassion here is not about doing more.It’s about doing less with greater care.Let this meditation be a reminder that kindness can show up in small, practical ways — through pacing, permission, and allowing yourself to be human.🌿 December Theme: Compassion⭐️ Week 4: Compassion in the Midst of Life — Staying Open During the HolidaysFor more meditations and teachings on this month’s theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.You’re also warmly invited to our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where women gather to share, connect, laugh, cry, and support one another — especially during tender seasons.May compassion meet you exactly where you are.LISTEN HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

The PEACEFUL Path · Compassion in RelationshipIn this Week 3 talk of our December Compassion theme, we explore what it truly means to offer kindness toward others — not as something we force or perform, but as a natural extension of self-compassion and presence.Kindness doesn’t mean agreeing with everyone, fixing others, or sacrificing our own boundaries. In fact, real compassion often includes clarity, limits, and the ability to stay grounded in ourselves while remaining open-hearted in relationship.In this talk, we reflect on:• How kindness grows from self-awareness• Why compassion doesn’t require self-abandonment• What gets in the way of staying open with others• How small, everyday gestures of kindness matterThis reflection invites gentle inquiry rather than perfection, helping us stay human — together — during times of connection, challenge, and change.✨ Part of The PEACEFUL Path: Compassion — a month-long journey of meditation, reflection, and mindful living. Peaceful Wellness Studio - https://peacefulwellness.studio------------🌿Join my FREE Community and Learn Meditation: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341Watch here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This week on The PEACEFUL Path, we gently turn our attention outward — exploring Kindness Toward Others as a natural extension of compassion, not something we force or perform.In this 7-minute guided meditation, you’re invited to begin from steadiness in your own heart and allow kindness to flow outward in widening circles. We start with someone who feels easy to hold in awareness, then gently include others we encounter in daily life — and, only if it feels appropriate, someone more challenging.This practice supports you in:* Grounding compassion within yourself before extending it outward* Offering kindness without overgiving or self-abandonment* Recognizing shared humanity, especially during emotionally full seasons* Allowing warmth and goodwill to arise naturally, without pressureKindness doesn’t require grand gestures.Sometimes it’s simply remembering that everyone you meet is carrying something unseen.🌿 Theme: Compassion💚 Week 3: Kindness Toward Others🎙️ Host: Deb Phelps — Peaceful Journey PodcastFor more meditations and teachings on this month’s Compassion theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.And come join our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where you’ll find this week’s handout, free meditations, and a supportive circle of women practicing compassion together.May kindness move through you — naturally, gently, and in ways that feel true. 💚Listen here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

In this week’s teaching, we explore the gentle practice of opening the heart — not by pushing or forcing, but by meeting ourselves with spacious awareness. The heart softens naturally when it feels seen, supported, and allowed to move at its own pace.As we move deeper into December’s theme of Compassion, this talk offers guidance for navigating tenderness, emotional fullness, and the quieter needs of the inner self. Through presence, breath, and kindness, we learn how to create the conditions where the heart can open in its own wise timing.May this teaching support you in finding softness, clarity, and connection within.Join the Skool Community for a free weekly handout, free meditation collection, weekly oracle pull, and more.Join the Skool Community for a free weekly handout, free meditation collection, weekly oracle pull, and more.https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341WATCH HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This week on The PEACEFUL Path, we explore what it means to open the heart gently — not by trying to force love or warmth, but by offering the heart the space it needs to soften in its own time.In this 7-minute guided meditation, you’re invited into a quiet moment of presence where the heart can breathe. Through soothing breathwork, compassionate awareness, and warm hand-to-heart connection, you’ll learn to meet your emotions with tenderness rather than pressure.This practice supports you in:✨ Listening to the heart without expectation✨ Creating inner spaciousness around tightness or vulnerability✨ Offering warmth and presence to tender emotions✨ Allowing the heart to soften naturally, without forcing an outcome✨ Remembering that opening is a process — not a demandIf your heart feels tender, tired, overwhelmed, or guarded this season, this meditation offers a soft place to land.You don’t need to be “ready.”You don’t need to feel open.You simply arrive — and let your heart be held.For more teachings and meditations on this month’s Compassion theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.And come join our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where you can access this week’s handout, free meditations, and a supportive circle of women on this heart-opening journey.May your heart find the room it needs to breathe.LISTEN HERE Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This week, we begin our Compassion theme by turning inward. The holidays can be beautiful, but they can also bring emotional intensity, expectations, and tenderness. So our first step is to soften toward ourselves.In this week’s talk, we explore what it means to meet our own experience with warmth instead of pressure, gentleness instead of judgment. We’ll look at practical ways to recognize self-criticism, how to shift the inner tone, and how to rest our nervous system with kindness.Self-compassion isn’t about avoiding challenges — it’s about holding ourselves with understanding while we navigate them. This week invites you to breathe deeply, soften your heart, and offer yourself the care you so freely give to others.Join the Skool Community for a free weekly handout, free meditation collection, weekly oracle pull, and more.https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341 Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This week we begin our month-long exploration of Compassion by turning inward — toward the place where compassion must always begin: ourselves.In this 7-minute guided meditation, you’re invited to gently soften around your own humanity. Through breath, warmth, and tender awareness, you’ll learn to offer yourself the same care you so easily extend to others.Self-compassion isn’t indulgent or self-focused — it’s a quiet recognition that being human can be hard, and that kindness is a necessary nourishment, not a luxury.This practice helps you:✨ Notice your inner voice with more gentleness✨ Connect to your heart through soothing touch✨ Meet difficult feelings with warmth instead of judgment✨ Remember: “I am doing the best I can”✨ Build the foundation for true compassion toward othersLet this time be a soft place to land — a moment where you are allowed to be exactly who you are, and held with tenderness.For more practices in this month’s theme of Compassion, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.And come join our free Skool Community to access free meditations, and connect with a circle of women walking this path with you.Listen Here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This week on The PEACEFUL Path, we explore Awareness of Spaciousness — the gentle recognition that beneath every thought, emotion, and pattern, there is a vast inner sky within us.In this 7-minute guided meditation, you’ll soften into that inner space. Through breath, presence, and visualization, you’re invited to experience yourself as expansive and steady — like standing atop a quiet mountaintop at dawn.The mind may offer clouds… the heart may offer weather… but your awareness remains wide open, calm, and untouched.This is the spaciousness we return to when we pause, breathe, and allow ourselves to simply be.This short practice helps you:✨ Sense the space around and within your breath✨ Notice thoughts without holding them✨ Feel the body gently open into ease✨ Rest as awareness itself — clear, quiet, and steady✨ Remember that you are not the storm, but the sky behind it🌿 Theme: Awareness🪷 Week 4: Awareness of Spaciousness🎙️ Host: Deb Phelps — Peaceful Journey PodcastFor more meditations and teachings on this month’s theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.And join our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com for this week’s handout, free meditations, and a supportive circle of women walking this journey together.Listen Here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This 7-minute guided meditation invites you to explore Awareness of Patterns & Habits — the subtle rhythms that shape your life.Through the mindful recognition of your own thought and behavior loops, you’ll discover the power of the pause — that quiet space between impulse and action.It’s within this pause that choice is born.Awareness creates freedom, and freedom invites peace.✨ Theme: Awareness🪷 Week 3: Awareness of Patterns & Habits — The Pause is Where Choice Lives🎙️ Host: Deb Phelps, Peaceful Journey PodcastFor more meditations and reflections this month, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.Join our free community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com for handouts, bonus meditations, and a supportive circle of women.https://open.substack.com/pub/debphelps/p/the-sacred-pause-awareness-of-patterns?r=a3k57&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

In this 7-minute guided meditation, we explore Awareness of Emotions through the gentle imagery of nature. Emotions are like water — sometimes still, sometimes rippling, sometimes flowing softly through us. When we learn to witness our emotions rather than resist or react to them, we create space for softness, understanding, and self-compassion.This practice invites you to:* Notice where emotion lives in the body* Offer warmth and presence to what you find* Soften the impulse to judge or tighten around feeling* Allow emotion to move in its own timeThere is nothing to force.Nothing to figure out.Just presence, breath, and gentle awareness.✨ For our daily meditations on this month’s theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio💬 Join our free Skool community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com to access this week’s handout, free meditations, and connect with a heart-centered circle of women walking this path together.✨ Community matters. As women, we need spaces where we can show up just as we are — to share our hearts, connect deeply, laugh freely, and even shed tears without shame.We are not meant to heal alone. 🤍Listen here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe

This 7-minute guided meditation invites you into the quiet spaciousness of awareness. Instead of trying to change your thoughts or emotions, we learn to observe them gently, the way we might watch leaves drifting along a slow-moving stream or clouds passing across the open sky.You’ll explore breath as breeze, the mind as sky, and emotions as water — allowing your inner experience to soften, settle, and move in its own natural rhythm.This practice helps us shift from reacting to witnessing — meeting ourselves with curiosity rather than judgment.✨ Monthly Theme: Awareness🎙️ Series: The PEACEFUL Path, November 2025🌿 Host: Deb PhelpsFor more meditations that follow this month’s theme, visit peacefulwellness.studio and join The PEACEFUL Path.And come join our free community at peacefulwellnessgroup.com, where you’ll receive this week’s handout and connect with others walking this mindful journey.Listen here Get full access to Peaceful Wellness at debphelps.substack.com/subscribe